as ▁in ▁Nova ▁Scot ia <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁Muse ▁( former ly ▁known ▁as ▁The ▁Daily ▁Muse ) ▁is ▁a ▁New ▁York ▁City - based ▁online ▁career ▁platform ▁founded ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁by ▁Kath ry n ▁M ins hew , ▁Alex andra ▁Cav ou la cos , ▁and ▁Mel issa ▁Mc Cre ery . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁The ▁site ▁was ▁conce ived ▁after ▁getting ▁feedback ▁from ▁readers ▁of ▁The ▁Daily ▁Muse , ▁the ▁company ' s ▁career - f oc used ▁online ▁publication , ▁that ▁indicated ▁readers ▁found ▁the ▁job ▁searching ▁fr ustr ating ▁and ▁" w ould ▁go ▁through ▁multiple ▁r ounds ▁of ▁inter views ▁before ▁real izing ▁the ▁company ▁wasn ' t ▁a ▁great ▁fit ". ▁Furthermore , ▁users ▁said ▁the ▁# 1 ▁anno y ance ▁for ▁them ▁in ▁the ▁job ▁search ▁was ▁never ▁hearing ▁back ▁from ▁an ▁employ er ▁after ▁they ' d ▁applied . ▁Based ▁on ▁this ▁real ization , ▁the ▁ 3 ▁found ers ▁decided ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁different ▁kind ▁of ▁job ▁site . ▁The ▁site ▁was ▁launched ▁under ▁the ▁name ▁Company ▁Muse ▁in ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁and ▁is ▁now ▁known ▁simply ▁as ▁The ▁Muse . ▁ ▁The ▁Muse ▁originally ▁launched ▁in ▁Brook lyn ▁as ▁The ▁Daily ▁Muse ▁on ▁September ▁ 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁with ▁eight ▁edit ors ▁and ▁eleven ▁column ists . ▁The ▁first ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁site ▁grew ▁from ▁ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁users ▁to ▁ 7 0 , 0 0