All Questions
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- Please enter the url of a 1 minute unlisted (not private) YouTube video introducing the founder(s).
- Who writes code, or does other technical work on your product? Was any of it done by a non-founder?
- How long have the founders known one another and how did you meet? Have any of the founders not met in person?
- Please tell us about an interesting project, preferably outside of class or work, that two or more of you created together.
- Please tell us in one or two sentences about something impressive that each founder has built or achieved.
- Please tell us about the time you most successfully hacked some (non-computer) system to your advantage.
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- How far along are you?
- How long have each of you been working on this? How much of that has been full-time?
- When will you have a prototype or beta?
- How many active users or customers do you have? How many are paying? Who is paying you the most, and how much do they pay you?
- We're interested in your revenue over the last several months. (Not cumulative and not GMV).
- Anything else you would like us to know regarding your revenue or growth rate?
- If you are applying with the same idea as a previous batch, did anything change? If you applied with a different idea, why did you pivot and what did you learn from the last idea?
- If you have already participated or committed to participate in an incubator, "accelerator" or "pre-accelerator" program, please tell us about it.
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- Why did you pick this idea to work on? Do you have domain expertise in this area? How do you know people need what you're making?
- What's new about what you're making? What substitutes do people resort to because it doesn't exist yet (or they don't know about it)?
- Who are your competitors? What do you understand about your business that they don't?
- How do or will you make money? How much could you make?
- How do users find your product? How did you get the users you have now? If you run paid ads, what is your cost of acquisition?
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- Have you formed ANY legal entity yet?
- Please list all legal entities you have and in what state or country each was formed (e.g. Delaware C Corp, Mexican SAPI, Singapore Pvt Ltd, etc.).
- Please describe the breakdown of the equity ownership in percentages among the founders, employees and any other stockholders. If there are multiple founders, be sure to give the equity ownership of each founder and founder title (e.g. CEO).
- Have you taken any investment yet?
- How much money do you spend per month?
- How much money does your company have in the bank now?
- How long is your runway?
- Is there anything else we should know about your company?
Please enter the url of a 1 minute unlisted (not private) YouTube video introducing the founder(s).
How 16 YC companies answered the "Please enter the url of a 1 minute unlisted (not private) YouTube video introducing the founder(s)." question from the YCombinator Application.
— 16 answers
MagicBell(W21)
Full applicationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSryZAogh30
Dendron(W21)
Full applicationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DptIzmBq_iQ
Virtually(S20)
Full applicationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_GSpJ44oxs
InEvent(S19)
Full applicationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEehFfFhgno
Prolific(S19)
Full applicationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1oq3NavalE
Slite(W18)
Full applicationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHUctCi0gwA
Goodly(S18)
Full applicationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvI8fei2nvA
OpenPhone(S18)
Full applicationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJygK7R4yP0
Paystack(W16)
Full applicationhttps://youtu.be/VIzhXzixENE
GitLab(W15)
Full applicationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzvDHA5323o
Mimir(S15)
Full applicationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z9Q8Mx6bt0
80,000 Hours(S15)
Full applicationhttp://youtu.be/W3tPfpDQ-KQ
Shotput(S15)
Full applicationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPwBahapz3I
Cruise(W14)
Full applicationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLydMAAIJFE
Lollipuff(W13)
Full applicationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO8ctjbiIzM
FamilyLeaf(W12)
Full applicationhttp://wesleyzhao.com/private/tnFwcDCljt
