Gigster

Gigster YC-Bewerbung

Summer 2015Acquired

Gigster durchlief Y Combinator im Summer 2015-Batch als ein B2B-Unternehmen. Unten: Was das Unternehmen tut, wer es gegründet hat und seine Bewerbung bei YC, Frage für Frage im echten YC-Formular rekonstruiert.

YC-Batch
Summer 2015
Branche
B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Teamgröße
51
Status
Acquired
Gestartet
2015

Gründer

  • Debo Olaosebikan
    Debo OlaosebikanFounder

Was Gigster tut

Gigster is democratizing access to software by enabling organizations harness the best teams regardless of where they are in the world. Businesses with access to custom software have thousands of times more leverage than those without. We believe that by democratizing access as well as the ability to build great software we can increase the pace and efficiency of human advancement. Core to our approach is building the best place to work on the internet. We are building the largest network of exceptional engineers, designers, and product managers and making this network available to businesses. We are also using software and insights from thousands of projects to improve the odds of successful outcomes. Gigster is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint, Marc Benioff, Adam D'Angelo, Michael Jordan and others. Gigster has served well over 1000 customers including multiple F100 companies spanning a range of industries.

Gigsters YC-Bewerbung, rekonstruiert

Y Combinator Bewerbung

Gigster, Summer 2015 Batch. Die echten Fragen des Antrags, beantwortet aus öffentlichen Daten.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Gigster

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Build and manage distributed teams

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We built a platform that lets businesses assemble and manage custom software teams remotely. Our product connects customers to top engineers, designers, and product managers around the globe and uses data from thousands of projects to improve delivery outcomes. Essentially, we make it easy for companies to get high-quality software built without hiring full-time staff or managing freelancers individually.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company is based there as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where the tech talent, investors, and early enterprise customers are concentrated. Being here helps us recruit the right team, raise capital, and build relationships with businesses that need custom software.

21 weitere Antworten in der vollständigen Bewerbung

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Häufig gestellte Fragen

Ist das die echte YC-Bewerbung von Gigster?

Nein. Y Combinator hält eingereichte Bewerbungen privat. Dies ist eine Rekonstruktion: die echten Fragen des YC-Formulars, beantwortet aus den öffentlichen Daten von Gigster (Veröffentlichungsnotizen, Gründerhintergründe, Produktbeschreibung). Sie zeigt, wie sich ein Unternehmen wie Gigster bei YC präsentieren würde, nicht den Text, den sie eingereicht haben.

In welchem YC-Batch war Gigster?

Gigster war Teil des Y Combinator Summer 2015-Batches.

Wer hat Gigster gegründet?

Gigster wurde von Debo Olaosebikan gegründet.

Was macht Gigster?

Build and manage distributed teams

Wie lese ich die vollständige, rekonstruierte Bewerbung?

Erstelle ein kostenloses Round Funded Konto. Die vollständige 26-Antwort-Version der Bewerbung von Gigster, und jede andere YC-Kohorte, findest du in YC Insights.

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