99dresses YC Application

Winter 2012Inactive

99dresses went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2012 batch as a Consumer company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.

YC batch: Winter 2012
Industry: ConsumerApparel and Cosmetics
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2011

Founders

Nicole DurkinFounder/CEO
Peter DelahuntyFounder
Dan WalkerFounder/Software Engineer

What 99dresses does

99dresses allows women all across the U.S. to buy, sell & trade fashion with thousands of shopaholics. Nikki Durkin, the founder of 99dresses, was sick of spending so much money on new clothes only to get bored with them a week later and rarely ever wear them again. She started 99dresses in her home country of Australia as a way for thousands of Aussie girls to conveniently trade fashion with each other online. Now based in NYC and working with a fantastic team (Marcin, Chandra, Oguz & Clare), she is bringing 99dresses to women across the USA. Get the iOS app:

99dresses's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

99dresses, Winter 2012 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

99dresses

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Fashion marketplace to buy, sell & trade women's clothes

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

We're building 99dresses, a platform that lets women across the U.S. buy, sell, and trade fashion with other shopaholics. It addresses the problem of quickly losing interest in new clothes by creating a community-driven marketplace for secondhand styles.

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

We live in New York, NY. After YC, the company will remain based in New York.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is where our customers are, and it's the fashion capital with access to our target market and talent. It makes sense to build and base our company here.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real 99dresses YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from 99dresses's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like 99dresses would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.