Answerly YC Application
Answerly went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2010 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 2010
- Industry
- ConsumerContent
- Team size
- 11
- Status
- Inactive
- Launched
- 2012
Founders
- Joe FahrnerFounder/CEO
Jason KonradFounder/CTO
What Answerly does
There is no better way to engage with potential customers than by answering their questions. InboxQ makes it easy to find people who have questions about your business, products or general industry
Answerly's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Answerly, Winter 2010 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Answerly
Find and answer customer questions
We built InboxQ, a tool that finds public questions people ask about specific businesses, products, or industries and surfaces them to companies that want to engage. It helps businesses connect directly with potential customers by answering their questions online where they naturally arise.
We live in San Francisco, CA, and plan to keep the company based here after YC.
San Francisco is the center of tech startups and has a strong community around content and customer engagement tools. It lets us be close to early customers and talent we need to grow.
21 more answers in the full application
Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Answerly YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Answerly's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Answerly would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Answerly in?
Answerly was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2010 batch.
Who founded Answerly?
Answerly was founded by Joe Fahrner, Jason Konrad.
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Answerly's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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