Biographicon YC Application

Summer 2007Inactive

Biographicon went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2007 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: Summer 2007
Industry: ConsumerContent
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Ethan HerdrickFounder/CEO/, Programmer

Biographicon's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Biographicon, Summer 2007 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Biographicon

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

A database of biographies linking people and relationships

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

We are building Biographicon, a content site where users can explore biographies and connections between people. It helps users discover relationships and histories in an interactive format. The product focuses on organizing public biographical data into an accessible, linked resource.

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

We currently live in the same location and plan to base the company there after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose to stay where we are because it's where the founders live and work efficiently as a small team.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Biographicon YC application?

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