College Pulse YC Application
College Pulse went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2018 batch as a B2B 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 2018
- Industry
- B2BAnalytics
- Team size
- 9
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2018
Founders
Terren KleinFounder/CEO
What College Pulse does
College Pulse is the leading research and analytics company focused on college students. We have built the largest database of college student opinion with over 700K student panelists from 1500 universities in all 50 states, and we use our student panel to help our clients better understand the college demographic. Our ambition is to become a unique part of the global internet infrastructure - like Google for search, Facebook for social, Amazon for retail, we want it to be Pulse for public opinion.
College Pulse's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
College Pulse, Summer 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
College Pulse
Research and analytics for college students
We have built a platform that surveys and collects opinion data from a large panel of college students across the US. Our product aggregates this data into research and analytics tools that companies and organizations use to understand college student attitudes and behaviors.
We live in San Francisco and have a largely remote team. After YC, we would continue to be based in San Francisco with remote contributors.
San Francisco is the best place for recruiting and networking for a company working at the intersection of education and analytics. Our small team already operates remotely, so we can scale that easily.
21 more answers in the full application
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real College Pulse YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from College Pulse's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like College Pulse would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was College Pulse in?
College Pulse was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2018 batch.
Who founded College Pulse?
College Pulse was founded by Terren Klein.
What does College Pulse do?
Research and analytics company focused on college students.
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of College Pulse's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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