EquipmentShare YC Application

Winter 2015Public

EquipmentShare went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2015 batch as a Real Estate and Construction 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 2015
Industry: Real Estate and ConstructionConstruction
Team size: 5400
Status: Public
Launched: 2014

Founders

Brad SieglerFounder
Jeff LoweFounder
Jabbok SchlacksFounder
William SchlacksFounder/President

What EquipmentShare does

EquipmentShare delivers cloud solutions for the construction industry. We provide a better equipment rental experience, fleet tracking software and hardware security solutions to help contractors work smarter.

EquipmentShare's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

EquipmentShare, Winter 2015 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

EquipmentShare

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Cloud solutions for construction

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

We build software and hardware tools that improve equipment rental, fleet tracking, and security for construction contractors. Our product helps contractors manage their equipment better, reducing downtime and theft.

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

We're based in Columbia, Missouri, and would remain here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Columbia is our home and where our team and early customers are. Staying here keeps us close to the construction community we serve and lets us build sustainably.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real EquipmentShare YC application?

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