Etacts YC Application

Winter 2010Acquired

Etacts went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2010 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: Winter 2010
Industry: B2BSales
Team size: 2
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2012

Founders

Evan BeardFounder
Howie LiuFounder

What Etacts does

Etacts was born from the frustration of keeping in touch with our ever-growing list of friends (both business and personal), family, coworkers, and clients. It's impossible to remember to stay in touch with all the people that matter. Etacts helps you maintain your relationships by doing three things: 1) Showing you who you've lost touch with 2) Letting you set reminders to stay in touch with people 3) Helping you get back in touch meaningfully by giving you relevant context about your relationship with people, such as the last emails you exchanged, or their recent status updates. Use Etacts to build and maintain relationships with former friends, business partners, clients, and more!

Etacts's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Etacts, Winter 2010 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Etacts

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

A tool to help users maintain personal and business relationships

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

We are building Etacts, a service that helps people keep in touch with contacts they might otherwise forget. It shows who you've lost touch with, lets you set reminders to reach out, and provides relevant context like recent emails or social updates to make reconnecting easier and more meaningful.

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

We currently live in Palo Alto, CA, and the company would continue to be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We live in Palo Alto because it's the center of the tech startup world, giving us access to the network, talent, and support we need.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Etacts YC application?

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