Flip YC Application

Winter 2015Active

Flip went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2015 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 2015
Industry: ConsumerApparel and Cosmetics
Status: Active
Launched: 2014

Founders

Kemar NewellFounder/CEO

What Flip does

FLIP is everyone’s sneaker connect - the premier specialty destination where people find and sell hard to find, rare, limited edition sneakers. They have created a community where their members can buy and sell with confidence and ease. Never miss out on an opportunity to place your bid on hard to find sneakers in 90 minutes from a curated list of quality sellers who really care. Their mobile only platform is currently available for your iPhone and coming soon to Android. They strive to keep an open and trusted environment for their community.

Flip's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Flip

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Community-driven marketplace for sneakers

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

We built Flip as a mobile-only platform where sneaker enthusiasts can buy and sell rare, limited edition sneakers. Our curated marketplace connects buyers to trusted sellers and creates a community around these hard-to-find items, making it easy and confident to place bids within a 90-minute window.

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

We live and work in Los Angeles, CA, and plan to keep the company based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Los Angeles is a key consumer market for sneakers and youth culture. Being local helps us build relationships with sellers and buyers in the sneaker community and stay close to our early users.

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 Flip YC application?

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