FollowUpThen YC Application

Summer 2017Active

FollowUpThen went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2017 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 2017
Industry: B2BProductivity
Team size: 1
Status: Active
Launched: 2017

Founders

Reilly SweetlandFounder

What FollowUpThen does

FollowUpThen is a personal assistant that sends you exactly what you need at exactly the right moment to get something done. Its best feature is its simplicity. Email, or {any-time}@followupthen.com and you'll get the email back at that time. But look further and you will find advanced syntax supporting the most nuanced and complex email productivity workflow. Adding a reminder to any email is a one-second operation thanks to your email client's address autocomplete. Example use-cases include: * Following up with sales prospects * Maintaining relationships * Task delegation (put FollowUpThen in the bcc field) * Just-in-time reminders to get a task done (pay bills, etc) * Hitting inbox zero (forwarding emails to your future) In today's workplace we are bombarded with realtime demands on our attention. FollowUpThen answers this trend by making work more asynchronous, allowing you to place information in the future, giving you freedom and peace of mind in the present and allowing you actually get something done. Easy to learn. Hard to outgrow.

FollowUpThen's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

FollowUpThen, Summer 2017 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

FollowUpThen

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Email-based personal assistant for reminders

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

FollowUpThen lets you set email reminders by emailing a special address like. We send that email back to you exactly when you need it. It's simple enough to add reminders in one second using your email autocomplete, but supports complex workflows for sales follow-ups, task delegation via BCC, and inbox zero.

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

I live in San Francisco, CA and the company is based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where the startup ecosystem, our early users, and opportunities are. It provides the right environment for building and growing a productivity tool used by professionals.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real FollowUpThen YC application?

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