Frogmetrics YC Application

Summer 2008Inactive

Frogmetrics went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2008 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 2008
Industry: B2BRetail
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

D. Scott PhoenixFounder/CEO
Jeremy MimsFounder

What Frogmetrics does

Frogmetrics aggregates your data from unlimited locations, automatically finds the most important statistics, and helps you gain insights about your business from your web browser. The company wants to place touch screens in restaurants, stores, and other brick and mortar establishments that can be used to collect customer feedback on the spot. The devices ask customers a few questions at the point of sale about their experience and can collect contact information about customers to generate leads. The information gathered across physical locations is aggregated and analyzed for trends and other statistics.

Frogmetrics's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Frogmetrics, Summer 2008 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Frogmetrics

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Aggregates in-store customer feedback data

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

We build touch screen devices placed in physical stores and restaurants that collect customer feedback at the point of sale. Our system aggregates this data from multiple locations, analyzes it to surface key insights and trends, and delivers actionable business intelligence through a web browser interface.

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

We live in Brooklyn, NY, and plan to base the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in Brooklyn because that's where both of us live and can work closely together. It's also convenient for engaging with early customers in local retail and restaurant settings.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Frogmetrics YC application?

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