Goodkind YC Application

Summer 2021Acquired

Goodkind went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 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 2021
Industry: B2BSales
Team size: 30
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2021

Founders

Justin RotmanFounder
Michael WarshafskyFounder

What Goodkind does

Universities and colleges use Goodkind to build their student communications via sms, video, chat, mail and more.

Goodkind's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Goodkind, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Goodkind

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Student communications platform for higher education

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

We build a platform that helps universities and colleges communicate with students through SMS, video, chat, and mail. Our product centralizes messaging for student outreach to improve engagement and keep students informed across multiple channels.

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

We live in Toronto, ON, Canada and plan to base the company here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Toronto has the talent and ecosystem suitable for our team and target market. It allows us to stay close to our co-founders and early customers without compromising product development speed.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Goodkind YC application?

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