Great Question

Great Question YC Application

Winter 2021Active

Great Question went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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
Winter 2021
Industry
B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size
41
Status
Active
Launched
2021

Founders

  • Ned Dwyer
    Ned DwyerFounder / CEO
  • PJ Murray
    PJ MurrayFounder

What Great Question does

Great Question puts customer research on autopilot - from recruiting participants, scheduling interviews, sending surveys or prototype tests - and sharing what you learn with your team. Companies like Adidas Runtastic, O'Reilly Media & MainStreet use us to put their customers at the center of their product, design & marketing decisions.

Great Question's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Great Question, Winter 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Great Question

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

User research on autopilot.

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

We built Great Question to automate customer research workflows. It handles recruiting participants, scheduling interviews, sending surveys or prototype tests, and organizes insights for product, design, and marketing teams. Our tool reduces the manual burden of research so teams can focus on decisions, not logistics.

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

We live in Oakland, CA, and the company is based there and operates remotely.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Being based in Oakland gives us access to the Bay Area tech ecosystem and talent, while running a remote-friendly model lets us work flexibly and access a wide pool of customers and employees.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Great Question YC application?

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

What YC batch was Great Question in?

Great Question was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2021 batch.

Who founded Great Question?

Great Question was founded by Ned Dwyer, PJ Murray.

What does Great Question do?

User research on autopilot.

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Great Question's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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