In Your Corner YC Application
In Your Corner went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2014 batch as a Healthcare 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 2014
- Industry
- HealthcareHealthcare Services
- Team size
- 2
- Status
- Inactive
- Launched
- 2014
Founders
Bea ArthurFounder/CEO
Anthony GarciaFounder/CTO
What In Your Corner does
In Your Corner is a marketplace for online counseling and coaching services. Through a secure, HIPAA-compliant platform, our service connects users with a carefully curated team of wellness professionals. By conducting online consultations via video chat, written journals, and even texting sessions, we have transformed traditional therapy into an experience that is low-cost, convenient, and completely confidential. Everyone can benefit from an objective perspective during difficult times, but the current model for supportive services is broken due to insurance gridlock, a clunky referral system, long wait times and unsustainable costs. Our web-based approach offers valuable guidance through accessible and anonymous means. Users log in to secure accounts and speak with licensed professionals on a variety of topics - relationship conflict, job stress, etc. - from anywhere at any time. With our proprietary technology, we have removed every barrier to entry and created an outlet for millions who wouldn’t have sought emotional health services otherwise, reducing stress for an increasingly stressed-out generation. This is the future of mental health. The shift in moving counseling services online is inevitable and our product is already in demand: After a successful pilot with Pretty Padded Room, an online therapy website specifically targeted towards millennial women, we are excited to relaunch as In Your Corner, an aspirational brand that provides the very best in counseling, coaching, and calm. In Your Corner improves on our original offering by being more gender-inclusive and convenient. In addition to developing a mobile app to provide one-tap, on-demand support in real time, users also have access not only to licensed mental health counselors, but also coaches in personal and professional development as well as instructors of meditation and breath work.
In Your Corner's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
In Your Corner, Summer 2014 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
In Your Corner
Online counseling and coaching marketplace
We have built a HIPAA-compliant platform that connects users with licensed counselors, coaches, and wellness instructors for online therapy and coaching via video chat, texting, and journaling. Users get low-cost, convenient, confidential support for mental health and personal issues anywhere, anytime.
We live and work in New York, NY, and plan to base the company here after YC.
We're based in New York because that's where we built our network and ran our pilot with Pretty Padded Room, targeting millennial women initially. The city's diversity matches our goal to serve a broad modern audience, and remote delivery means location doesn't limit our reach.
21 more answers in the full application
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real In Your Corner YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from In Your Corner's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like In Your Corner would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was In Your Corner in?
In Your Corner was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2014 batch.
Who founded In Your Corner?
In Your Corner was founded by Bea Arthur, Anthony Garcia.
What does In Your Corner do?
We've transformed traditional therapy into an experience that is…
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of In Your Corner's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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