Interstate YC Application

Summer 2011Inactive

Interstate went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2011 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 2011
Industry: B2BProductivity
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Greg CooperFounder
Simon FletcherFounder

What Interstate does

BakedCode create applications which help developers and businesses, focusing on making new solutions or improving on current solutions.

Interstate's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Interstate, Summer 2011 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Interstate

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Create & Share Product Roadmaps

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

We are building Interstate, a tool that helps product teams create and share roadmaps. It simplifies organizing, updating, and communicating product plans to stakeholders. Our product is aimed at developers and businesses who want a clearer way to manage and present their product strategy.

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

We currently live in San Francisco, CA, and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we live and where much of the product and startup network is. Staying here keeps us close to potential users and partners.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Interstate YC application?

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