Jobspice YC Application

Summer 2009Inactive

Jobspice went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2009 batch as a Consumer 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 2009
Industry: ConsumerJob and Career Services
Team size: 11
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Dane HurtubiseFounder/CEO
Andrew McCollumFounder/CEO

What Jobspice does

JobSpice is a surprisingly easy-to-use, intuitive online tool for creating a resume. Changing styles, managing different resumes for different employers, and creating web-based and PDF versions takes only a few clicks.

Jobspice's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Jobspice, Summer 2009 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Jobspice

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Easy-to-use online resume creator

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

We built JobSpice, a web app that makes resume creation simple and fast. Users can easily switch styles, manage multiple resumes for different jobs, and generate both web and PDF versions with a few clicks.

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

We live and work in San Francisco, and the company would be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the tech talent and startup culture we need to grow JobSpice. Being close to engineers, users, and investors is important to us.

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 Jobspice YC application?

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