Lanyrd YC Application
Lanyrd went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2011 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
- Winter 2011
- Industry
- ConsumerJob and Career Services
- Team size
- 2
- Status
- Acquired
- Launched
- 2012
Founders
Simon WillisonFounder/CEO
What Lanyrd does
Get more out of conferences with - the social conference directory. Find conferences that your Twitter friends are going to, build up a speaker portfolio of talks you have given, and catch up on what happened at conferences you missed or what's going on at conferences right now
Lanyrd's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Lanyrd, Winter 2011 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Lanyrd
IMDB of conferences.
We built a social conference directory where people can see which conferences their Twitter friends are attending, track speakers, and catch up on talks they missed. Think of it as an IMDB for conferences, organizing information about events, speakers, and sessions in one place tailored for people who go to or follow industry conferences.
Simon is in San Francisco and Natalie is in London. After YC, we'd base the company in San Francisco where we have better access to the tech and startup scene.
We chose San Francisco because it's the center of the startup ecosystem, which makes it easier to raise funding, recruit, and engage with other founders, even though we're currently split between SF and London.
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 Lanyrd YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Lanyrd's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Lanyrd would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Lanyrd in?
Lanyrd was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2011 batch.
Who founded Lanyrd?
Lanyrd was founded by Simon Willison.
What does Lanyrd do?
IMDB of conferences.
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Lanyrd's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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