Likebetter YC Application

Summer 2006Inactive

Likebetter went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2006 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 2006
Industry: ConsumerGaming
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Sol KennedyFounder

What Likebetter does

An online personality test game, where you look at two photos and choose which one you “Like Better”.

Likebetter's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Likebetter, Summer 2006 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Likebetter

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Online personality test game choosing preferred photos

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

We built Likebetter, an online game where users pick which of two photos they "Like Better". It's a personality test that generates results based on choices, combining casual gaming with personal insight.

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

We live in San Francisco and Cambridge, and after YC we plan to base the company in San Francisco for better access to tech talent and investors.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're split between SF and Cambridge now because of our backgrounds, but SF has a better startup ecosystem and closer proximity to YC and potential partners, so it makes sense to concentrate there post-YC.

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 Likebetter YC application?

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