LocalOn YC Application

Summer 2013Inactive

LocalOn went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2013 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 2013
Industry: B2BRetail
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2013

Founders

David Currant (Tolioupov)Founder & CEO
Shahbano ImranFounder/CEO

What LocalOn does

LocalOn provides customer relationship management tools to small businesses. For more information, visit

LocalOn's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

LocalOn, Summer 2013 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

LocalOn

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Web marketing for SMBs & merchant groups

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

We built a CRM platform tailored for small businesses and merchant associations. Our tools help them manage customers, run promotions, and improve local online visibility. It's designed to fit the budget and marketing needs of small, local merchants.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the best access to tech talent and user feedback from small businesses that need local marketing solutions. Being here helps us iterate faster.

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 LocalOn YC application?

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