MightyQuiz YC Application

Winter 2008Inactive

MightyQuiz went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2008 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 2008
Industry: ConsumerGaming
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Altay GuvenchFounder
Ben SilbermannFounder
Olgun GuvenchFounder

What MightyQuiz does

MightyQuiz powers a collection of user generated quiz questions that can be answered and rated on-site or through a distributable widget.

MightyQuiz's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

MightyQuiz, Winter 2008 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

MightyQuiz

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

User-generated quizzes answered and rated on-site or via widgets

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

We built a platform that hosts user-generated quiz questions which players can answer and rate directly on our site or through widgets embedded on other websites. It's designed for people who enjoy trivia and want an easy way to create, share, and engage with quizzes.

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

We live and work in San Francisco, CA, and we plan to base the company in San Francisco after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the best access to startup resources and talent we need to grow MightyQuiz, given we live here and want to remain close to the tech community and potential 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 MightyQuiz YC application?

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