Mini Exhibitions YC Application

Winter 2020Inactive

Mini Exhibitions went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2020 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: Winter 2020
Industry: B2BRecruiting and Talent
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2020

Founders

John FrielFounder

Mini Exhibitions's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Mini Exhibitions, Winter 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Mini Exhibitions

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Virtual events for remote teams

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

We built Mini Exhibitions to help remote teams bond by hosting virtual events where they can explore curated art galleries together online. These are designed to replace in-person workplace social events, making it easy for companies to engage distributed employees through unique shared experiences.

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

John is based in New York, NY, and the company is headquartered there with remote work. After YC, we would continue to operate remotely but remain based in New York.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is where our founder lives and where we have initial networks to sell to teams. Remote work is central to our product, so location is flexible, but keeping the company tied to New York helps with local sales outreach and potential partnerships.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Mini Exhibitions YC application?

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