MTailor YC Application

Summer 2014Active

MTailor went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2014 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 2014
Industry: ConsumerApparel and Cosmetics
Team size: 11
Status: Active
Launched: 2014

Founders

Miles PennFounder/CEO

What MTailor does

MTailor is an ipad or iphone service for men to capture their shirt size dimensions and have tailor made shirts made and delivered.

MTailor's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

MTailor, Summer 2014 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

MTailor

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Get measured by your phone in under 30 seconds

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

We built an app that lets men use their iPhone or iPad to capture measurements for shirts. Our technology uses video and machine learning to extract body dimensions automatically. Then we make tailor-made shirts delivered directly to customers. It replaces the manual tape measure and store fitting process with something you can do at home in under 30 seconds.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is the center for technology and startup talent. Being here helps us hire engineers and connect to potential partners, plus we have the founders' networks locally.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real MTailor YC application?

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