MyVR YC Application

Winter 2012Acquired

MyVR went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2012 batch as a Real Estate and Construction 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 2012
Industry: Real Estate and ConstructionHousing and Real Estate
Team size: 15
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2011

Founders

Jonathan MurrayFounder/CEO
Markus NordvikCo-Founder / COO
Mike StachowiakCo-Founder/CTO

What MyVR does

MyVR provides short-term rental businesses the ability to simplify and centralize the management of their marketing channels - Airbnb, HomeAway/Vrbo, TripAdvisor, Booking.com, Expedia and more - from a single dashboard, while also providing these businesses with their own online presence to grow their direct sales channel. MyVR's easy-to-use software also allows short-term rentals to streamline and automate day to day tasks, saving time and money, reducing errors, and improving the experience of travelers. MyVR's open platform also connects the MyVR core software seamlessly to other best of breed applications and services.

MyVR's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

MyVR, Winter 2012 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

MyVR

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

The open platform for vacation rentals

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

We built a platform that lets short-term rental businesses manage their listings across Airbnb, HomeAway/Vrbo, TripAdvisor, Booking.com, Expedia, and more, all from one dashboard. It also helps them run their own websites to book directly, saving time on tasks and reducing errors. We connect our core software with other niche services to give users flexibility.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're here because this is where our network, the vacation rental industry, and tech talent converge. Being in San Francisco keeps us close to partners and customers.

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 MyVR YC application?

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