NudgePad YC Application

Summer 2009Inactive

NudgePad went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2009 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 2009
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Benjamin Zulauf

What NudgePad does

NudgePad is an IDE for prototyping in your browser. It allows anyone to launch a fully hosted custom app in two seconds. NudgePad removes all the pain and complication of starting a project, including server setup, deploying, cloning, version control, SSL, DNS, and API integrations. What’s left is an expandable suite of creative tools that make it easy to design and deploy an app in minutes. Every app created in NudgePad is also a template. Designers and copywriters can use a template with back and front-end functionality to edit content without writing a line of code. As the suite of tools grow, NudgePad will help scale prototypes into finished products.

NudgePad's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

NudgePad, Summer 2009 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

NudgePad

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Online IDE for prototyping apps instantly

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

We built NudgePad as a browser-based IDE that removes all the pain points of starting a web app prototype. Our product lets any designer or developer launch a fully hosted app in two seconds without dealing with servers, deployment, or infrastructure. The apps also double as editable templates, letting non-coders edit content seamlessly. It's a suite of creative tools focused on rapid design and deployment, letting prototypes turn into finished products over time.

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 here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we have our network, access to early users, and where both founders live now. We want proximity to the larger dev and design community, which is critical for feedback and growth.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real NudgePad YC application?

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