Outbound YC Application

Winter 2015Acquired

Outbound went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2015 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 2015
Industry: B2BMarketing
Team size: 2
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2014

Founders

Dhruv MehtaFounder/CEO

What Outbound does

Outbound organizes the messages you send around the actions your customers take. We allow non-technical marketers and product people to set up automated email, push notification, SMS or voice messages when you need your users to take an action, then test how well each message works.

Outbound's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Outbound, Winter 2015 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Outbound

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Create automated messages -- email, iOS/Android push, SMS and web

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

We built a messaging platform that lets non-technical marketers and product people set up automated email, push, SMS, or voice messages triggered by customer actions. Customers can test different messages to see what works best. Essentially, we organize messaging around user behavior to drive actions.

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

We live in San Francisco and plan to base the company here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the right mix of customers, talent, and tech community. Being here keeps us close to users and potential partners.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Outbound YC application?

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