PhoneSys YC Application

Summer 2011Inactive

PhoneSys went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2011 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 2011
Industry: B2BInfrastructure
Team size: 4
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

David DolphinFounder/CEO
Patrick O'DohertyFounder

What PhoneSys does

Formerly Pingm.

PhoneSys's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

PhoneSys, Summer 2011 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

PhoneSys

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

The Phone System for Sales Teams.

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

We build PhoneSys, a phone system specifically designed for sales teams. It integrates with CRM tools and provides sales reps with the infrastructure needed to manage calls efficiently, track interactions, and improve outreach workflows. Our product replaces clunky, generic phone solutions with software tailored to the real needs of sales teams.

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

We live and work in Mountain View, CA, and plan to base the company here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We live in Mountain View, close to other tech companies and potential users. It's also where we have our network and can attract talent.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real PhoneSys YC application?

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