PocketSuite YC Application

Winter 2016Active

PocketSuite went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2016 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 2016
Industry: B2BProductivity
Team size: 30
Status: Active
Launched: 2015

Founders

Yang ForjindamFounder

What PocketSuite does

PocketSuite is the all-in-one platform built for service businesses. From bookings and payments to client communication and beyond, we help owners and managers simplify their business and focus on what they do best. For more than a decade, thousands of independent professionals, small businesses, and multi-location brands have trusted PocketSuite to power their service businesses and serve hundreds of thousands of clients. We’re proud to support a diverse community of entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey. PocketSuite empowers the U.S. market of 20 million service businesses, generating $1 billion in sales with a desktop and mobile cloud solution for running their business. Thousands of businesses run on PocketSuite. Over 600,000 clients book, pay, and communicate with their service providers on PocketSuite today, and we're growing fast.

PocketSuite's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

PocketSuite, Winter 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

PocketSuite

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

All-In-One Business Operating System

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

We built PocketSuite, a platform for service businesses that combines bookings, payments, client communication, and operations into one app. It helps independent professionals and small businesses manage their day-to-day tasks without juggling multiple tools.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and after YC the company will remain based here, with a distributed remote team.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where our technical and business networks are strongest, and it has the talent pool we rely on. Remote work lets us stay flexible while keeping a presence in the startup hub.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real PocketSuite YC application?

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