Posterous YC Application
Posterous went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2008 batch as a Consumer 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 2008
- Industry
- ConsumerSocial
- Team size
- 11
- Status
- Acquired
- Launched
- 2012
Founders
Sachin AgarwalFounder/CEO
Brett GibsonFounder
What Posterous does
Posterous emerged from Y Combinator in the summer of 2008 as an innovative company focused on making blogging simple - as simple as sending an email - and now has more than 15 million monthly users. With the launch of Posterous Spaces, the company is bringing its trademark simplicity to help people share smarter with intuitive privacy controls to share selectively across multiple platforms.
Posterous's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Posterous, Summer 2008 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Posterous
Dead simple blogs by email
We're building Posterous, a platform that lets people create and update blogs by simply sending an email. It removes the complexity of traditional blogging platforms and makes sharing content effortless.
We live in San Francisco, and the company will be based here after YC too.
San Francisco is the center of the internet startup world and is where our team and early users are. It's where we can best access talent 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Posterous YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Posterous's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Posterous would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Posterous in?
Posterous was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2008 batch.
Who founded Posterous?
Posterous was founded by Sachin Agarwal, Brett Gibson.
What does Posterous do?
Dead simple blogs by email
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Posterous's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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