Priceonomics YC Application

Winter 2012Acquired

Priceonomics went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2012 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 2012
Industry: B2BMarketing
Team size: 2
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2011

Founders

Rohin DharFounder

What Priceonomics does

Priceonomics is the price guide for everything. Price guides are helpful for buying and selling used things. How much should I spend on this used bicycle on Craigslist? How much should I sell my stereo system for on eBay? Is this used Vespa a good deal, or what?

Priceonomics's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Priceonomics, Winter 2012 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Priceonomics

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

We help companies turn their data into great stories.

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

We make Priceonomics, a price guide for everything used. It helps people buy and sell used items by showing them what a fair price is based on data. Our product answers questions like how much a used bicycle on Craigslist should cost or what a stereo system on eBay is worth.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

We live here because it's where we are now, and the startup ecosystem in San Francisco makes it the best place to build a company like Priceonomics.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Priceonomics YC application?

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