Ready Education YC Application

Summer 2016Active

Ready Education went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2016 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 2016
Industry: ConsumerSocial
Team size: 54
Status: Active
Launched: 2016

Founders

Danial JameelFounder/CEO
Alice DinuFounder
James DangFounder

What Ready Education does

Student engagement and persistence pose a significant challenge in higher education. Ready Education, the preferred choice of over 350 higher ed institutions, offers custom mobile app solutions that enable colleges and universities to personalize the student experience and support engagement. Our mission is to make college a successful journey for every student. The Ready Education platform is designed to support student success by unifying campus resources - LMS, co-curricular, athletics, clubs/orgs, events and many more - within a branded, integrated, college app. By adopting the Ready Education platform, administrators are able to track student engagement, get immediate feedback, and send targeted content to their students. Clear communication between a student and their institution is crucial when it comes to having a positive higher learning experience. Going mobile bridges this communication gap, connecting hundreds of thousands of students with their administrators, their campus, and most importantly, their peers, both on and off campus. For more information, visit

Ready Education's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Ready Education, Summer 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Ready Education

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Mobile OS for higher education

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

We build a branded mobile app platform for colleges and universities that integrates their LMS, events, athletics, clubs, and other campus resources. Our platform lets administrators track student engagement, send targeted messages, and unify communication between students and their institutions.

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

We live in Montreal, QC, Canada, and the company would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose Montreal because the founders live here and have local connections with higher education institutions that use our product.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Ready Education YC application?

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

What YC batch was Ready Education in?

Ready Education was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2016 batch.

Who founded Ready Education?

Ready Education was founded by Danial Jameel, Alice Dinu, James Dang.

What does Ready Education do?

Ready Education is building the mobile OS for higher education. We…

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Ready Education's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.