Shift Messenger YC Application

Winter 2015Inactive

Shift Messenger went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2015 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 2015
Industry: B2BProductivity
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2014

Founders

Austin VedderFounder/CEO
Matt TognettiFounder/CTO

What Shift Messenger does

Messaging solution that retail employees use every day Reduce employee turnover and save managers time

Shift Messenger's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Shift Messenger, Winter 2015 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Shift Messenger

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Real-time communication for retail and restaurant workers

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

We built a messaging app focused on retail and restaurant employees to communicate in real time during shifts. It helps managers save time by reducing back-and-forth, and reduces employee turnover by improving communication.

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

We live in San Francisco, and the company will be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're here because it's where we live and where our early users are. San Francisco has the talent we need and a good environment for startups like ours.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Shift Messenger YC application?

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