Shoobs YC Application

Winter 2014Active

Shoobs went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2014 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: Winter 2014
Industry: ConsumerTravel, Leisure and Tourism
Team size: 5
Status: Active
Launched: 2013

Founders

Louise Broni-MensahFounder

What Shoobs does

Shoobs offers event organisers with a convenient and powerful platform to sell tickets to their events. A couple of years ago we got thinking that selling tickets should be QUICK & EASY! So, we decided to create Shoobs to help event organisers sell out their events efficiently! Shoobs is the leading destination to discover and book great urban culture events in the UK, such as Hip Hop concerts and RnB club nights.

Shoobs's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Shoobs, Winter 2014 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Shoobs

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Find and book tickets to urban entertainment events

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

We made a platform that helps event organisers sell tickets quickly and easily. Shoobs is a marketplace connecting people to urban culture events in the UK like Hip Hop concerts and RnB club nights. Our product lets organisers manage ticket sales efficiently and attendees discover and book great events without hassle.

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

We live in London, England, UK, and the company will be based there after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

London is where our community and target audience are; it's also where our founding team lives and where we know the entertainment scene best. Staying here keeps us close to our users and event organisers.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Shoobs YC application?

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