SimplyListed YC Application

Winter 2011Inactive

SimplyListed went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2011 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 2011
Industry: ConsumerHome and Personal
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Jon GrallFounder

What SimplyListed does

SimplyListed makes it really easy for people to sell their stuff. You just take a picture, and they list your item for sale automatically. A prototype of the SimplyListed iPhone app was first released on the iTunes App Store in February 2011.

SimplyListed's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

SimplyListed, Winter 2011 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

SimplyListed

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Sell your stuff.

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

We built SimplyListed to make it easy for people to sell their stuff by taking a picture. Our app automatically creates a listing from that photo, removing the hassle of writing descriptions and posting items manually. The current prototype is an iPhone app that simplifies selling used goods.

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

Sean is in New York City, Jon is in San Francisco. After YC, we plan to base the company out of the Bay Area.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We started distributed across New York and San Francisco to leverage each founder's location. After YC, being in the Bay Area will help us recruit and work closely with YC and the tech community.

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 SimplyListed YC application?

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