Statwing YC Application

Summer 2012Acquired

Statwing went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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: Summer 2012
Industry: B2BAnalytics
Team size: 2
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2012

Founders

Greg LaughlinFounder
John LeFounder

What Statwing does

Web-based statistical analysis software that speaks in plain english instead of arcane stats jargon.

Statwing's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Statwing, Summer 2012 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Statwing

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Dead simple statistical analysis software

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

We build Statwing, a web-based statistical analysis tool that replaces confusing stats jargon with plain English. It takes the complexity out of running statistical tests and interpreting results, making robust data analysis accessible to people without a stats background.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company would be based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are already in San Francisco, close to where many of our users and potential customers are. Staying here keeps us connected to the data and analytics community we serve.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Statwing YC application?

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