Stepful YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Stepful went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 batch as a Education 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 2021
Industry: Education
Team size: 100
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Carl MadiFounder
Tressia HobeikaFounder

What Stepful does

Stepful trains people with a high school education in 4 months and places them into healthcare jobs. Healthcare is the fastest growing industry in the US accounting for 40% of all jobs added including medical assistants, nursing assistants, and phlebotomists.

Stepful's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Stepful, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Stepful

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Online Training for Healthcare Jobs

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

We build Stepful, an online training platform that teaches people with a high school education healthcare skills in four months. Our product combines tailored coursework and hands-on practice to prepare learners for jobs like medical assistant and phlebotomist, then helps place them into those roles.

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

We live in New York, NY, and Stepful is based there now. We would remain based in New York after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose New York because it is a major healthcare employment hub and has a large population that fits our learner profile. Being here helps us connect directly with both students and employers in our core market.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Stepful YC application?

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