Storyboard YC Application

Summer 2017Inactive

Storyboard went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2017 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: Summer 2017
Industry: ConsumerSocial
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2020

Founders

Sébastien SikorskiFounder

What Storyboard does

Introducing Storyboard, the leading platform designed to connect the world's top brands, innovative creative agencies, and dynamic influencers with their communities on Instagram and Snapchat. Our mission is to simplify and enhance your online presence on Instagram and Snapchat, offering a comprehensive suite of powerful and intuitive features: 1. Seamless Automation: Storyboard enables smooth, automatic sharing of your stories between Instagram and Snapchat. No more manual cross-platform management, saving you time while maintaining content consistency. 2. Advanced Performance Tracking: Measure the impact of your efforts with our advanced performance analytics toolkit. Gain in-depth insights into engagement, reach, and other essential metrics, empowering you to adjust your strategy in real time for optimal results. 3. Strategic Planning: Anticipate your campaigns by scheduling your stories and posts in advance. Our user-friendly interface lets you create a consistent editorial calendar, ensuring your content reaches your audience at the right times. Discover how Storyboard can transform your presence on Instagram and Snapchat. Join visionary brands already placing their trust in Storyboard to optimize their social media presence. Whether you're a large corporation or an independent creative, our scalable platform will continue to deliver exciting new features to propel your online impact.

Storyboard's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Storyboard, Summer 2017 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Storyboard

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Social media management tool for Instagram and Snapchat

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

We built a tool that automates sharing stories between Instagram and Snapchat, tracks performance metrics, and lets brands and agencies schedule posts ahead of time. It's designed to save time and keep content consistent across both platforms.

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

We live in San Francisco, and the company would stay based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we live and is a hub for startups and social media innovation, so it makes sense to keep the company here.

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 Storyboard YC application?

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