Storyworth YC Application
Storyworth 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
- 13
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2012
Founders
Nick BaumFounder
What Storyworth does
Storyworth is a service that makes it easy for families to record their stories. Each week they email their customers a question about their life, for example "What do you remember of your grandmother?". Their customers reply by email, and the stories are saved and shared privately with their family. At the end of a year, their stories are bound in a beautiful keepsake book.
Storyworth's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Storyworth, Winter 2011 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Storyworth
Record family stories and print keepsake books.
We built a service where families get weekly emailed questions about their lives, reply by email with stories, and then we save those stories privately for the family. After a year, we print them in a keepsake book. It's a simple, email-based storytelling platform for preserving family memories.
We live in Kailua, HI and Stockholm, Sweden, with part of the team remote. After YC, we'd likely base the company wherever it's best to grow, probably Silicon Valley or remote depending on opportunities.
We started distributed between the US and Sweden because that's where we live. YC's network offers the best chance to scale, so relocating or working remotely while connected to YC's resources makes sense.
21 more answers in the full application
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Storyworth YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Storyworth's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Storyworth would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Storyworth in?
Storyworth was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2011 batch.
Who founded Storyworth?
Storyworth was founded by Nick Baum.
What does Storyworth do?
Record your family stories and print them in beautiful keepsake books.
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Storyworth's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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