TalkBin YC Application

Winter 2011Acquired

TalkBin went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2011 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: Winter 2011
Industry: B2BRetail
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2012

Founders

Qasar YounisFounder/CEO
Sunny DhillonFounder
Michael MaFounder/COO

What TalkBin does

Acquired by Google, integrated natively into Google Maps.

TalkBin's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

TalkBin

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Consumer to business messaging

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

We built a messaging service that lets customers send feedback, questions, and complaints directly to local businesses. Our product makes it easy for people to communicate with stores or services through simple messages, improving customer service and helping businesses engage with their community.

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

We live in Mountain View, CA, and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Mountain View is where we live and where most of the tech ecosystem we want to tap into is. It's convenient for all three of us and close to our first customers and partners.

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 TalkBin YC application?

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