TellFi YC Application

Winter 2011Inactive

TellFi 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: B2BProductivity
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Jason CorwinFounder/CEO
Conor LeeFounder
Zain MemonFounder

What TellFi does

Fastest, easiest way to setup a phone system for your business. We take something that has traditionally been painful and expensive, and make it available to everyone. The easiest way to set up a phone system for your business. All the features you want in a business phone system - including extensions, forwarding & voicemail - online for as little as $10 a month.

TellFi's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

TellFi

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Google Voice for business.

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

We built an easy-to-use online phone system tailored for small businesses. It includes extensions, call forwarding, and voicemail, all accessible through a simple web interface for about $10 a month. Our goal is to remove the complexity and high cost usually tied to business phone setups.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA. The company is based here and would remain so after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the tech talent and ecosystem we need, and it's where we already live and work.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real TellFi YC application?

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