Virtualmin YC Application

Winter 2007Active

Virtualmin went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2007 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 2007
Industry: B2BInfrastructure
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2012

Founders

Jamie CameronFounder
Joe CooperFounder

What Virtualmin does

Virtualmin is taking on the lack of innovation in the server admin programs, like Plesk, by making a more accessable version for pages managed by the non-technical crowd. The program will feature simple installs of popular programs like content management systems that often cost extra on other providers. It will also let you administer your website from your desktop and mobile device.

Virtualmin's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Virtualmin, Winter 2007 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Virtualmin

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Accessible server admin for non-technical users

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

We are building Virtualmin, a server administration tool designed to be simpler for non-technical users than existing programs like Plesk. It makes installing and managing common web software, like content management systems, much easier and includes administration from desktop and mobile devices.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

Mountain View is where we live and have access to the tools and networks we need. Staying here lets us move fast without distractions.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Virtualmin YC application?

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