Weebly YC Application

Winter 2007Acquired

Weebly 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: B2BMarketing
Team size: 201
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2012

Founders

David RusenkoFounder/CEO
Chris FaniniFounder/CTO
Dan VeltriFounder/CPO

What Weebly does

Company Information Weebly is a consumer service that gives people a surprisingly easy and affordable way to create a site that is as unique as they are. Weebly lets entrepreneurs start something and showcase their work. With a Weebly site, people can communicate with their clients, promote their works to potential buyers, share their story with like-minded people, and be an authority on personal and professional interests. Weebly offers a range of pricing options, including a free plan and premium plans starting at $4/month. Weebly sites are optimized to work brilliantly across computers, phones and tablets. Global Growth Over 20million people around the world have started a site on Weebly Weebly sites receive over 100,000,000 unique visitors each month Weebly is offered in 11 languages: English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, JPese, Russian and Turkish Weebly is privately funded by Sequoia Capital, Baseline Ventures, Ron Conway, and Y Combinator.

Weebly's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Weebly

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Build a free website that grows with your business.

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

Weebly is a website builder designed to make it easy for anyone - especially entrepreneurs and small business owners - to create and maintain a unique site. Our platform provides simple tools for users to showcase their work, connect with clients, and promote their business, with sites that work well on any device.

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

We currently live in San Francisco, CA, and the company will be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in San Francisco because it gives us access to tech talent, early users, and investors who understand startups well. This location also puts us close to resources and networks important for our growth.

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 Weebly YC application?

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