WriteWith YC Application

Winter 2007Inactive

WriteWith went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2007 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 2007
Industry: ConsumerContent
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Phil KastFounder

What WriteWith does

Writewith is a collaborative writing web app, enabling you to easily flow through the steps of writing, editing, and publishing a document with a group. A document is started by uploading an existing document (.doc,.txt,.rdf) or just typing away. After the initial draft is completed, you can invite other editors by email and assign them tasks. Writewith has full version control and even lets you post comments to each other, making it possible to edit together in real time. Currently Writewith is in beta testing with 15 college newspapers including Stanford and two of Canada's largest college papers (which even includes a national newswire).

WriteWith's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

WriteWith

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Collaborative web app for group writing

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

We built WriteWith, a web app for collaborative writing that guides users through drafting, editing, and publishing documents together. Users start by uploading files or typing new text, then invite others by email to edit and assign tasks. It tracks full version history and supports real-time comments, so groups like college newspapers can edit articles efficiently.

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

We live and work in Corvallis, OR. After YC, the company would remain based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Our team is local to Corvallis and we're building WriteWith here. We haven't relocated because we can develop and test with early users remotely and want to stay close to our network.

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 WriteWith YC application?

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