Zanbazaar YC Application

Summer 2006Inactive

Zanbazaar went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2006 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: Summer 2006
Industry: ConsumerHome and Personal
Team size: 4
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Brendan DomsFounder
Sean McBrideFounder
Dean DiekerFounder
Brian ShihFounder

What Zanbazaar does

Anyone can create their own beautiful catalog pages of products that they want to editorialize and recommend to others. Authors earn a portion of the referral bonus for products sold. Shut down in 2007.

Zanbazaar's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Zanbazaar, Summer 2006 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Zanbazaar

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Community-curated catalogs for recommendations

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

We built a platform where anyone can create and share their own catalogs of products they recommend. Authors curate and editorialize collections, and they earn a portion of referral bonuses when products are sold through their catalogs.

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

We live in Boston, MA, and the company would be based here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

All four founders are local to Boston, so it's natural for us to build and operate from here. We have strong access to local talent and resources.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Zanbazaar YC application?

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