Zenter YC Application

Winter 2007Acquired

Zenter 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: B2BProductivity
Team size: 2
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2012

Founders

Wayne CrosbyFounder
Robby WalkerFounder

What Zenter does

Zenter is an web based presentation app that promises to really take advantage of being online. Users will have the regular functionality of PowerPoint, but with the ability to directly add content from the web (Google Images). Each public slide show will also be put into a public library, for other users to remix or just drop into their show. Zenter was acquired by Google in June, 2007.

Zenter's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Zenter

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Zenter is the gmail of slides

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

We built a web-based presentation app that works like PowerPoint but online. It lets users bring in content directly from the web, like Google Images, into their slides. Public presentations go into a library where anyone can remix or reuse them.

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

We live in Mountain View, CA and plan to base the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We live in Mountain View which is at the center of our users and tech resources, so it makes sense to stay here.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Zenter YC application?

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