ZeroMailer YC Application

Summer 2012Acquired

ZeroMailer went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2012 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: Summer 2012
Industry: B2BProductivity
Team size: 2
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2012

Founders

James HarveyFounder/CEO
Yuran LuFounder
Shuang YouFounder

ZeroMailer's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

ZeroMailer, Summer 2012 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

ZeroMailer

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Easy mailing lists

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

We built ZeroMailer to make managing email lists simple and reliable for small businesses and teams. Our product handles list creation, subscription management, and sending emails without the typical pain of setup or deliverability problems.

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

We do not have a fixed location; the company is remote.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are remote to stay flexible and keep a small team. This lets us iterate quickly without relocating for YC.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real ZeroMailer YC application?

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