Aplicación YC de Backpack
Backpack pasó por Y Combinator en el batch Summer 2014 como una empresa de Consumer. Abajo: qué hace la empresa, quién la fundó y su aplicación a YC, reconstruida pregunta por pregunta en el formulario real de YC.
- Batch YC
- Summer 2014
- Industria
- ConsumerHome and Personal
- Tamaño del equipo
- 2
- Estado
- Active
- Lanzado
- 2014
Fundadores
Fahim AzizFounder/CEOM
Lo que hace Backpack
Shopping? Buy overseas. Traveling? Earn some extra cash. Let backpack help you save that high shipping cost or earn a little extra. Backpack is a peer-to-peer platform that connects travelers and shoppers to give people access to products across markets in all continents. Each backpacker, regardless of their role as a carrier or a shopper, follows a simple four-step process to either earn or save money from their backpacking experience. Travelers share their travel information and specify what kind of items they want to carry. Then they wait to get a "backpack request" and ask their price. Finally, they confirm the deal, buy the items, deliver them and earn money. Shoppers on the other hand, search items from their favorite websites and fill out the item description. Then they give their location and find a traveler coming to their city. Finally they "request backpack" and confirm the deal. Within days they can get the product and save money. backpack is founded with a vision to provide every citizen of the world with a choice; the choice of buying organic, authentic, and cost effective products with minimum friction. Whether the product is state-of-the-art consumer electronics, exotic pashmina from the south-east, or even medication that are rare in some parts of the world and not so rare in others - we promise ourselves to get those products to your doorsteps. We would like to reject the counterfeits, we would like to reject the almost-originals, most importantly, we would like to not pay the heavy expense incurred, most of which we deem to be superfluous. Help us make a better, more original globalized world.
Aplicación YC de Backpack, reconstruida
Solicitud de Y Combinator
Backpack, batch Summer 2014. Las preguntas reales del formulario, respondidas con datos públicos.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Backpack
Marketplace to get stuff from overseas
We built a peer-to-peer marketplace connecting travelers and shoppers across different countries. Travelers share their plans and what items they can carry; shoppers find travelers going to their city to buy products that are unavailable or expensive locally. Users coordinate prices and delivery, avoiding high shipping costs and opening access to international goods.
We live split between New York City and San Francisco and plan to keep our company based in one or both of these locations after YC.
We chose New York and San Francisco because they have strong tech communities and connect well to our international users. These cities give us access to both early users and potential partners.
21 respuestas más en la aplicación completa
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Preguntas Frecuentes
¿Es esta la aplicación YC real de Backpack?
No. Y Combinator mantiene privadas las aplicaciones enviadas. Esta es una reconstrucción: las preguntas reales del formulario de YC, respondidas a partir de los datos públicos de Backpack (notas de lanzamiento, antecedentes de fundadores, descripción del producto). Muestra cómo una empresa como Backpack se presentaría a YC, no el texto que enviaron.
¿En qué batch de YC estuvo Backpack?
Backpack formó parte del batch Summer 2014 de Y Combinator.
¿Quién fundó Backpack?
Backpack fue fundado por Fahim Aziz.
¿A qué se dedica Backpack?
Marketplace to get stuff from overseas
¿Cómo leo la aplicación completa reconstruida?
Crea una cuenta gratuita de Round Funded. La versión completa de 26 respuestas de la aplicación de Backpack, y de cada otro batch de YC, está en YC Insights.
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