Aplicación YC de BuildZoom

Winter 2013Active

BuildZoom pasó por Y Combinator en el batch Winter 2013 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: Winter 2013
Industria: ConsumerHome and Personal
Tamaño del equipo: 100
Estado: Active
Lanzado: 2012

Fundadores

David PetersenFounder/CEO

Lo que hace BuildZoom

BuildZoom is a better way to remodel. We connect homeowners to the most reliable general contractors in their area and make remodeling simpler, cheaper and more predictable. Our technology harvests public data on every licensed contractor in the United States, including license information, building permits, bond and insurance information and other government records. We use this public data along with private data gleaned from past BuildZoom marketplace interactions to evaluate contractor quality, availability, and fit for each construction project. Our goal is to help project owners arrive at several competitive bids from highly qualified and experienced construction companies to ensure a fair price and a successful project. We build tools to help contractors look their best online, manage their lead pipeline, seamlessly interact with project owners, and compose professional bid proposals.

Aplicación YC de BuildZoom, reconstruida

Solicitud de Y Combinator

BuildZoom, batch Winter 2013. Las preguntas reales del formulario, respondidas con datos públicos.

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Company

Company name

BuildZoom

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Connect homeowners to reliable contractors

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

We built a platform that uses public data on licensed contractors across the US combined with data from past marketplace interactions to match homeowners with reliable general contractors. Our product simplifies the remodeling process by helping users find vetted contractors, get competitive bids, and manage their projects more predictably.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company would be based here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in San Francisco because it's where we live and where there is a concentration of tech talent and potential users familiar with online marketplaces for local services.

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Preguntas Frecuentes

¿Es esta la aplicación YC real de BuildZoom?

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 BuildZoom (notas de lanzamiento, antecedentes de fundadores, descripción del producto). Muestra cómo una empresa como BuildZoom se presentaría a YC, no el texto que enviaron.

¿En qué batch de YC estuvo BuildZoom?

BuildZoom formó parte del batch Winter 2013 de Y Combinator.

¿Quién fundó BuildZoom?

BuildZoom fue fundado por David Petersen.

¿A qué se dedica BuildZoom?

BuildZoom is a better way to remodel. We connect homeowners to the…

¿Cómo leo la aplicación completa reconstruida?

Crea una cuenta gratuita de Round Funded. La versión completa de 26 respuestas de la aplicación de BuildZoom, y de cada otro batch de YC, está en YC Insights.