Candidature YC de Backpack

Summer 2014Active

Backpack a été sélectionné par Y Combinator dans le cadre du batch Summer 2014 en tant qu'entreprise Consumer. Ci-dessous : ce que fait l'entreprise, qui l'a fondée, et sa candidature à YC, reconstruite question par question dans le vrai formulaire YC.

Batch YC: Summer 2014
Secteur d'activité: ConsumerHome and Personal
Taille de l'équipe: 2
Statut: Active
Lancé: 2014

Fondateurs

Fahim AzizFounder/CEOM

Ce que fait 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.

Candidature YC de Backpack, reconstruite

Candidature Y Combinator

Backpack, promotion Summer 2014. Les vraies questions de candidature, répondues à partir de données publiques.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Backpack

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Marketplace to get stuff from overseas

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

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.

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

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.

Explain your decision regarding location.

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.

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Questions fréquemment posées

Est-ce la vraie candidature YC de Backpack ?

Non. Y Combinator garde les candidatures soumises privées. Ceci est une reconstruction : les vraies questions du formulaire YC, répondues à partir des données publiques de Backpack (notes de lancement, parcours des fondateurs, description du produit). Cela montre comment une entreprise comme Backpack se présenterait à YC, pas le texte qu'ils ont soumis.

À quel batch YC Backpack appartenait-il ?

Backpack faisait partie du batch Summer 2014 de Y Combinator.

Qui a fondé Backpack ?

Backpack a été fondé par Fahim Aziz.

Que fait Backpack ?

Marketplace to get stuff from overseas

Comment lire la candidature complète reconstruite ?

Créez un compte Round Funded gratuit. La version complète de la candidature de Backpack en 26 réponses, et de chaque autre promotion YC, se trouve dans YC Insights.