Candidature YC de Gigster

Summer 2015Acquired

Gigster a été sélectionné par Y Combinator dans le cadre du batch Summer 2015 en tant qu'entreprise B2B. 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 2015
Secteur d'activité: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Taille de l'équipe: 51
Statut: Acquired
Lancé: 2015

Fondateurs

Debo OlaosebikanFounder

Ce que fait Gigster

Gigster is democratizing access to software by enabling organizations harness the best teams regardless of where they are in the world. Businesses with access to custom software have thousands of times more leverage than those without. We believe that by democratizing access as well as the ability to build great software we can increase the pace and efficiency of human advancement. Core to our approach is building the best place to work on the internet. We are building the largest network of exceptional engineers, designers, and product managers and making this network available to businesses. We are also using software and insights from thousands of projects to improve the odds of successful outcomes. Gigster is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint, Marc Benioff, Adam D'Angelo, Michael Jordan and others. Gigster has served well over 1000 customers including multiple F100 companies spanning a range of industries.

Candidature YC de Gigster, reconstruite

Candidature Y Combinator

Gigster, promotion Summer 2015. Les vraies questions de candidature, répondues à partir de données publiques.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Gigster

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Build and manage distributed teams

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

We built a platform that lets businesses assemble and manage custom software teams remotely. Our product connects customers to top engineers, designers, and product managers around the globe and uses data from thousands of projects to improve delivery outcomes. Essentially, we make it easy for companies to get high-quality software built without hiring full-time staff or managing freelancers individually.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company is based there as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where the tech talent, investors, and early enterprise customers are concentrated. Being here helps us recruit the right team, raise capital, and build relationships with businesses that need custom software.

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Questions fréquemment posées

Est-ce la vraie candidature YC de Gigster ?

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 Gigster (notes de lancement, parcours des fondateurs, description du produit). Cela montre comment une entreprise comme Gigster se présenterait à YC, pas le texte qu'ils ont soumis.

À quel batch YC Gigster appartenait-il ?

Gigster faisait partie du batch Summer 2015 de Y Combinator.

Qui a fondé Gigster ?

Gigster a été fondé par Debo Olaosebikan.

Que fait Gigster ?

Build and manage distributed teams

Comment lire la candidature complète reconstruite ?

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