Application YC di Backpack

Summer 2014Active

Backpack ha partecipato a Y Combinator nel batch Summer 2014 come azienda Consumer. Sotto: cosa fa l'azienda, chi l'ha fondata e la sua application a YC, ricostruita domanda per domanda nel form reale di YC.

Batch YC: Summer 2014
Settore: ConsumerHome and Personal
Dimensione team: 2
Stato: Active
Lanciata: 2014

Founder

Fahim AzizFounder/CEOM

Cosa fa 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.

Application YC di Backpack, ricostruita

Domanda per Y Combinator

Backpack, batch Summer 2014. Le vere domande del form, risposte da dati pubblici.

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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Questa è l'application YC reale di Backpack?

No. Y Combinator mantiene private le application inviate. Questa è una ricostruzione: le domande del form YC reale, a cui si è risposto usando i dati pubblici di Backpack (note di lancio, background dei founder, descrizione del prodotto). Mostra come un'azienda come Backpack si presenterebbe a YC, non il testo che hanno inviato.