Application YC di Gigster

Summer 2015Acquired

Gigster ha partecipato a Y Combinator nel batch Summer 2015 come azienda B2B. 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 2015
Settore: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Dimensione team: 51
Stato: Acquired
Lanciata: 2015

Founder

Debo OlaosebikanFounder

Cosa fa 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.

Application YC di Gigster, ricostruita

Domanda per Y Combinator

Gigster, batch Summer 2015. Le vere domande del form, risposte da dati pubblici.

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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Domande Frequenti

Questa è l'application YC reale di Gigster?

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 Gigster (note di lancio, background dei founder, descrizione del prodotto). Mostra come un'azienda come Gigster si presenterebbe a YC, non il testo che hanno inviato.