Application YC di Hiptype

Summer 2012Inactive

Hiptype ha partecipato a Y Combinator nel batch Summer 2012 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 2012
Settore: B2BAnalytics
Dimensione team: 2
Stato: Inactive
Lanciata: 2012

Founder

James LevyFounder/CEO
Sohail PrasadFounder/CTO

Cosa fa Hiptype

Hiptype brings analytics and targeted advertising capabilities to the most popular eBook platforms, where these powerful features have never before been possible. Hiptype's patent-pending plugin for books captures demographic and book performance data that can be used to power in-book targeted advertising and automated book marketing campaign optimizations. Hiptype's founding team has previously designed and engineered products at Google, Turntable.fm, and mobile advertising platform Chartboost.

Application YC di Hiptype, ricostruita

Domanda per Y Combinator

Hiptype, batch Summer 2012. Le vere domande del form, risposte da dati pubblici.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Hiptype

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Marketing and analytics platform for eBooks

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

We built a plugin for popular eBook platforms that captures demographic data and book performance metrics. This allows authors and publishers to run targeted in-book ads and optimize marketing campaigns automatically, something that hasn't been done before for eBooks.

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

We live in San Francisco, and the company would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we live and where the eBook and tech industries intersect. Being here helps with recruiting, partnerships, and staying close to early customers.

21 risposte in più nell'application completa

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Domande Frequenti

Questa è l'application YC reale di Hiptype?

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