Application YC di The Athletic

Summer 2016Acquired

The Athletic ha partecipato a Y Combinator nel batch Summer 2016 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 2016
Settore: ConsumerContent
Dimensione team: 600
Stato: Acquired
Lanciata: 2016

Founder

Alex MatherFounder/CEO
Adam HansmannFounder/COO

Cosa fa The Athletic

The Athletic is a direct-to-consumer digital sports media company committed to helping subscribers experience storytelling in a whole new way. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, The Athletic has over 600 full-time employees and covers more than 250 professional sports and collegiate teams in the US, Canada and the UK. The Athletic’s newsroom has produced thousands of in-depth articles along with more than 120 podcasts and premium video content. The Athletic is a remote-friendly company as we have offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, London, and Melbourne.

Application YC di The Athletic, ricostruita

Domanda per Y Combinator

The Athletic, batch Summer 2016. Le vere domande del form, risposte da dati pubblici.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

The Athletic

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Subscription sports media.

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

We build The Athletic, a subscription-based sports media platform delivering in-depth stories and coverage of professional and college sports teams. It's aimed at fans frustrated with superficial coverage, offering detailed, well-reported journalism and exclusive podcasts and video.

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

We live in San Francisco, and the company is based there with remote offices in Los Angeles, London, and Melbourne.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the talent and media connections we need. Our remote model lets us cover teams in the US, Canada, and UK effectively.

21 risposte in più nell'application completa

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Domande Frequenti

Questa è l'application YC reale di The Athletic?

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

A quale batch YC apparteneva The Athletic?

The Athletic apparteneva al batch Summer 2016 di Y Combinator.

Chi ha fondato The Athletic?

The Athletic è stato fondato da Alex Mather, Adam Hansmann.

Cosa fa The Athletic?

Subscription sports media.

Come leggo la ricostruzione completa della application?

Crea un account Round Funded gratuito. La versione completa di 26 risposte della application di The Athletic, e di ogni altro batch YC, è in YC Insights.