Backpack YCアプリケーション

Summer 2014Active

BackpackはSummer 2014バッチでConsumer企業としてY Combinatorを卒業しました。以下：会社の事業内容、創業者、そして実際のYCフォームで質問ごとに再構築されたYCへの応募内容。

YCバッチ: Summer 2014
業界: ConsumerHome and Personal
チーム規模: 2
ステータス: Active
ローンチ済み: 2014

創業者

Fahim AzizFounder/CEOM

Backpackの事業内容

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.

BackpackのYCアプリケーション、再構築済み

Y Combinator 申請

Backpack 様、Summer 2014 バッチ。公開データから回答された、実際のフォームの質問。

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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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よくある質問

Backpackの実際のYCアプリケーションですか？

いいえ。Y Combinatorは提出されたアプリケーションを非公開にしています。これは再構築されたものです。実際のYCフォームの質問に、Backpackの公開データ（ローンチノート、創業者経歴、製品説明）から回答しています。Backpackのような会社がYCにどのようにアピールするかを示しており、彼らが提出したテキストではありません。