Booktrope YC 지원서

Winter 2015Inactive

Booktrope은(는) Winter 2015 배치에서 B2B 회사로 Y Combinator를 거쳤습니다. 아래에는 회사의 사업 내용, 창립자, 그리고 실제 YC 양식에 맞춰 재구성한 YC 지원서가 있습니다.

YC 배치: Winter 2015
산업: B2BMarketing
팀 규모: 51
상태: Inactive
출시됨: 2014

창업자

Kenneth ShearFounder/CEO
Andy RobertsFounder/CTO
Katherine SearsFounder/CMO

Booktrope의 사업 내용

** NO LONGER IN BUSINESS ** Booktrope is reinventing the way books are published. We are not a self-publishing operation. What does that mean? At Booktrope we do not charge authors to publish nor do we accept all submissions. We have pioneered a concept called “Team Publishing” which addresses the way books are actually developed, not just the way they are distributed and read. We offer print, ebook, and web versions of all our books, in other words, we are format agnostic. We don’t want to debate the death of print books, or the birth of ebooks, we love and support them all. A typical Publishing Team consists of an author, editor, designer and business/marketing manager for the book. You don’t get assigned projects in our system; you choose the people you work with. We work much more quickly than traditional publishers, taking advantage of new technologies to streamline the process of getting books into the hands of readers. Lastly, we use that same technology to keep overhead low, and we think that the bulk of the revenue from book sales should go back to the creative team that makes them happen.

Booktrope의 YC 지원서, 재구성됨

Y Combinator 지원

Booktrope, Winter 2015 기수. 공개 데이터를 기반으로 작성된 실제 지원 질문.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Booktrope

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Software platform for collaborative book publishing

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

We built a platform that makes it easy for authors, editors, designers, and marketing managers to form teams and publish books together. Our software coordinates the entire book development process from manuscript editing to design and marketing, supporting print, ebook, and web formats without charging authors upfront.

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

We live and work primarily in Seattle, WA, with a remote team. After YC, the company would remain based in Seattle with continued remote collaboration.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Seattle is where the founding team is located and where we have built most of the product and team. The tech talent and creative community here support our work well. We also have established remote contributors, which fits our model.

전체 지원서에서 21개의 추가 답변

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference는 전체 버전에 있습니다. 무료 계정을 만들어 YC Insights에서 모든 YC 배치 옆에 열어보세요.

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Booktrope의 실제 YC 지원서인가요?

아닙니다. Y Combinator는 제출된 지원서를 비공개로 유지합니다. 이것은 재구성된 것입니다. 실제 YC 양식 질문에 Booktrope의 공개 데이터(출시 노트, 창업자 배경, 제품 설명)를 기반으로 답변했습니다. Booktrope과 같은 회사가 YC에 어떻게 자신을 소개하는지 보여주며, 그들이 제출한 텍스트는 아닙니다.