Short Story YC 지원서

Summer 2019Active

Short Story은(는) Summer 2019 배치에서 Consumer 회사로 Y Combinator를 거쳤습니다. 아래에는 회사의 사업 내용, 창립자, 그리고 실제 YC 양식에 맞춰 재구성한 YC 지원서가 있습니다.

YC 배치: Summer 2019
산업: ConsumerApparel and Cosmetics
팀 규모: 120
상태: Active
출시됨: 2019

창업자

Samuel HoffstaetterFounder
Isabella SunFounder

Short Story의 사업 내용

Short Story is a style discovery platform to help petite women find clothes that fit. The average American woman is 5'4" and petite, yet this remains an enormously underserved segment. We’re a team of curators passionate about finding style, quality, and fit for petite women. Our mission is to remove the “ugh” from the shopping equation and support petite women in telling their stories, stylishly and confidently.

Short Story의 YC 지원서, 재구성됨

Y Combinator 지원

Short Story, Summer 2019 기수. 공개 데이터를 기반으로 작성된 실제 지원 질문.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Short Story

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Modern ecommerce for petite women

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

We built Short Story, a style discovery platform designed to help petite women find clothes that fit. The product curates and recommends apparel tailored to the needs of the average US woman who is 5'4" or shorter, a segment underserved by existing retailers. Our platform combines human curation with machine learning to surface styles that balance fit, quality, and aesthetic preferences for petite women.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and Short Story is based here. After YC, the company will continue to operate out of San Francisco.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is a hub for tech talent and early ecommerce innovation. Being here puts us close to engineers, investors, and customers who appreciate fashion innovation. It also allows us to recruit the right team to scale the product.

전체 지원서에서 21개의 추가 답변

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Short Story의 실제 YC 지원서인가요?

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