Inscrição YC de Hipmunk

Summer 2010Acquired

Hipmunk passou pela Y Combinator no batch Summer 2010 como uma empresa Consumer. Abaixo: o que a empresa faz, quem a fundou e sua inscrição para a YC, reconstruída pergunta por pergunta no formulário real da YC.

Batch YC: Summer 2010
Indústria: ConsumerTravel, Leisure and Tourism
Tamanho da equipe: 51
Status: Acquired
Lançada: 2012

Fundadores

Adam GoldsteinFounder/CEO

O que Hipmunk faz

Hipmunk is making travel planning simple and delightful. The site and mobile apps save you time by comparing top travel sites so you don't have to. The unique display makes it easy to visually compare results and choose what's best for you. Hipmunk brings in travel options ranging from commercial flights to trains to charter flights and accommodations ranging from large hotels to home and apartments rentals through Airbnb and Homeaway. Users can find less agonizing flights with the innovative flight search “Agony” sort, as well as the best hotels and home rentals with the hotel search “Ecstasy” sort. Hipmunk is one of TIME Magazine’s “50 Coolest Websites,” TIME Magazine’s “50 Best Smartphone Apps,” Travel + Leisure’s “Best Websites of 2012,” Budget Travel’s “Top 10 Most Useful Websites,” and Inc.’s “Best Booking Website.” Co-founders Adam Goldstein and Steve Huffman were named to Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s “Top Tech Entrepreneurs,” Forbes “30 Under 30” and Inc.’s “30 Under 30” lists. The company launched in 2010, is based in San Francisco, and has funding from IVP, Ignition Partners, Y Combinator, SV Angel, Webb Investment Network, Quest Hospitality Ventures, and several angel investors.

Inscrição YC de Hipmunk, reconstruída

Inscrição Y Combinator

Hipmunk, lote Summer 2010. As verdadeiras perguntas do formulário, respondidas com dados públicos.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Hipmunk

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Flight and hotel search made simple

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

We built a travel search site and mobile apps that compare flights, hotels, and home rentals from multiple top sources. Users can quickly find options that minimize the usual travel search agony by sorting results with unique metrics like our "Agony" sort for flights and "Ecstasy" for hotels. We prioritize saving users time and making comparisons visual and intuitive so they can pick the best option without sifting through chaos.

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

We live in San Francisco, and Hipmunk will be based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we live and where the travel tech community, potential investors, and talent are concentrated. Staying here lets us iterate quickly and hire people familiar with travel and consumer tech.

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Perguntas Frequentes

Esta é a inscrição real da YC de Hipmunk?

Não. A Y Combinator mantém as inscrições submetidas em privado. Esta é uma reconstrução: as perguntas reais do formulário da YC, respondidas a partir dos dados públicos de Hipmunk (notas de lançamento, históricos de fundadores, descrição do produto). Mostra como uma empresa como Hipmunk se apresentaria à YC, não o texto que eles submeteram.

Em qual batch da YC Hipmunk esteve?

Hipmunk fez parte do batch Summer 2010 da Y Combinator.

Quem fundou o Hipmunk?

O Hipmunk foi fundado por Adam Goldstein.

O que o Hipmunk faz?

Hipmunk takes the agony out of searching for flights, accommodations,…

Como eu leio o application completo reconstruído?

Crie uma conta gratuita no Round Funded. A versão completa de 26 respostas do application do Hipmunk, e de todos os outros lotes do YC, está no YC Insights.