Inscrição YC de Mystery.org

Summer 2017Acquired

Mystery.org passou pela Y Combinator no batch Summer 2017 como uma empresa Education. 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 2017
Indústria: Education
Tamanho da equipe: 53
Status: Acquired
Lançada: 2017

Fundadores

Doug PeltzFounder

O que Mystery.org faz

We started Mystery.org to create better explanations for every question children have about the world. We began with the 150 most common science questions that children ask teachers. We call this collection Mystery Science. Last year, more than 4 million children used Mystery Science in 50% of U.S. elementary schools. In an industry that is plagued by long sales cycles and high barriers to entry, we’ve sold thousands of schools without a single sales person. We’re backed by a great group of investors including Y Combinator, Learn Capital, and Reach Capital. We’re now moving on to all the other questions children have that they’ll never learn in school. In the last 18 months we received over 500,000 questions from children eager for better explanations of the world. Now we’re creating video explanations for every question. You can think of this like a visual Wikipedia for kids. Our goal is to create a generation of better thinkers. We think this is the most important problem to solve in the world today.

Inscrição YC de Mystery.org, reconstruída

Inscrição Y Combinator

Mystery.org, lote Summer 2017. As verdadeiras perguntas do formulário, respondidas com dados públicos.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Mystery.org

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Better explanations to keep kids curious

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

We build Mystery Science - a collection of video and lesson explanations answering the 150 most common science questions kids ask teachers. We then expand to answer thousands more questions kids have about the world with engaging, visual explanations.

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

We live in San Francisco and the company is based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco gives us access to a strong talent pool and aligns with where our early users and investors are based.

21 respostas a mais na inscrição completa

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Perguntas Frequentes

Esta é a inscrição real da YC de Mystery.org?

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 Mystery.org (notas de lançamento, históricos de fundadores, descrição do produto). Mostra como uma empresa como Mystery.org se apresentaria à YC, não o texto que eles submeteram.

Em qual batch da YC Mystery.org esteve?

Mystery.org fez parte do batch Summer 2017 da Y Combinator.

Quem fundou o Mystery.org?

O Mystery.org foi fundado por Doug Peltz.

O que o Mystery.org faz?

We help kids stay curious by creating better explanations.

Como eu leio o application completo reconstruído?

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