Заявка Backpack в YC
Backpack прошел Y Combinator в потоке Summer 2014 как компания из сферы Consumer. Ниже: чем занимается компания, кто ее основал, и ее заявка в YC, реконструированная вопрос за вопросом в реальной форме YC.
- Поток YC
- Summer 2014
- Сфера
- ConsumerHome and Personal
- Размер команды
- 2
- Статус
- Active
- Запущено
- 2014
Фаундеры
Fahim AzizFounder/CEOM
Чем занимается Backpack
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.
Заявка Backpack в YC, реконструирована
Заявка Y Combinator
Backpack, батч Summer 2014. Реальные вопросы из анкеты, ответы из публичных данных.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Backpack
Marketplace to get stuff from overseas
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.
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.
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.
21 еще ответ в полной заявке
Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference находятся в полной версии. Создайте бесплатную учетную запись, чтобы открыть ее в YC Insights, рядом с каждым другим потоком YC.
Часто задаваемые вопросы
Это реальная заявка Backpack в YC?
Нет. Y Combinator держит поданные заявки в приватности. Это реконструкция: реальные вопросы формы YC, ответы на которые основаны на публичных данных Backpack (заметки о запуске, бэкграунд фаундеров, описание продукта). Это показывает, как компания вроде Backpack представила бы себя YC, а не текст, который они подали.
В каком потоке YC был Backpack?
Backpack был частью потока Y Combinator Summer 2014.
Кто основал Backpack?
Backpack был основан Fahim Aziz.
Что делает Backpack?
Marketplace to get stuff from overseas
Как мне прочитать полную реконструированную заявку?
Создай бесплатный аккаунт Round Funded. Полная 26-ответная версия заявки Backpack и каждой другой партии YC доступна в YC Insights.
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