Backpack YC 申请

Summer 2014Active

Backpack 在 Summer 2014 批次的 Y Combinator 中作为一家 Consumer 公司进行过。以下是：公司做什么、谁创立了它，以及其 YC 申请，按照真实 YC 表格逐题重建。

YC 批次: Summer 2014
行业: ConsumerHome and Personal
团队规模: 2
状态: Active
已发布: 2014

创始人

Fahim AzizFounder/CEOM

Backpack 做什么

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.

Backpack 的 YC 申请，重建版

Y Combinator 申请

Backpack，Summer 2014 期。来自公开数据的真实申请问题解答。

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Backpack

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Marketplace to get stuff from overseas

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

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.

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

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.

Explain your decision regarding location.

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.

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Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference 包含在完整版中。创建免费账户即可在 YC Insights 中打开，紧邻每个其他 YC 批次。

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常见问题解答

这是 Backpack 的真实 YC 申请吗？

不是。Y Combinator 对提交的申请保密。这是重建版：使用 Backpack 的公开数据（发布笔记、创始人背景、产品描述）回答真实的 YC 表格问题。它展示了像 Backpack 这样的公司会如何向 YC 自我介绍，而不是他们提交的文本。

Backpack 是哪个 YC 批次的？

Backpack 是 Y Combinator Summer 2014 批次的成员。

谁创立了 Backpack？

Backpack 由 Fahim Aziz 创立。

Backpack 做什么？