GraffitiGeo YC 申请

Summer 2009Acquired

GraffitiGeo 在 Summer 2009 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 2009
行业: ConsumerContent
团队规模: 2
状态: Acquired
已发布: 2012

创始人

Nikhil PanditFounder
Jared TameFounder

GraffitiGeo 做什么

At its core GraffitiGeo allows users to leave brief reviews of restaurants, or for those too lazy to do that, to simply leave a "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" - it's like a highly condensed version of Yelp, or a "Digg for the world". These reviews and votes can be cast from the site's iPhone app or from the service's homepage. The homepage also features a stream of the latest comments to come in from other users, as well as a profile for each restaurant in the system that includes all of its votes and comments. There's also a nifty feature that lets you view a heatmap of your current region, so you can quickly figure out the hot spots in town. The gameplay in GraffitiGeo gives you points for checking into certain locations, similar to FourSquare, but doesn't really let you do anything with them. With GraffitiGeo, you earn points for every action you take, be it voting on a restaurant or leaving a brief comment. Once you've reached a certain point threshold, you can use those points to start a "mob", which you can invite your friends to join. Mobs allow friends to pool their points, which can then be used to acquire territory, which corresponds to actual city blocks. Whenever someone votes on one of the restaurants on the block, the mob gets some street cred too. It's definitely going to be confusing at first, but it also brings a team element to gameplay.

GraffitiGeo 的 YC 申请，重建版

Y Combinator 申请

GraffitiGeo，Summer 2009 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

GraffitiGeo

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

We tell you where to go and what to get once you get there.

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

We built a location-based app and website where users can quickly vote up or down and leave brief reviews of restaurants. Users see a live stream of nearby comments and a heatmap highlighting hot spots. We add a game layer with points for actions and let groups of friends form mobs that pool points to claim city blocks. This combines real recommendations with social gameplay around places.

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

We live in Palo Alto, CA, and the company would be based here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We live and work here already. Palo Alto is close to where we built the product and early users, making it easy to iterate fast.

21 更多回答在完整申请中

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 GraffitiGeo 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 GraffitiGeo 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 GraffitiGeo 这样的公司会如何向 YC 自我介绍，而不是他们提交的文本。

GraffitiGeo 是哪个 YC 批次的？

GraffitiGeo 是 Y Combinator Summer 2009 批次的成员。

谁创立了 GraffitiGeo？

GraffitiGeo 由 Nikhil Pandit, Jared Tame 创立。

GraffitiGeo 做什么？

We let you know where to go and what to get once you get there.…

如何阅读完整的重建申请？

创建免费的 Round Funded 账户。YC Insights 中包含 GraffitiGeo 的完整 26 个问题的版本，以及其他所有 YC 批次的公司信息。