SharpestMinds YC 申请

Winter 2018Acquired

SharpestMinds 在 Winter 2018 批次的 Y Combinator 中作为一家 B2B 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: Winter 2018
行业: B2BRecruiting and Talent
团队规模: 4
状态: Acquired
已发布: 2017

创始人

Edouard HarrisFounder/CEO

SharpestMinds 做什么

SharpestMinds is a mentorship program for data scientists based on income share agreements. Experienced engineers mentor aspiring data scientists, who then pay the engineers back a percentage of their first year's salary after they're hired. SharpestMinds mentors come from world leading AI groups at top companies including Apple, Uber, Tesla, Facebook and Amazon.

SharpestMinds 的 YC 申请，重建版

Y Combinator 申请

SharpestMinds，Winter 2018 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

SharpestMinds

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Peer-to-peer mentorship with income-share agreements

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

We built a mentorship platform where experienced data scientists from top AI companies mentor aspiring data scientists. Instead of upfront fees, mentees pay a percentage of their first-year salary after they get hired, aligning incentives and lowering barriers to learning data science.

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

We live in Toronto, Canada and the company is based remotely with the team primarily in Toronto. After YC we would continue based in Toronto and remote.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Toronto is where we live, and the team is here. The city is a growing hub for AI talent and remote work lets us access mentors from Apple, Uber, Tesla, Facebook, and Amazon worldwide.

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

SharpestMinds 是哪个 YC 批次的？

SharpestMinds 是 Y Combinator Winter 2018 批次的成员。

谁创立了 SharpestMinds？

SharpestMinds 由 Edouard Harris 创立。

SharpestMinds 做什么？

Peer-to-peer mentorships through income-share agreements.

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 SharpestMinds 的完整 26 个问题的版本，以及其他所有 YC 批次的公司信息。