Short Story YC 申请

Summer 2019Active

Short Story 在 Summer 2019 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 2019
行业: ConsumerApparel and Cosmetics
团队规模: 120
状态: Active
已发布: 2019

创始人

Samuel HoffstaetterFounder
Isabella SunFounder

Short Story 做什么

Short Story is a style discovery platform to help petite women find clothes that fit. The average American woman is 5'4" and petite, yet this remains an enormously underserved segment. We’re a team of curators passionate about finding style, quality, and fit for petite women. Our mission is to remove the “ugh” from the shopping equation and support petite women in telling their stories, stylishly and confidently.

Short Story 的 YC 申请，重建版

Y Combinator 申请

Short Story，Summer 2019 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

Short Story

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Modern ecommerce for petite women

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

We built Short Story, a style discovery platform designed to help petite women find clothes that fit. The product curates and recommends apparel tailored to the needs of the average US woman who is 5'4" or shorter, a segment underserved by existing retailers. Our platform combines human curation with machine learning to surface styles that balance fit, quality, and aesthetic preferences for petite women.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and Short Story is based here. After YC, the company will continue to operate out of San Francisco.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is a hub for tech talent and early ecommerce innovation. Being here puts us close to engineers, investors, and customers who appreciate fashion innovation. It also allows us to recruit the right team to scale the product.

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

Short Story 是哪个 YC 批次的？

Short Story 是 Y Combinator Summer 2019 批次的成员。

谁创立了 Short Story？

Short Story 由 Samuel Hoffstaetter, Isabella Sun 创立。

Short Story 做什么？