Yunha Kim
Yunha Kim is the founder of Simple Habit. She participated in Y Combinator's 2017 batch.
- Y Combinator is an incredibly selective startup accelerator. An impressive application can help you win a spot.
- Business Insider has highlighted below some examples of successful applications from Y Combinator alumni.
- March 16 is the deadline to apply for Y Combinator's Summer 2020 batch.
- Business Insider regularly interviews founders about their entrepreneurial journeys. $4.
Since Y Combinator opened its doors in 2005, $4 have gone through the accelerator.
Many of those startups have since achieved tremendous success. Think Airbnb, Dropbox, Instacart, Coinbase, and Brex.
The admissions process at Y Combinator is notoriously selective: Roughly 1.6% of the companies that apply make it in. Once they do, those companies receive seed funding, plus advice from seasoned founders. The program culminates in a Demo Day, when founders get to pitch investors on their business.
The deadline to participate in Y Combinator's $4 is March 16. In order to convince the admissions committee that you deserve a spot in the program, you'll have to craft an impressive pitch.
Business Insider has talked to several founders who have done just that - and we've shared the original applications that got them in.
Below, we've listed those applications, which you can use as inspiration when you're writing your own.
Goodly: $4
InEvent: $4
Simple Habit: $4
Prolific: $4
Are you a startup founder who's participated in Y Combinator and wants to share your story? Contact Business Insider correspondent Shana Lebowitz at slebowitz@businessinsider.com.