A simple tool for getting in touch with your favorite YC companies and founders
Hi IH 👋
I am in the early stages of building a B2B SaaS product and wanted to get feedback from my target customers: early stage startups.
I choose YC companies as my initial list of companies to reach out to. To keep the process fun, I created a mini-app to help me get contact information for the specific YC companies I wanted to reach out to.
I just made it available to others Indie Hackers and founders looking to do the same. I called it YCRM. Check it out and let me know what you all think!
After downloading YC company contact information, it's easy to plug it into any CRM of your choice. I used SendGrid because they have generous 100 email a day free tier. With YCRM + SendGrid, I was able to automate an email campaign to hundreds of companies and have dozens of invaluable conversations with YC founders.
Right now, payment is required to download information, but message me on Twitter if you'd like free access.
This is a cool idea! As a YC founder, I can firsthand tell you that the YC community is pretty open to trying different things and are receptive to inbounds, but they AREN'T down for spam. So if you send personalized sales messages, it'll be worth the extra time. Don't send classic bs outbound sales emails
Completely agree. I'm going to add this to app to remind users :)
Added this under a Code of Conduct section on the homepage. Thanks for the feedback and idea @Dbaum39
You are my Jesus 🙌
...I've literally had a to-do list item for months to go through all the companies I thought were worth targeting on the YC list and send them an email. I've been putting it off because finding all the contact details was going to suck. Thanks!
@devstein , can you open up your Twitter DM's? I wanted to pay but I can't use your Stripe checkout without having the option to include my business details (name, VAT ID etc) otherwise my accountant will hate me.
Glad you've ran into the same issue and happy I can help.
Just fixed my Twitter DM settings. Shoot me a message and I can give you access :)
Hey @devstein I've tried to reach you on twitter but couldn't have your response! Have you got my message?
Hi @LiveGenie, yes I've been offline, but will respond shortly!
Thank you for this tool!!! Super easy to use and great outcome! Can wait to see how you gonna make it even better!
Am I provided with the founder's contact email?
@thephilip Yes for each founder of the company. You can download a sample to see the information you'll get
Did you use another api for that or does the YC website leak that info (the email addr)?
It's a separate API. YC doesn't expose founder email addresses
This is fantastic,.such a great resource, well done and thank you
Appreciate that @Metanet!
Ah interesting. I guess if I started receiving more emails, I know who to blame 🥲
Sorry :) unfortunately it's the way the game works today...
IMO, I think email marketing is going to be challenged in the next few years (better filters, allow/deny lists, etc)
@devstein, this is awesome!
I've reached out to 2 YC companies about running from direct response ads for them, and was thinking "I wish there was a way I could know which other YC companies to reach out to."
Thank you for this
@justinReed Glad I can help! Try it out and let me know what you think.
Shoot me a message on Twitter or email me at [email protected] if you run in to any issues or need help!