s2023

Hello OVXMEM,

Your Y Combinator Summer 2023 late application for P A R A has been submitted for review.

Please note that we give no guarantees when late applications will be processed as it’s based on the availability of our staff. This is just the nature of applying late.

It may take days or several weeks, but we’ll definitely respond to you with your results once your late application has been reviewed.

We've included the text of your application below.

Thanks, 
YC

https://www.ycombinator.com/apply

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ORGANIZATION

Organization name:

P A R A

Describe your organization in 50 characters or less.

+2SLGBTQAI NWSM (Next Wave Social Media)

Organization url, if any:

https://www.markezra.design

If you have a demo, what's the url? Demo can be anything that shows us how the product works. Usually that's a video or screen recording.

https://shattered.app/overview

What will your organization do?

• • LETS. CHANGE. EVERYTHING. • • 
https://www.markezra.design/m-e-m_1/s-h-a-t-t-e-r-e-d

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

Los Angeles

FOUNDERS

Founders

HACKER NEWS USERNAME	NAME	EMAIL	PROFILE UPDATED
OVXMEM	Mark Merrill	markezramerrill@gmail.com	yes

Please record a one minute video introducing the founder(s).

[Uploaded successfully]

Who writes code, or does other technical work on your product? Was any of it done by a non-founder? Please explain.

AFTER w2023 application i abandoned (placed on hold) constructing PARA's MVP with Siberian CMS, choosing instead to contract https://www.builder.ai/who can deliver a much more viable product––the instructional video above is the last communication with bryan.summers@builder.ai (1/26) since becoming displaced from my home after the January rains in Los Angeles (per the disheveled appearance). https://www.markezra.design/m-e-m_1/s-h-a-t-t-e-r-e-d

Are you looking for a cofounder?

• • THIS PROJECT MUST HAPPEN • •

PROGRESS

How far along are you?

• • SHATTERED IS BORN OF THE CHAOS OF FRAGMENTATION • • 

How long have each of you been working on this? How much of that has been full-time? Please explain.

• • GAY RIGHTS ARE TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS ARE RIGHTS HERE AND NOW UNDER ATTACK • • 

Are people using your product?

No

When will you have a version people can use?

ASAP

Do you have revenue?

No

If you are applying with the same idea as a previous batch, did anything change? If you applied with a different idea, why did you pivot and what did you learn from the last idea?

• • GAY MEN ARE DYING IN THE STREETS • • 

If you have already participated or committed to participate in an incubator, "accelerator" or "pre-accelerator" program, please tell us about it.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR • • YOU • • TO HEAR ME

IDEA

Why did you pick this idea to work on? Do you have domain expertise in this area? How do you know this is going to work?

• • WE NEED TO RAISE THE BAR AND GAIN A FOOTHOLD IN MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS • • 

What do you understand about your space that other organizations just don't get?

• • WE ARE EITHER HYPERSEXUALIZED BY GRINDR ET ALL OR CASTRATED BY THE FACEBOOK'S FAILED (AND GROSSLY HYPOCRITICAL) COMMUNITY STANDARDS AND THIS WILL NOT DO • •

How do or will you make money? How much could you make?

(We realize you can't know precisely, but give your best estimate.)

• • NEXT WAVE SOCIAL MEDIA WILL OFFER USERS SOMETHING BETTER • •

Where will most of your initial users be located?

US

Which category best applies to your organization?

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FORMATION

Have you formed ANY legal entity yet? 

This may be in the US, in your home country or in another country.

Yes

Please list all legal entities you have and in what state or country each was formed (e.g. Delaware C Corp, Mexican SAPI, Singapore Pvt Ltd, etc.). 

This might include subsidiary companies, legal entities you formed in other markets to do business, entities you created before a pivot, or legal entities you set up to employ developers or other service providers.

• • I CHANGE THE WORLD BY CHANGING MYSELF • •

If you're already incorporated, when were you? If you've had funding, how much and from whom?

• • WE CAN CHANGE OURSELVES BY CHANGING ATTITUDES • • 

How much money do you spend per month?

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How much money does your company have in the bank now?

[BLANK]

How long is your runway?

(e.g. 5 months)

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Have you obtained your 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status yet?

No

OTHERS

If you had any other ideas you considered applying with, please list them. One may be something we've been waiting for.

• • THE SMALLEST CHANGES IN ATTITUDE TODAY CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE IN THE FUTURE • •

CURIOUS

What convinced you to apply to Y Combinator? Did someone encourage you to apply? Have you been to any YC events?

• • WE CAN DO BETTER BECAUSE WE MUST & CAN DO BETTER • •

How did you hear about Y Combinator?

SHATTERED. LETS. CHANGE. EVERYTHING.