Tell us in one or two sentences something about
each founder that shows he or she is an "animal,"
in the sense described in How to Start a Startup.P.S. Wow, small world. I went to the same high school as you guys. Good luck with FamilyLeaf, I'm now a big fan!
We're also now a big fan of you!
(I read in your YC app that you were from Bellevue so I Googled you and saw that you went to IHS. :)
People who are concerned with the age of their boss are a little too concerned with status / authority / hierarchy to be at an early-stage startup.
They'll be fine :) If anything, they are best positioned to appreciated exactly how Facebook doesn't work for families.
Edit : should have said thanks in advance for the downvotes. Criticism is not accepted on hn these days.
I have a couple of questions however:
Did you face any problems having disclosed you scrapped a competitors site for potential clients/leads? Did all the founders think that was an acceptable method for building a base?
How did you derive the potential turnover figures and was the model and revenue discussed in depth at the interview?
Finally, how did you guys decide that FamilyLeaf was the right direction?
Best of luck to you all with the company.
1. We didn't have any problems disclosing that. In fact, (as you can tell by this little stunt) we are very open about it. We thought it was acceptable. But we also are fallible.
2. Turnover figures? We talked about it at the interview, definitely.
3. We were extremely passionate about it. And less so about AthleteNet. That was the number 1 thing. The other smaller but still very valuable factors included the market size, social impact, and potential for faster scaling.
Feel free to email me if you have any more questions! wesley@familyleaf.com
"It's spreading like a weed"..."It's already been extremely sticky"