- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"issue": "Name collision with unrelated company 'Assembled' (founded 2018, workforce management / customer support ops, $70.7M+ raised). Not the YC W11 entity.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/assembled", "https://www.privco.com/company/assembled", "https://www.assembled.com/blog/assembled-raises-16-6m-in-series-a-fundraising"]}, {"issue": "Founding date conflict: team began Jan 2010; Hawthorne Labs July 2010; LikeALittle launch Oct 27 2010; Business Insider says LikeALittle founded 2009; Reforgers says Assembled founded 2012.", "source_urls": ["http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2515622", "https://techcrunch.com/2010/07/16/ex-google-news-bing-engineers-set-out-to-build-newspaper-of-the-future/", "https://techcrunch.com/2010/12/19/likealittle/", "https://www.businessinsider.com/why-hiring-failed-founders-is-ripplings-secret-weapon-in-hiring-2021-2", "https://reforgers.com/startups/assembled"]}, {"issue": "Shutdown timeline conflict: Reforgers/Business Insider imply ~2012 closure, but Circle reported 4M registered users in August 2013; founder LinkedIn lists Circle Jan 2010–Jan 2014.", "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/assembled", "https://www.businessinsider.com/why-hiring-failed-founders-is-ripplings-secret-weapon-in-hiring-2021-2", "https://www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss/2013/08/15/the-next-step-in-mobile-circle-places-its-bet/", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-reas"]}, {"issue": "Founder roster mismatch: YC lists Evan Reas and Shubham Mittal only; LikeALittle/Circle reporting consistently includes Prasanna Sankaranarayanan as third co-founder.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/assembled", "https://techcrunch.com/2010/12/19/likealittle/", "https://medium.com/@MichaelandMa/whatever-happened-to-the-class-of-w11-yc-a-decade-later-c15174d81d7d"]}, {"issue": "Total funding conflict: TechCrunch/Forbes cite ~$6M+; YCDB estimates $3.1M (likely conflated with unrelated 2018 Assembled's $3.1M seed per assembled.com blog); Reforgers lists total raised as unknown.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2012/05/11/circle-if-highlight-and-path-had-a-beautiful-ambient-location-child/", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/assembled", "https://www.assembled.com/blog/assembled-raises-16-6m-in-series-a-fundraising", "https://reforgers.com/startups/assembled"]}, {"issue": "TenXList launch/end dates not found in primary sources; only product description and traction claims on founder site.", "source_urls": ["http://www.evanreas.com/tenxlist"]}, {"issue": "LikeALittle shutdown timing inconsistent: Forbes says shut down mid-2011; HN founder post Aug 2012 says stopped focusing resources ~6 months prior; HN thread mentions abrupt shutdown ~3 weeks before Aug 2012 post.", "source_urls": ["https://www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss/2013/08/15/the-next-step-in-mobile-circle-places-its-bet/", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4346744", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4346049"]}, {"issue": "Whether W11 startup accepted optional $150K Start Fund note for this specific company is not confirmed in sources reviewed.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2011/01/28/yuri-milner-sv-angel-offer-every-new-y-combinator-startup-150k/"]}, {"issue": "YCDB lists Assembled category as Entertainment and location San Francisco; YC lists Palo Alto and Education/Recruiting.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/assembled", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/assembled"]}]]
- source urls
- ["http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2515622", "http://www.evanreas.com/tenxlist", "https://allthingsd.com/20110502/meet-evan-reas-of-lal-and-his-proximity-based-social-graph-for-colleges/", "https://medium.com/@MichaelandMa/whatever-happened-to-the-class-of-w11-yc-a-decade-later-c15174d81d7d", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4346049", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4346744", "https://reforgers.com/startups/assembled", "https://stanforddaily.com/2010/11/05/how-much-do-you-like-it/", "https://techcrunch.com/2010/07/16/ex-google-news-bing-engineers-set-out-to-build-newspaper-of-the-future/", "https://techcrunch.com/2010/12/19/likealittle/", "https://techcrunch.com/2011/01/28/yuri-milner-sv-angel-offer-every-new-y-combinator-startup-150k/", "https://techcrunch.com/2011/04/28/likealittle-funding/", "https://techcrunch.com/2011/06/30/andreessen-horowitz-adds-jeff-jordan-as-partner-leads-5m-likealittle-series-a/", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/05/11/circle-if-highlight-and-path-had-a-beautiful-ambient-location-child/", "https://www.assembled.com/blog/assembled-raises-16-6m-in-series-a-fundraising", "https://www.businessinsider.com/why-hiring-failed-founders-is-ripplings-secret-weapon-in-hiring-2021-2", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/assembled", "https://www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss/2013/08/15/the-next-step-in-mobile-circle-places-its-bet/", "https://www.gaebler.com/VC-Funding-F04EFE1C-9BA4-4411-86F8-F1CDF6C63EE8-LikeALittle-05-02-2011", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-reas", "https://www.owu.edu/news-media/details/update-networking-comes-full-circle/", "https://www.privco.com/company/assembled", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/assembled", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/a-new-standard-deal", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/assembled"]