- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "founding_year", "conflict": "Sources cite 2015 (Paragon One incorporation/start), 2019 (Extern brand/YC profile 'Founded'), and 2014 (one third-party directory).", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/25/career-coaching-service-paragon-one-gets-1-9m-seed-funding-from-investors-including-y-combinator/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/extern", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/paragon-one", "https://sales.superagi.com/company/externi-platform"]}, {"field": "headquarters", "conflict": "YC lists San Francisco; CB Insights, Crunchbase, LinkedIn, and MIT News list New York, NY.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/extern", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/paragon-one", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/paragon-one", "https://news.mit.edu/2021/paragon-one-internships-0127"]}, {"field": "employee_count", "conflict": "YC and Startup Intros report ~30 employees; LinkedIn (Paragon One page) reports 68; some scraped profiles inflate to 1800+ (likely counting extern participants).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/extern", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/extern", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/paragon-one"]}, {"field": "total_funding", "conflict": "Disclosed seed is $1.9M (May 2017); aggregates range from ~$2.1M to $3.21M depending on whether YC pre-seed, Republic convertible note, and accelerator grants are included.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/25/career-coaching-service-paragon-one-gets-1-9m-seed-funding-from-investors-including-y-combinator/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/paragon-one/financials", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/paragon-one", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/extern"]}, {"field": "externship_duration", "conflict": "Marketing pages cite 2–8 weeks, 3–8 weeks, 6–8 weeks, and 8–12 weeks across different pages/time periods.", "source_urls": ["https://www.extern.com/student", "https://www.extern.com/company", "https://www.extern.com/post/what-is-an-externship", "https://news.mit.edu/2021/paragon-one-internships-0127"]}, {"field": "students_served", "conflict": "YC claims 50,000+ since 2020; rebrand post claimed 20,000+ careers impacted; MIT News (Jan 2021) cited 1,000+ students.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/extern", "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/paragon-one_extern-experienceanywhereanytime-activity-7170488945317756929-Bbfr", "https://news.mit.edu/2021/paragon-one-internships-0127"]}, {"field": "founding_team", "conflict": "Byron Hsu co-founded Paragon One and was active through at least 2021 (MIT News) but is not listed as active founder on current YC profile; third-party data shows departure circa 2022.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/extern", "https://news.mit.edu/2021/paragon-one-internships-0127", "https://rocketreach.co/byron-hsu-email_22897815"]}, {"field": "business_model_evolution", "conflict": "Original Paragon One (2017) was a paid career-coaching/mentor marketplace ($2K–$3K subscriptions); current Extern is externship marketplace/platform with different B2B/B2C model.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/25/career-coaching-service-paragon-one-gets-1-9m-seed-funding-from-investors-including-y-combinator/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/extern", "https://news.mit.edu/2021/paragon-one-internships-0127"]}, {"field": "post_2021_funding", "gap": "No verified equity funding rounds after June 2021 OnRamp accelerator grant; Crunchbase references a Seed round closed Oct 1 (year/amount undisclosed in public snippet).", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/paragon-one/financials", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/paragon-one"]}, {"field": "revenue", "gap": "LinkedIn lists ~$5M annual revenue for Paragon One; no independently verified financials or recent revenue disclosure found.", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/company/paragon-one"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://news.mit.edu/2021/paragon-one-internships-0127", "https://rocketreach.co/byron-hsu-email_22897815", "https://sales.superagi.com/company/externi-platform", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/extern", "https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/25/career-coaching-service-paragon-one-gets-1-9m-seed-funding-from-investors-including-y-combinator/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/paragon-one", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/paragon-one/financials", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/paragon-one", "https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-05-30-paragon-one-scores-1-9m-seed-round-for-online-career-coaching-platform", "https://www.extern.com/", "https://www.extern.com/about", "https://www.extern.com/company", "https://www.extern.com/post/what-is-an-externship", "https://www.extern.com/student", "https://www.finsmes.com/2017/05/paragon-one-raises-1-9m-in-seed-funding.html", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/paragon-one", "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/paragon-one_extern-experienceanywhereanytime-activity-7170488945317756929-Bbfr", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/extern/4z48jjbtyamcqnw0i", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/extern", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/extern/jobs/HtYN7bg-contract-program-manager-data-analytics-ai"]