- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"topic": "Total seed funding amount", "conflict": "Founders/FOBO STORIES and TechCrunch/Telegraph cite $1.6M seed. Gone press release (Oct 2015) and FinSMEs cite seed financing of more than $2.5M. Ed McManus LinkedIn snippet cites $2.6M raised.", "source_urls": ["https://fobostories.tumblr.com/post/98323799703/fobo-fades-off-into-the-distance", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/10/fobo/", "https://www.prweb.com/releases/on_demand_selling_app_gone_acquires_selling_service_fobo_and_yardsale_inc_/prweb13031363.htm", "https://www.finsmes.com/2015/10/gone-acquires-yardsale.html", "https://linkedin.com/in/emcmanus"]}, {"topic": "Exact seed closing date", "conflict": "Telegraph Research states October 2013; secondary databases (e.g., The Company Check, Tracxn) list 2013-10-18; no primary press release with exact day retrieved.", "source_urls": ["http://ds8yjgzhio15r.cloudfront.net/FOBO/", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/fobo/a79104a589374d20a", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/fobo/__ZbAd5xSCy5NVC6Xcabd2wobjUUHG34WmprHlRBKivVo/funding-and-investors"]}, {"topic": "Founding year labeling", "conflict": "Company lineage traced to Yardsale/Y Combinator 2011; FOBO product described as founded/pivoted in 2013 and launched 2014 under same legal entity.", "source_urls": ["http://ds8yjgzhio15r.cloudfront.net/FOBO/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/fobo"]}, {"topic": "Post-acquisition founder role wording", "conflict": "TechCrunch says founders joined Gone advisory board; Gone PRWeb/FinSMEs say advisory roles.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/20/gone-the-app-to-sell-your-old-junk-acquires-yardsale-inc-fobo/", "https://www.prweb.com/releases/on_demand_selling_app_gone_acquires_selling_service_fobo_and_yardsale_inc_/prweb13031363.htm"]}, {"topic": "Acquisition price / valuation", "gap": "Not disclosed in retrieved sources.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/20/gone-the-app-to-sell-your-old-junk-acquires-yardsale-inc-fobo/", "https://www.finsmes.com/2015/10/gone-acquires-yardsale.html"]}, {"topic": "YC standard investment dollar amount (S11)", "gap": "Not stated in retrieved YC/press sources for this company.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/fobo"]}, {"topic": "Current status of fobo.net", "gap": "No authoritative post-2015 operational status retrieved in this research pass.", "source_urls": ["https://fobostories.tumblr.com/post/98323799703/fobo-fades-off-into-the-distance"]}, {"topic": "Headcount beyond founders", "gap": "YC lists team size 2; FOBO STORIES mentions additional team names (Jon, Michael, Ryanmc) without employee counts.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/fobo", "https://fobostories.tumblr.com/post/98323799703/fobo-fades-off-into-the-distance"]}]]
- source urls
- ["http://ds8yjgzhio15r.cloudfront.net/FOBO/", "https://fobostories.tumblr.com/post/98323799703/fobo-fades-off-into-the-distance", "https://linkedin.com/in/emcmanus", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7052526", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/10/fobo/", "https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/20/gone-the-app-to-sell-your-old-junk-acquires-yardsale-inc-fobo/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/fobo/__ZbAd5xSCy5NVC6Xcabd2wobjUUHG34WmprHlRBKivVo/funding-and-investors", "https://www.businessinsider.com/meet-yardsale-the-startup-that-wants-to-give-you-an-easy-way-to-make-money-selling-your-old-stuff-2012-8", "https://www.finsmes.com/2015/10/gone-acquires-yardsale.html", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/mickle", "https://www.prweb.com/releases/on_demand_selling_app_gone_acquires_selling_service_fobo_and_yardsale_inc_/prweb13031363.htm", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/fobo/a79104a589374d20a", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/fobo-yc-s11-launches-in-san-francisco-to-become-the-fastest-easiest-way-to-sell-your-consumer-electronics", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/fobo-yc-s11-pushes-over-1m-run-rate-featured-on-techcrunch-video", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/fobo"]