- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"issue": {"value": "Founder roster mismatch: YC profile lists only Andrew Fong and Matthew O'Brien; TechCrunch and founder site list four co-founders including Gabe Smedresman and Hugo Van Vuuren", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kirkland-north", "https://techcrunch.com/2008/03/21/two-startups-battle-over-who-invented-risk-like-war-game-first/", "https://gabe.smedresman.zone/turf/"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "Team size conflict: YC reports team size 2; four named co-founders plus contributor in other sources", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kirkland-north", "https://techcrunch.com/2008/03/21/two-startups-battle-over-who-invented-risk-like-war-game-first/"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "Headquarters conflict: San Francisco (YC/Gaebler) vs Oakland (VentureBeat Oct 2008)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kirkland-north", "https://venturebeat.com/business/kirkland-north-wins-225k-to-turn-your-neighborhood-into-risk/", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-CEF488D0-C168-4697-895A-0562197E8C3A-Kirkland-North"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "Tracxn conflates this gaming startup with an unrelated Kirkland North playground surfacing manufacturer in Kirkland, WA", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/kirklandnorth/__YR2rqCsCjyGrPFogDxkXBE5NVOaoihEVAo938k3uTG0", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kirkland-north"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "GoCrossCampus rivalry: dispute over who invented Turf; NYT initially credited GoCrossCampus without mentioning Kirkland North/Smedresman; Kirkland North contacted NYT for correction", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2008/03/21/two-startups-battle-over-who-invented-risk-like-war-game-first/"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "GoCrossCampus counterclaims: separate codebase, repeated offers to Smedresman to join their team (declined), two founders are engineers (disputing Van Vuuren)", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2008/03/21/two-startups-battle-over-who-invented-risk-like-war-game-first/"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "Gabe Smedresman was a full-time Google employee while co-founding Kirkland North; Google planned to run rival GoCrossCampus internally", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2008/03/21/two-startups-battle-over-who-invented-risk-like-war-game-first/"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "Potential IP risk: Hasbro (Risk board game owner) noted as possible claimant by TechCrunch", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2008/03/21/two-startups-battle-over-who-invented-risk-like-war-game-first/"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "Matthew O'Brien name collision with unrelated Matthew H. O'Brien, corporate partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP (different person)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kirkland-north", "https://www.kirkland.com/lawyers/o/obrien-matthew-h-pc"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "Company name origin undocumented in primary sources", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kirkland-north", "https://techcrunch.com/2008/03/21/two-startups-battle-over-who-invented-risk-like-war-game-first/"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "Exact shutdown date and reason not documented; inferred ~2009 from Turf project page title and founder tenure end dates", "source_urls": ["https://gabe.smedresman.zone/turf/", "https://linkedin.com/in/fongandrew", "https://linkedin.com/in/gabesmedresman"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "YC standard investment dollar amount not disclosed separately from Harrison Metal $225K seed", "source_urls": ["https://gabe.smedresman.zone/turf/", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-CEF488D0-C168-4697-895A-0562197E8C3A-Kirkland-North"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["http://www.ycdb.co/batch/w08", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Van_Vuuren", "https://gabe.smedresman.zone/turf/", "https://linkedin.com/in/fongandrew", "https://linkedin.com/in/gabesmedresman", "https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=andrewfong", "https://techcrunch.com/2008/03/21/two-startups-battle-over-who-invented-risk-like-war-game-first/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/kirklandnorth/__YR2rqCsCjyGrPFogDxkXBE5NVOaoihEVAo938k3uTG0", "https://venturebeat.com/business/kirkland-north-wins-225k-to-turn-your-neighborhood-into-risk/", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-CEF488D0-C168-4697-895A-0562197E8C3A-Kirkland-North", "https://www.kirkland.com/lawyers/o/obrien-matthew-h-pc", "https://www.kirkland.harvard.edu/history", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/kirkland-north", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kirkland-north"]