- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "shutdown_date", "conflict": "YC says 'early 2013'; theDiagonal says 'summer of 2013'; reforgers.com says 'December 2013'; founder LinkedIn profiles show May 2013 (Jason Shen) and April 2013 (Randy Pang)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ridejoy", "https://thediagonal.com/2014/05/17/life-and-death-sharing-startups/", "https://reforgers.com/startups/ridejoy", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonshen", "https://linkedin.com/in/randypang"]}, {"field": "total_funding_usd", "conflict": "StartupIntros reports $1.0M total; founders, TechCrunch, YC blog, and Finsmes report $1.3M seed; Vator additionally reports separate $20K YC summer 2011 investment", "source_urls": ["https://startupintros.com/orgs/ridejoy", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/02/06/social-ridesharing-startup-ridejoy-raises-1-3m-from-freestyle-capital-lerer-ventures-and-others/", "https://vator.tv/2012-02-06-yc-start-up-ridejoy-raises-13m-for-social-rides/"]}, {"field": "team_size", "conflict": "YC lists peak team size 11; founders describe team of 8 at layoff decision", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ridejoy", "https://medium.com/@JasonShen/the-story-of-a-failed-pivot-305d47ab4733"]}, {"field": "user_count", "conflict": "theDiagonal cites >25,000 users spring 2013; StartupIntros cites ~30,000; Jason Shen final retrospective cites ~45,000 cumulative users by 2015", "source_urls": ["https://thediagonal.com/2014/05/17/life-and-death-sharing-startups/", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/ridejoy", "https://www.jasonshen.com/ridejoy-lessons-learned/"]}, {"field": "platform_fee", "conflict": "theDiagonal (Kalvin Wang) cites 10% credit-card transaction fee; Vator (Jason Shen, Feb 2012) cites driver pays ~15% of ride fee", "source_urls": ["https://thediagonal.com/2014/05/17/life-and-death-sharing-startups/", "https://vator.tv/2012-02-06-yc-start-up-ridejoy-raises-13m-for-social-rides/"]}, {"field": "incorporation_date", "gap": "No primary incorporation filing date found in consulted sources", "source_urls": []}, {"field": "acquisition", "gap": "No credible source reports an acquisition; company described as voluntarily shut down", "source_urls": ["https://www.jasonshen.com/ridejoy-lessons-learned/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ridejoy"]}]]
- source urls
- ["http://www.suelynyu.com/ridejoy-iphone-app", "https://linkedin.com/in/randypang", "https://medium.com/@JasonShen/the-biggest-lessons-i-learned-from-starting-and-shutting-down-ridejoy-3e538fd009b1", "https://medium.com/@JasonShen/the-story-of-a-failed-pivot-305d47ab4733", "https://reforgers.com/startups/ridejoy", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/ridejoy", "https://techcrunch.com/2011/10/28/yc-funded-ridejoy-hitch-a-ride-on-the-cheap-or-make-some-dough-on-your-next-roadtrip/", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/02/06/social-ridesharing-startup-ridejoy-raises-1-3m-from-freestyle-capital-lerer-ventures-and-others/", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/07/05/ridejoy-will-roll-out-drivers-license-verification-re-launch-burningmanrides-on-tuesday/", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/08/16/ridejoy-rides-an-iphone/", "https://thediagonal.com/2014/05/17/life-and-death-sharing-startups/", "https://vator.tv/2012-02-06-yc-start-up-ridejoy-raises-13m-for-social-rides/", "https://www.andrew.today/p/career-spotlight-jason-shen-product", "https://www.finsmes.com/2012/02/ridejoy-raises-1-3m-seed-funding.html", "https://www.jasonshen.com/114/", "https://www.jasonshen.com/ridejoy-lessons-learned/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/ridejoy-inc", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonshen", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/kalvinw", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/social-ridesharing-startup-ridejoy-yc-s11-rai", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ridejoy", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2011/ridejoy.json"]