- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"topic": "Founding date", "conflict": "App launched March 7, 2011; spun out Aug 2011; YC lists 'Founded: 2012'", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialcam", "https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/29/after-a-hot-start-justin-tv-spins-off-socialcam-its-instagram-for-video/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/socialcam"]}, {"topic": "Founder roster", "conflict": "Wikipedia/BI/Autodesk list 3 co-founders (Seibel, Bartram, Luccisano). April 2012 TechCrunch credits Justin Kan as co-founder of standalone entity. YC company page lists only Luccisano and Bartram as 'Former Founders' and omits Seibel.", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialcam", "https://www.businessinsider.com/socialcam-and-its-4-employees-get-acquired-for-60-million-a-conversation-with-ceo-mike-seibel-and-autodesk-2012-7", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/04/11/socialcam-instagram-for-video-michael-seibel-interview/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/socialcam"]}, {"topic": "Angel round size", "gap": "Exact funding amount never publicly confirmed; ~$1.5M cited in Demo Day pitch but unverified", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2012/04/30/socialcam-angel-funding-investors/", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/04/11/socialcam-instagram-for-video-michael-seibel-interview/"]}, {"topic": "User metrics definition", "conflict": "16M+ mobile downloads (acquisition) vs 20M+ Facebook-connected users (April 2012); not directly comparable", "source_urls": ["https://investors.autodesk.com/news-releases/news-release-details/autodesk-signs-agreement-acquire-socialcam", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/04/30/socialcam-angel-funding-investors/"]}, {"topic": "Acquisition price", "conflict": "Announced ~$60M vs SEC-reported $59.5M cash at close (includes vesting acceleration accounting)", "source_urls": ["https://investors.autodesk.com/news-releases/news-release-details/autodesk-signs-agreement-acquire-socialcam", "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769397/000076939712000023/R12.htm"]}, {"topic": "Revenue / monetization", "gap": "No reliable public revenue figures found; growth was user/download-driven pre-acquisition", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2012/04/30/socialcam-angel-funding-investors/", "https://www.businessinsider.com/socialcam-and-its-4-employees-get-acquired-for-60-million-a-conversation-with-ceo-mike-seibel-and-autodesk-2012-7"]}, {"topic": "Post-acquisition outcome", "gap": "Despite Autodesk plans to scale platform, consumer product was shut down in 2015; brand users largely inactive by end of 2013", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialcam", "https://investors.autodesk.com/news-releases/news-release-details/autodesk-signs-agreement-acquire-socialcam", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/socialcam"]}, {"topic": "Controversy", "note": "Spring 2012 Facebook viral growth criticized as invasive/aggressive auto-sharing; company changed sharing UX in response", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialcam"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Seibel", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialcam", "https://guillaume-luccisano.com/", "https://investors.autodesk.com/news-releases/news-release-details/autodesk-signs-agreement-acquire-socialcam", "https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/29/after-a-hot-start-justin-tv-spins-off-socialcam-its-instagram-for-video/", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/04/11/socialcam-instagram-for-video-michael-seibel-interview/", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/04/30/socialcam-angel-funding-investors/", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/07/17/socialcam-autodesk-60-million/", "https://techcrunch.com/2015/05/07/triplebyte/", "https://www.businessinsider.com/socialcam-and-its-4-employees-get-acquired-for-60-million-a-conversation-with-ceo-mike-seibel-and-autodesk-2012-7", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/socialcam", "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/SsLkxCxmkbBudLHQr/tabula-bio-towards-a-future-free-of-disease-and-looking-for", "https://www.michaelseibel.com/", "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769397/000076939712000023/R12.htm", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/hiring-engineers-with-ammon-bartram", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/socialcam"]