- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "founders", "conflict": "YC lists only Ryan Nichols (Founder/CEO); Chris Meyer documented as Founder/CTO in third-party bio but absent from YC profile; FounderTrace incorrectly lists Meyer as sole founder", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/start-closing", "https://developerweek2019.sched.com/speaker/chris_meyer.1z6gan35", "https://foundertrace.com/companies/start_closing/"]}, {"field": "founded_year", "conflict": "Sources disagree: 2014 (YCDB, Persana blog) vs 2015 (CO SOS formation, Reforgers)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/start-closing", "https://blogs.persana.ai/start-closing-an-in-depth-look-at-the-restoration-roofing-industry-innovator-founded-in-2014", "https://sos.state.co.us/biz/BusinessEntityDetail.do?fileId=20151321796", "https://reforgers.com/startups/start-closing"]}, {"field": "headquarters", "conflict": "YC lists Coffeyville, KS; YCDB and CO SOS list Denver, CO; Delaware registered agent address in Wilmington, DE", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/start-closing", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/start-closing", "https://sos.state.co.us/biz/BusinessEntityDetail.do?fileId=20151321796"]}, {"field": "employees", "conflict": "YC team size 2 vs YCDB employee estimate 5", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/start-closing", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/start-closing"]}, {"field": "funding_date", "conflict": "Tracxn seed date 2016-03-24 vs Persana blog 2016-04-22", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/startclosing/__a39s4wFs0CwzE_y6-MC21i1a2-gKvUwOrEMb4VDujJE/funding-and-investors", "https://blogs.persana.ai/start-closing-an-in-depth-look-at-the-restoration-roofing-industry-innovator-founded-in-2014"]}, {"field": "category", "conflict": "YC tags Insurance + Home Services; YCDB categorizes as Real Estate", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/start-closing", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/start-closing"]}, {"field": "shutdown_details", "conflict": "No primary-source shutdown date, failure reason, or post-mortem from founders; loot-drop.io describes a different homonym startup (construction closing) and was excluded", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/start-closing", "https://reforgers.com/startups/start-closing", "https://www.loot-drop.io/startup/1087-start-closing"]}, {"field": "website", "conflict": "startclosing.com unreachable/unverified at research time; archived snapshot referenced by YCDB (2016-03-28) not fetched", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/start-closing"]}, {"field": "ryan_nichols_identity", "conflict": "Name collision with unrelated Ryan Nichols (Salesforce/DYDX executive); Start Closing Ryan Nichols is the Denver roofing entrepreneur tied to ECO Roof and Solar", "source_urls": ["https://businessden.com/2024/09/30/contentious-business-divorce-bankrupts-denver-solar-company/", "https://dydxcap.com/our-team/ryan-nichols/"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://blogs.persana.ai/start-closing-an-in-depth-look-at-the-restoration-roofing-industry-innovator-founded-in-2014", "https://businessden.com/2024/09/30/contentious-business-divorce-bankrupts-denver-solar-company/", "https://developerweek2019.sched.com/speaker/chris_meyer.1z6gan35", "https://dydxcap.com/our-team/ryan-nichols/", "https://foundertrace.com/companies/start_closing/", "https://reforgers.com/startups/start-closing", "https://sos.state.co.us/biz/BusinessEntityDetail.do?fileId=20151321796", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/startclosing/__a39s4wFs0CwzE_y6-MC21i1a2-gKvUwOrEMb4VDujJE/funding-and-investors", "https://www.loot-drop.io/startup/1087-start-closing", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/start-closing", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/start-closing"]