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Wevorce (YC W13) makes divorce suck less

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Re: Wevorce (YC W13) makes divorce suck less

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Post by avolcano »

"Wevorce is already having success. While living in Idaho, Michelle ran a beta test. She put 104 families through the system and only one went to court."

This was the part that was most surprising to me. That's an incredibly good success rate (albiet with a small test) for something that's trying to mediate such a polarized situation. All it takes is either party not being satisfied with what they got to push it to court, so it must be extremely good at helping both sides feel comfortable with the outcome.

Re: Wevorce (YC W13) makes divorce suck less

#12

Post by dylangs1030 »

Disclaimer: I'm not in a position to use this startup, but my parents divorced when I was young.

I'm going to be that guy. I really don't like this startup, or at least how it's presented.

I have never seen a startup's front page focus so exhaustively on a founder's background. After reading about her story I'm not motivated to look elsewhere.

Her story garners a lot of sympathy, but how does the company work? That's all I care about when I go to a website's page. And it's not immediately presented. What I'm hit with first is the name, tagline, graphic and founder's story. I get that she went through divorce. The part about the judge is particularly riveting. But I, personally, don't feel it is as professional as it could be. It doesn't need to be cold, but this is trying very hard to be relatable.

I'm not trying to be cruel, I'm just being honest. I hope I don't offend the founders.

Re: Wevorce (YC W13) makes divorce suck less

#13

Post by okstr »

minimaxir wrote: post #2

So, we have startups that help get people get together, startups that help people marry, and now startups that help through divorce. If I were an entrepreneur, I'd cut out the middle man and vertically integrate all three into one startup.

Challenge Accepted. -- Couple app team W12 :)

Re: Wevorce (YC W13) makes divorce suck less

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Post by davidbalbert »

dylangs1030 wrote: post #12

Disclaimer: I'm not in a position to use this startup, but my parents divorced when I was young. I'm going to be that guy. I really don't like this startup, or at least how it's presented. I have never seen a startup's front page focus so exhaustively on a founder's background. After reading about her story I'm not motivated to look elsewhere. Her story garners a lot of sympathy, but how does the company work? That's…

It looks like OP it's just a founder profile. The company's home page[1] is much closer to what you would expect. I was initially thrown off too, though.

[1]http://wevorce.com/

Re: Wevorce (YC W13) makes divorce suck less

#18

Post by tadfisher »

avolcano wrote: post #11

"Wevorce is already having success. While living in Idaho, Michelle ran a beta test. She put 104 families through the system and only one went to court." This was the part that was most surprising to me. That's an incredibly good success rate (albiet with a small test) for something that's trying to mediate such a polarized situation. All it takes is either party not being satisfied with what they got to push it to c…

Another point: Wevorce not only has to convince both parties that an amicable divorce is best, but they have to overcome possible influence from friends/family/lovers as well. This is quite an accomplishment.

Re: Wevorce (YC W13) makes divorce suck less

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Post by gbelote »

dylangs1030 wrote: post #12

Disclaimer: I'm not in a position to use this startup, but my parents divorced when I was young. I'm going to be that guy. I really don't like this startup, or at least how it's presented. I have never seen a startup's front page focus so exhaustively on a founder's background. After reading about her story I'm not motivated to look elsewhere. Her story garners a lot of sympathy, but how does the company work? That's…

This actually isn't the homepage of Wevorce, which you can find here: http://wevorce.com/

We (Wefunder) are featuring Wevorce as startup of the week. We focus on the founders because we love the team and want to present the company from their angle.

We should probably do a better job of clearly separating the Wefunder and Wevorce brands.

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