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Re: Wevorce (YC W13) makes divorce suck less

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Post by dylangs1030 » Mon, Feb 11, 2013, 11:28 PM UTC

gbelote wrote: post #19

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.

Ah I see. Thank you for clarifying that. I was operating under the assumption this was showcasing a startup.

Re: Wevorce (YC W13) makes divorce suck less

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Post by dylangs1030 » Mon, Feb 11, 2013, 11:29 PM UTC

davidbalbert wrote: post #15

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/

Yes, that makes much more sense. Thanks for the link.

Re: Wevorce (YC W13) makes divorce suck less

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Post by stan_rogers » Mon, Feb 11, 2013, 11:29 PM UTC

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.

Why not make it super efficient and simply assign members a person to whom they are legally obligated to pay support? There's too much latency if you actually have to go through all of the steps.

Re: Wevorce (YC W13) makes divorce suck less

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Post by josephscott » Mon, Feb 11, 2013, 11:32 PM UTC

"so she could help make sure other children didn’t have to go through a similar traumatic experience."

If her goal is to help other children avoid going through this wouldn't the better problem to tackle be how to lower the number of divorces? Any divorce, no matter how "smooth" the process is is going to be painful for the kids.

Re: Wevorce (YC W13) makes divorce suck less

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Post by eksith » Mon, Feb 11, 2013, 11:35 PM UTC

Really? This is what it's come down to? Parenting and separation via day-planner. No wonder so many of my friends aren't getting married.

A common law marriage is likely to last a lot longer these days since, well, it's not common law unless you've been together for a while. Sometimes years.

This is also another reason why parents who ignore their children's feelings when getting a divorce are a bunch of inconsiderate bastards. You can argue all you want about how things are just not working out, but unless one of you is abusive or reckless, there are no irreconcilable differences. You just suck at getting along with each other and you should have thought about that more before having kids.

Got to therapy, go to counselling, try anything to hold it off until your kids are at least older teenagers.

Wanna know what's really destroying the sanctity of marriage? Abuse, Adultery and Divorce.

Re: Wevorce (YC W13) makes divorce suck less

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Post by lmkg » Mon, Feb 11, 2013, 11:37 PM UTC

codegeek wrote: post #5

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.

"integrate all three into one startup." What would be your tagline ? How about "no hassles marriage to divorce in 1 package." Then could price your service as: - Dating only - Marriage only - Dating & Marriage (value package) - Marriage and divorce (value package) - Dating,Marriage,Divorce (super value package)

No, man, you've got it all wrong. The real opportunity isn't in marriage-to-divorce, it's in divorce-to-marriage. "Tired of your marriage? Get a better one in six months or your money back!"

Re: Wevorce (YC W13) makes divorce suck less

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Post by danilocampos » Mon, Feb 11, 2013, 11:37 PM UTC

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.

It would be like online tax prep services, where each phase is easier than the last since you can import all the relevant data.

Re: Wevorce (YC W13) makes divorce suck less

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Post by DanBC » Mon, Feb 11, 2013, 11:42 PM UTC

eksith wrote: post #25

Really? This is what it's come down to? Parenting and separation via day-planner. No wonder so many of my friends aren't getting married. A common law marriage is likely to last a lot longer these days since, well, it's not common law unless you've been together for a while. Sometimes years. This is also another reason why parents who ignore their children's feelings when getting a divorce are a bunch of inconsiderat…

> A common law marriage is likely to last a lot longer these days since, well, it's not common law unless you've been together for a while. Sometimes years.

Just pointing out that in the UK there's no such thing as "common law marriage" even though lots of people think it is a thing. People who are not married (or civil partnered) don't have as many automatic rights when their partner dies.

Re: Wevorce (YC W13) makes divorce suck less

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Post by eksith » Mon, Feb 11, 2013, 11:44 PM UTC

DanBC wrote: post #28

eksith wrote: post #25

Really? This is what it's come down to? Parenting and separation via day-planner. No wonder so many of my friends aren't getting married. A common law marriage is likely to last a lot longer these days since, well, it's not common law unless you've been together for a while. Sometimes years. This is also another reason why parents who ignore their children's feelings when getting a divorce are a bunch of inconsiderat…

> A common law marriage is likely to last a lot longer these days since, well, it's not common law unless you've been together for a while. Sometimes years. Just pointing out that in the UK there's no such thing as "common law marriage" even though lots of people think it is a thing. People who are not married (or civil partnered) don't have as many automatic rights when their partner dies.

Ah, I didn't know that. I guess there are bound to be legal complications from no official recognition for being partners so that makes a will of some sort all the more important. Especially when children are involved.

Re: Wevorce (YC W13) makes divorce suck less

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Post by trdtaylor » Mon, Feb 11, 2013, 11:45 PM UTC

lmkg wrote: post #26

codegeek wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"integrate all three into one startup." What would be your tagline ? How about "no hassles marriage to divorce in 1 package." Then could price your service as: - Dating only - Marriage only - Dating & Marriage (value package) - Marriage and divorce (value package) - Dating,Marriage,Divorce (super value package)

No, man, you've got it all wrong. The real opportunity isn't in marriage-to-divorce, it's in divorce-to-marriage. "Tired of your marriage? Get a better one in six months or your money back!"

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