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Who is that startup that had their funding yanked after signing documents and moving from Houston to San Francisco?

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(EDIT: This was a YC company, and she specifically said it wasn't a YC co, so this probably isn't it, but similar)

Storenvy (Kansas City, Mo not Houston)

http://joncrawford.com/post/20378314843/how-i-got-kicked-out...

I assume that's the one you mean -- I met the guy and he's actually pretty reasonable, so I think the whole thing was just an unfortunate situation.

I thought she said it wasn't a Y-Combinator company that had this happen to them.

Ah, doh. I didn't see the talk (was trying to find parking for 45min before giving up and just watching online. I really hate the Stanford campus.)

Pro-tip for next time - park in Palo Alto or somewhere near the free shuttle [1] and bus it to campus. Or pack a bike.

[1]: http://transportation.stanford.edu/marguerite/

Wow. I wish I'd known about that! Thanks.

I gave up and parked in a restricted zone. No ticket!

Same.

Small sample size but I have a feeling they take it easy on tickets on days like today. Stanford isn't some broke municipality looking to maximize ticket revenue.

Many ticket zones are also only enforced mon-fri.

I had thought this was the case, but all the restricted zones I saw were open, so I thought it might be for a reason. But after going up 4 floors I decided to ponder instead the effects of herd mentality. As it turns out, you exit through the top anyway :)

That was the most heartbreaking thing I heard. The VC should definitely be named and shamed, hope it worked out in the end for that startup...

Just another instance illustrating that at the "free money" level of business, bridges are fireproof.

It was a YC startup, but happened at the startup they did before they did YC (a completely different startup).

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