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Yes, a 25 year old female founder. 3 engineers, 1 ex-radio industry veteran, and ~5 other team players.

She got started last year, went through a rough patch with a different designer+developer team, had to rethink everything, and then in Jan of 2013 -- landed an amazing marketing opportunity for the site which will air later this year. Very proud of their accomplishments, especially in a city like Austin where consumer startups are much more difficult.

Please show her and her team some HN love, feedback, etc. I've been a member at HN for a long time so I'll be here to answer any questions.

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Interesting site. There are parts that left me a little confused. Are they basically building a marketplace + online tools? If so, the text 'Jellifi is looking for event planners, bands, rental services, entertainers, caters, models, photographers, bars, venues, and more' should perhaps be 'Jellifi has a network for local event planners, bands, rental services, entertainers, caters, models, photographers, bars, venues, and more'. The point is that when I see 'Save Time Booking Your Next Event', I wonder 'how' - and was hoping for an answer there.

The other question is, who is going to be paying on the site - event organizers or those getting gigs? (Both is fine, but it is not clear from the site).

As someone who might organize one or two big events a year, I feel like if I pay, I would like to pay per event for help. (I guess I could consider paying throughout the year, but I find it hard to understand a value proposition that would matter in between my events).

Plan Event Free in the call to action button is a little odd, should probably be Plan Event For Free

Or just "Start Planning" and make it apparent elsewhere that it doesn't cost money

One of the landing page screenshots says "Jellifi Can Help You Throw A Better Weddings Event!" Is that a typo? Is "a weddings event" a thing?

I guess it can help you plan an event consisting of multiple weddings. I've never been to such an event, but I imagine it would be quite a challenge given that planning a single wedding event can sometimes lead to massive personal meltdowns.

Another minor typo:

"Online tools makes it easy to plan your next events."

You probably want to make either "tools" singular or "makes" into "make."

Aahh, good point. That's actually the recommendation box you're shown after you've stated what type of event you're hosting. It's part of the process to help save time and streamline planning.

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