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The parties who will get screwed are The Style Club (more specifically the CEO), and Marks, who should have kept quiet and let her make the company a huge success with Cuban's help before coming forward with the dirt. He had the nut hole card but he flashed it too early.
Could be the basis for a nice party game, along the lines of Trivial Pursuit.
Pet insurance is certainly an option for low-income pet owners, but for whatever reason it hasn't taken hold in the US, where less than 1% of pets are covered. Vets have a somewhat negative impression of it, as it tends to be overly restrictive and, of course, doesn't cover pre-existing conditions.
Crowdfunding healthcare for pets is a fairly popular thing on GoFundMe (50M monthly users, only slightly lower traffic than Kickstarter), Indiegogo, and YouCaring. We think it's a unique and active enough niche to deserve its own, dedicated site, where the funds go directly to vets so as to better avoid scammers who just "claim" their pet is sick.
As with any crowdfunding model, most of our marketing is done by the pet owners (to their friends and family) and the vets providing the care (to their other clientele), so we're not dependent on inspiring strangers to donate.
I would appreciate any and all feedback, no matter how harsh, especially on design, copy, and overall feeling you get from the site.
It's really hard getting initial traction on something like this, so if you like Wagstarter, I would appreciate you sharing it with your friends.
What's the point of BaaS if you still need another B to power it?
Like parent says, make sure you turn OFF "Background App Refresh" for the FB app.