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Didn’t Homejoy Shut Down?

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1121 points alokedesai | 7 comments | 28 Oct 15 19:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.213s | source | bottom
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nostromo ◴[28 Oct 15 20:31 UTC] No.10467180[source]▶
Everyone is assuming that the founders sold the company data to Fly Maids, a brand-new company nobody has ever heard of before.

It's also possible one of the founders just spun up the new service themselves and copied over all of the customer records. If so, they may want to prepare to be sued by their previous investors.

It's one thing to fail after giving it the good ol' college try, but it's another entirely to strip the copper out of the walls on your way out.

Speculation aside, they should put out a statement to clarify the relationship between the companies and what's going on with their customers' data.

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1. JoblessWonder ◴[28 Oct 15 20:46 UTC] No.10467279[source]▶
Well, according to their Privacy Policy you can just shoot them an e-mail:

> You may contact us as follows: support@flymaids.com.com

Oh wait....

[Bonus points for saying they are incorporated in Delaware who has no record of a business by that name.]

*Edit- See below, I searched the company name on the Delaware website two different ways and they certainly do not have an active registration or even a name reservation.

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2. austenallred ◴[28 Oct 15 20:48 UTC] No.10467292[source]▶
Every startup is incorporated in Delaware, not always as the name they call themselves.
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3. JoblessWonder ◴[28 Oct 15 20:51 UTC] No.10467319[source]▶
Except they gave me the name to look up[1]:

"In the USA/rest of the world (excluding the European Union), we are Fly Maids, Inc. (doing business as Fly Maids), a Delaware corporation with our head office at 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19808."

Trust me, it isn't there. I tried both the regular lookup and just a simple name reservation in case the paperwork hadn't gone through yet. No results for either.

[1] http://www.flymaids.com/privacy

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4. will_brown ◴[28 Oct 15 21:12 UTC] No.10467456{3}[source]▶
Not incorporated in Delaware (as represented) nor are they qualified to do business in CA (where they are, presumably, physically located)...Probably not the company you want coordinating strangers into your home, though something tells me this is par for the SV course. You know move fast and break things, or beg forgiveness rather than ask permission. However, my advice owners/operators, they might wish to consult a lawyer to explain the basics of personal liability and benefits of corporate protections...
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5. JoblessWonder ◴[28 Oct 15 21:20 UTC] No.10467513{4}[source]▶
Oh yeah, totally forgot about the part that they were trying to do business in Los Angeles...
6. huac ◴[28 Oct 15 21:23 UTC] No.10467540[source]▶
I presume this is language that was copied straight from the website of the competitor
7. psykovsky ◴[28 Oct 15 22:06 UTC] No.10467773[source]▶
s/homejoy/flymaids.com

FAIL...