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record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
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Assertion Supported
Sacks: Kindara's fertility tracking method is as effective as the pill
“The method that we use has been shown to be as effective as the pill”
Opinion
Sacks: The Lean Startup is a condensed Four Steps to the Epiphany
“I think Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steve Blank is that, that, and Lean Startup by Eric Ries. They're kind of the same book. One is like condensed and one is much longer.”
Disclosure
Will Sacks used fertility charting for birth control for five years
“And so we have a personal experience now of using this as our method of birth control for the last five years.”
Insight
Sacks: Hardware creates a stronger competitive advantage than software apps
“I think ultimately it builds more of a competitive advantage just because hardware is hard. Like, It's not easy. People can't rip you off in a weekend hackathon like they can with an app, potentially.”
Insight
Sacks: Defining MVP viability is the hardest part of Lean Startup
“Yeah, I mean, the V, the, in MVP, viable. Like, that's the hard one, because how do you know what's viable? Maybe something, maybe what you think is your MVP is not, not quite viable. Like, it needs just a little bit more polish in order to be viable, and then…”
Disclosure
Kindara is about to announce a new funding round
“And we're just about to announce some more funding.”
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Sacks aims for Kindara to be the global women's health app
“So in five years, I want Kindara to be the go-to women's health app for women all over the world for women from when they get their period all the way through to menopause. I want us to be able to offer value and help them understand their cycles better and to…”
Disclosure
Kindara Launched with a Few Thousand Dollars Before Hiring CTO
“It was me, my wife, and an idea, and a few thousand dollars, and so we wrote a posting for CTO, and we were looking around, and one of our friends said, hey, I can do this”
Disclosure
Will Sacks reveals Kindara's team is 70% female
“And we've got a 70% female team, and I think that's important.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kindara launched initial iOS app in 2012 after two weeks coding
“What we did is we spent two weeks coding and then launched what we had. So it barely did anything. It was like a very initial version of the app on iOS only had two screens and barely did anything and like 50 people downloaded it.”
Disclosure
Kindara raised $1.7M in angel and VC funding
“Yeah, we've raised about 1.7 million in angel and BC funding thus far.”