- Startups - Danielle Morrill of Refer.ly - SendGrid Startup of the Week #7

0:30 Welcome to the SendGrid Startup of the Week. This week's featured company is Refer.ly.

1:30 Thank you to SendGrid for making this show possible! Everyone go to sendgrid.com and thank them @sendgrid.

3:15 With me today is Danielle Morrill, the founder of Refer.ly. How's it going?

4:00 Do you find that offering a commission is the significant motivator or is it being an expert in an area?

4:45 Is this primarily through the Amazon affiliate program?

7:00 Have you run into people who think this feels a little scammy?

8:00 How do you mitigate against someone coming in and re-pinning everything and spamming the ecosystem?

9:30 What do affiliates pay today?

10:15 What was it like being accepted to Y Combinator?

12:00 What's the five year mission?

13:15 What was Demo Day like for you?

14:30 Do you think it's pretty easy to get an investor meeting if you're a YC company?

17:15 What's the hardest part of launching your company been?

20:30 How do you think Amazon views social commerce?

21:00 Do you feel like there have been any additional challenges because you're a female founder?

23:00 What do you think has made you entrepreneurial?

23:30 We hear a lot about the talent drought. Is it impossible to find developers today?

25:00 If people were interested in working for you, should they email danielle@refer.ly?

25:30 Danielle, thank you for joining us, I wish you continued success. Thank you to SendGrid for their generous support and we'll see you all next time!

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