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Tas Amina

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Justine Palefsky

Justine Palefsky and Tas Amina are the Co-Founders of Kindred, a members-only home swapping network that unlocks your ability to live a travel-rich lifestyle for a fraction of the cost of a hotel or AirBnb. By exchanging homes with people they trust, renters and owners alike are able to take advantage of remote-work flexibility and explore new destinations without breaking the bank. Justine and Tas were both early-stage employees at Opendoor before deciding to start their own company during the pandemic. Topics Covered by Justine Palefsky and Tas Amina in this Episode   Kindred’s origin story   How Justine and Tas decided to work together as co-founders and the “partnership charter”   Launching during the pandemic   Early customer acquisition failures and lessons   Organic growth and refining their model   Developing Kindred’s pricing and business model   Fundraising for Kindred and their advice for founders   Navigating an unpredictable market   What’s next for Kindred   Listen to all episodes of the Just Go Grind Podcast: https://www.justgogrind.com Follow Justin Gordon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/justingordon212

<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/justine-palefsky-5975a72a/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Justine Palefsky</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasneem-amina-488ab0a8/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tas Amina</a> are the Co-Founders of <a href="https://livekindred.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kindred</a>, a members-only home swapping network that unlocks your ability to live a travel-rich lifestyle for a fraction of the cost of a hotel or AirBnb. By exchanging homes with people they trust, renters and owners alike are able to take advantage of remote-work flexibility and explore new destinations without breaking the bank. Justine and Tas were both early-stage employees at Opendoor before deciding to start their own company during the pandemic. Topics Covered by Justine Palefsky and Tas Amina in this Episode <ul> <li> Kindred’s origin story </li> <li> How Justine and Tas decided to work together as co-founders and the “partnership charter” </li> <li> Launching during the pandemic </li> <li> Early customer acquisition failures and lessons </li> <li> Organic growth and refining their model </li> <li> Developing Kindred’s pricing and business model </li> <li> Fundraising for Kindred and their advice for founders </li> <li> Navigating an unpredictable market </li> <li> What’s next for Kindred </li> </ul> Listen to all episodes of the Just Go Grind Podcast: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=qgLzW3af2GM&amp;event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbHk1UzBzQ0VMcXZYUXFkbTQ3WHFES0dWUlNpd3xBQ3Jtc0ttc09EMlM4dkNoNHFkSTIwcWFOUWhyVEVGU2h0XzNYZHdrWjNCaHVSR2NBR1FFUU94Q1hNbTVaSXJlX1VPelctVzB1LW1RdDlTNVhibEJyem9nZVloaW5qYURKQkR2Vzl5eGc2Um5aUnNLLTVpWWxaTQ%3D%3D&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.justgogrind.com%2Fpodcast%2F" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.justgogrind.com</a> Follow Justin Gordon on Twitter: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=qgLzW3af2GM&amp;event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVZ0ZU16T0JGSTFUUUdrQUt2UFVVUEFQa3VxQXxBQ3Jtc0tua2p4ZkRvU3Z3LUR5Zmh0cGZOUVVMbWU2QS1ib1luaXBoWG1aN29vbmNrTHFBMW5iMXdWeXVQeDlOajBLOUhRX01TdDlCNWJ6OXB3bFFPanJPS2VCVXBlamowQm1mQVJ5X1M2ZlpNRHdoNkxhbUtlZw%3D%3D&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fjustingordon212" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/justingordon212</a>

#331: Justine Palefsky and Tas Amina of Kindred, on Building an Intentional Co-Founder Partnership, Lessons from a Failed E-Blast, and Navigating an Unpredictable Market

Produced by Foundersuite (www.foundersuite.com), "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders and investors who have raised capital. This episode is with Justine Palefsky and Tas Amina of Kindred (www.livekindred.com), a members-only home exchange platform. In this episode, Justine and Tas talk about how they spent time doing "founder dating" before committing to starting Kindred, how they raised capital from various strategic angels such as Elad Gil, Rohan Seth, Eric Wu, Payal Kadakia and Adena Hefets, how the venture market is changing and getting more challenging, and much more. Kindred has raised $7.75 million from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Caffeinated Capital and angel investors such as Elad Gil, Opendoor CEO and co-founder Eric Wu, ClassPass founder Payal Kadakia, Clubhouse co-founder and CTO Rohan Seth and Adena Hefets, co-founder and CEO, Divvy Homes.How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $3 Billion since 2016. Create a free account at www.foundersuite.com.

Produced by Foundersuite (<a href="http://www.foundersuite.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.foundersuite.com</a>), "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders and investors who have raised capital. This episode is with Justine Palefsky and Tas Amina of Kindred (<a href="http://www.livekindred.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.livekindred.com</a>), a members-only home exchange platform. In this episode, Justine and Tas talk about how they spent time doing "founder dating" before committing to starting Kindred, how they raised capital from various strategic angels such as Elad Gil, Rohan Seth, Eric Wu, Payal Kadakia and Adena Hefets, how the venture market is changing and getting more challenging, and much more. Kindred has raised $7.75 million from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Caffeinated Capital and angel investors such as Elad Gil, Opendoor CEO and co-founder Eric Wu, ClassPass founder Payal Kadakia, Clubhouse co-founder and CTO Rohan Seth and Adena Hefets, co-founder and CEO, Divvy Homes. How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $3 Billion since 2016. Create a free account at <a href="http://www.foundersuite.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.foundersuite.com</a>.