khaledkteily

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by khaledkteily 1y ago
Well done
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by khaledkteily 6y ago
Of course they're incentivized to tell you that... we have a fair amount of resources here: https://www.givelegacy.com/resources/ and are working on making them more user-friendly. In brief, you want to focus on i
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by khaledkteily 6y ago
Wow, interesting, had never even thought about that. I suppose the vast majority of our clients are actively trying to (or planning on someday trying to) have children. But yes heat-based contraception would be a good bet. Saunas, hot tubs,
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by khaledkteily 6y ago
That's on the list, too! I was in Singapore in late 2019 starting to do the research (would be our base in Asia). It'll take time, of course.
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by khaledkteily 6y ago
The lord works in mysterious ways!!
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by khaledkteily 6y ago
Yep! We wrote a post about it a while back ( https://www.givelegacy.com/resources/will-covid-19-affect-ma... ). I was proud that we have developed enough domain authority to be the #1 Google result for a couple of months
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by khaledkteily 6y ago
Yep - this is a great question and I have tons of thoughts here. First and foremost: sperm quality is an indicator of overall health, and the two are closely correlated. This is both good and bad. Good because living a healthier lifestyle i
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by khaledkteily 6y ago
Haha! You and me both! The worst part, to me, was it being referred to as "the specimen". I don't know why that always weirded me out. Sperm can actually survive fine for 1-2 hours hours when kept near body temperature, so a
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by khaledkteily 6y ago
Haha! You joke, but there are concerns that COVID-19 might affect male fertility (we are running a study to test this). So it's not the craziest idea to think about preserving your fertility during a global pandemic...
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by khaledkteily 6y ago
Hey - I hear you, but I don't think that's entirely fair. We are obviously building a company that we believe will go far, and will be around for decades, but we recognize there's no guarantee that will happen. In a worst cas
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by khaledkteily 6y ago
Yes! Well first and foremost, Alyssa is an amazing entrepreneur, someone I really enjoy speaking with, and is Canadian, so not much more to ask for there. We catch up from time to time and I can imagine us partnering down the line. Notably,
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by khaledkteily 6y ago
As soon as COVID allows it... you can keep in touch with clientservices@givelegacy.com. PS many of us are Canadian so we get this question from friends. A temporary measure, once the borders re-open, is to simply drive anywhere across the U
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by khaledkteily 6y ago
Facility backup generators activate within seconds of an outage, and are load-tested regularly for 30 minutes. In case of heat/smoke/motion detection, facilities managers are sent smartphone alerts. There are very clear SOPs for a
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by khaledkteily 6y ago
One more thing I'll add to Sarah's answer: in our case, the company was founded by - and run by - healthcare and fertility specialists. We are a healthcare company first, and a consumer company second, not the other way round. Thi
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by khaledkteily 6y ago
I thought it was extremely well written, pointed, and clearly written as constructive criticism. I don't even view this as about being politically correct, but about being inclusive, and creating an inclusive space, for everyone who is
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by khaledkteily 6y ago
Brilliant comment! Thank you.
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by khaledkteily 6y ago
Hey - this is one of the best-articulated responses I've read around this topic, so first of all, thank you. I take it to heart and have shared it with the full team, because it's important are actively thinking about this. I am r
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by khaledkteily 6y ago
A very common-sense question to ask. We have agreements with our cryostorage providers to automatically transfer ownership of the assets to them in case Legacy ever did not exist in the future. So you would work directly with them and have
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by khaledkteily 6y ago
Hey there, great questions. Sperm has been frozen for 40+ years and then thawed with no issues. In fact, scientists believe you can freeze sperm indefinitely with no loss in quality. That said, when you are going through the thawing process
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by khaledkteily 6y ago
That's a great question, and one where keeping everything cool is important in both cases. We get a lot of monitoring information, both on the way to the cryostorage facilities (everything from humidity to temperature variance to batte
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by khaledkteily 6y ago
Thank you! We were actually originally founded in Geneva, so we're working on it :)
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by khaledkteily 6y ago
We're pretty racially and ethnically diverse as a team (try pronouncing all our last names...), and we've worked to make our website reflective of that as well. As I'm understanding your question, I don't think it would
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by khaledkteily 6y ago
I actually have to say that working with the FDA was easy in a way that I didn't expect. There's a straightforward process to register and get approval or an exemption - we did both. You can apply as a "small business" t
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by khaledkteily 6y ago
Thank you!
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by khaledkteily 6y ago
Yes, of course! I'll edit it shortly. We're live across the United States, and actively working on international expansion to Canada, Europe (via Geneva & London), and the Middle East (via Dubai).
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Launch HN: Legacy (YC S19) – we help men test and freeze their sperm
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by khaledkteily 7y ago
I learned a lot through this, thank you for sharing. I run a sperm freezing company (YC S19) incubated at Harvard and we've always thought about freezing sperm as an extremely logical pairing with any life extension technology; sperm c
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by khaledkteily 7y ago
Legacy (YC S19) is a Harvard-incubated company addressing the 50% decline in male fertility with a simple way for men to have their sperm tested & frozen from home. We have raised funding from Bain Capital Ventures, Tribe Capital, and o
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by khaledkteily 8y ago
Legacy | Cambridge, MA | Head of Marketing | INTERNS | VISA | ONSITE Legacy is the first company focused on male fertility. We recently won TechCrunch Disrupt and have been featured in the NYT, PopSci, The Independent, etc. We work out of H