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Gimlet Media

also referred to as: gimlet

9 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Oct 12, 2015 by Matt Hartman · said 13 times in 6 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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brought up most by Erin Glenn (5), Ryan Hoover (3), Harry Stebbings (3), Matt Murphy (1), Jerry Colonna (1)

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Everything said about Gimlet Media, oldest first

Oct 12, 2015 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Hartman predicts Gimlet Media has the potential to become an enormous company
“One is I think that Gimlet could, has the potential to be enormous.”
Matt Hartman Oct 12, 2015 ▶ 21:32 20 VC 078: BETAWORKS WEEK: Matt Hartman, Director of Seed Investments @ Betaworks
Dec 4, 2015
Assertion Supported
Stebbings: Quire raised $275K in equity crowdfunding for Gimlet Media
“Choir actually featured on Alex Bloomberg's startup, as Choir raised 275,000 dollars for Gimlet Media.”
Harry Stebbings Dec 4, 2015 ▶ 1:10 20 VC FF 025: Crowdfunding Gimlet Media and Why The Nature Of Startup Equity Is Changing with Erin Glenn, CEO @ Betaworks' backed, Quire
Jan 15, 2016
Disclosure
Lieber: 80% of Gimlet Media's listening happens on mobile
“We're totally mobile media company. It's like 80% of our listening happens on mobile devices.”
Matt Lieber Jan 15, 2016 ▶ 16:57 20 VC FF 030: Gimlet Media's Matt Lieber on The Future of Podcasting and Life @ Gimlet
Jan 15, 2016
Disclosure
Gimlet co-founders retained over 50% voting control after Series A
“It was really important to Alex and I that we both still controlled our own destiny, that we controlled more than 50% of the company, and we wanted to have a small board.”
Matt Lieber Jan 15, 2016 ▶ 15:03 20 VC FF 030: Gimlet Media's Matt Lieber on The Future of Podcasting and Life @ Gimlet
Jan 15, 2016
Disclosure
Lieber: Mystery Show leads Gimlet Media in downloads per episode
“If you look at, like, downloads per episode, Mystery Show is is the biggest, and, but Reply All and Startup are not far behind.”
Matt Lieber Jan 15, 2016 ▶ 19:56 20 VC FF 030: Gimlet Media's Matt Lieber on The Future of Podcasting and Life @ Gimlet
Jan 15, 2016
Assertion Supported
Gimlet Media generated revenue from inception through podcast ad sales
“Unlike, I think, most sort of Silicon Valley startups that have started in the last year or two, we had revenue from the very beginning, because we were selling advertisements on our show.”
Matt Lieber Jan 15, 2016 ▶ 6:56 20 VC FF 030: Gimlet Media's Matt Lieber on The Future of Podcasting and Life @ Gimlet
Jan 15, 2016 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Advertising and subscriptions hold Gimlet's greatest monetization potential
“I think the advertising business, and then down the road the subscription business has the biggest potential, together.”
Matt Lieber Jan 15, 2016 ▶ 23:10 20 VC FF 030: Gimlet Media's Matt Lieber on The Future of Podcasting and Life @ Gimlet
Jan 15, 2016
Disclosure
VCs told Gimlet Media to ignore revenue and focus on user growth
“We had conversations with some VCs who we would begin to talk about revenue, and they're like, we don't want to hear it. We're not actually interested in that. We want to see just a really steep user growth curve, and like, we know that if you get a large audi…”
Matt Lieber Jan 15, 2016 ▶ 7:13 20 VC FF 030: Gimlet Media's Matt Lieber on The Future of Podcasting and Life @ Gimlet
Jan 15, 2016 bearish
Opinion
Podcasting is a hot sector with very few investable companies
“The round went very well, and there was a lot of interest in our company because podcasting is kind of a hot space, but there aren't A lot of investable companies in this space.”
Matt Lieber Jan 15, 2016 ▶ 15:12 20 VC FF 030: Gimlet Media's Matt Lieber on The Future of Podcasting and Life @ Gimlet
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