KeepTruckin

7 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 7, 2020 by Shoaib Makani · said 2 times in 2 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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Feb 7, 2020
Disclosure
KeepTruckin used a free driver compliance app as a fleet management wedge
“Give away a free application to the driver around compliance, and then use that to then wedge into the broader fleet management opportunity.”
Shoaib Makani Feb 7, 2020 ▶ 21:44 20VC: Why You Never Want To Fight A Fair Fit For Distribution, Why No Great Company Is Built with 1 Product and When To Release Your Second & What Founders Can Do To Extract The Most From Their Cap Table with Shoaib Makani, Founder & CEO @ KeepTruckin
Feb 7, 2020
Insight
Makani: Full startup resets almost invariably lose people and momentum
“If in fact, you know, you're not digging in the right place, it is really, really hard to redirect a team around a whole new opportunity or a whole new market. You can generally kind of pivot on the margins, but doing a whole reset, you almost invariably lose …”
Shoaib Makani Feb 7, 2020 ▶ 7:59 20VC: Why You Never Want To Fight A Fair Fit For Distribution, Why No Great Company Is Built with 1 Product and When To Release Your Second & What Founders Can Do To Extract The Most From Their Cap Table with Shoaib Makani, Founder & CEO @ KeepTruckin
Feb 7, 2020
Disclosure
Makani intentionally omitted hardware from KeepTruckin's seed pitch deck
“And to be honest, I actually just left the hardware piece out of our seed deck.”
Shoaib Makani Feb 7, 2020 ▶ 23:40 20VC: Why You Never Want To Fight A Fair Fit For Distribution, Why No Great Company Is Built with 1 Product and When To Release Your Second & What Founders Can Do To Extract The Most From Their Cap Table with Shoaib Makani, Founder & CEO @ KeepTruckin
Feb 7, 2020
Insight
Makani: CEO responsibility shifts from building product to building the company
“In the early days, you have to be so narrowly and obsessively focused about the detail and in the micro. You have to really be inward focused. And for me, that meant to build the product. But really, I think it was the inflection point happened when I realized…”
Shoaib Makani Feb 7, 2020 ▶ 8:59 20VC: Why You Never Want To Fight A Fair Fit For Distribution, Why No Great Company Is Built with 1 Product and When To Release Your Second & What Founders Can Do To Extract The Most From Their Cap Table with Shoaib Makani, Founder & CEO @ KeepTruckin
Feb 7, 2020
Insight
Shoaib Makani: Attracting talent is a board member's highest-leverage role
“Really, I think the highest leverage thing a board member can do for you is to help you attract and close great talent.”
Shoaib Makani Feb 7, 2020 ▶ 17:59 20VC: Why You Never Want To Fight A Fair Fit For Distribution, Why No Great Company Is Built with 1 Product and When To Release Your Second & What Founders Can Do To Extract The Most From Their Cap Table with Shoaib Makani, Founder & CEO @ KeepTruckin
Feb 7, 2020
Disclosure
Makani: KeepTruckin initially focused solely on 1.5 million for-hire trucks
“We focused initially on the 1.5 million for hire trucks. That's all we cared about, the trucks that carry goods for others.”
Shoaib Makani Feb 7, 2020 ▶ 13:03 20VC: Why You Never Want To Fight A Fair Fit For Distribution, Why No Great Company Is Built with 1 Product and When To Release Your Second & What Founders Can Do To Extract The Most From Their Cap Table with Shoaib Makani, Founder & CEO @ KeepTruckin
Feb 7, 2020 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
KeepTruckin expands every single customer cohort across all time periods
“And in fact, it's net negative from a revenue retention perspective. We expand every one of our accounts, every cohort all time.”
Shoaib Makani Feb 7, 2020 ▶ 25:26 20VC: Why You Never Want To Fight A Fair Fit For Distribution, Why No Great Company Is Built with 1 Product and When To Release Your Second & What Founders Can Do To Extract The Most From Their Cap Table with Shoaib Makani, Founder & CEO @ KeepTruckin
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