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record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
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Disclosure
Dave Powers: Strava founders had no ambition to be acquired
“You know, I had conversations with the founders there a couple of times not in that context, but just getting to know them and, you know, our brands partnering. And, you know, I know for them, they had really, I don't think they had any ambitions of being acqu…”
What-if
Mather: Strava should have targeted casual cyclists sooner
“And at some moments in the company's history, we were probably a little too exclusive. We should have talked to more of the weekend warriors versus the folks already riding 200 miles a week.”
Disclosure
Harries scores first angel exit as running app Runner sells to Strava
“Runner, the running app, and they just did fantastically well. That's my first exit. They just sold to Strava.”
Disclosure
Strava's founder and Charles Hudson wrote the first Athletic angel checks
“Michael Horvath, the founder of Strava, was our first check, but it was a smaller check, and then the next check was Charles Hudson at Precursor”
Assertion Supported
Mather helped scale Strava from 1,500 to over 10 million users
“I was lucky enough to be employee number seven there, the first sort of design and product hire, and built out those teams over the years at Strava, and helped grow that company from 1500 users to over ten million”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Mather: Early Strava overexpanded features into nutrition and route planning
“And so there were definitely a few years there at Strava where we were running around trying to build so many things at once. Whether it be nutrition or finding a route to ride or things like that.”