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NO PRIORS Insight
Nadler: Extreme intelligence only moderately correlates with high output
“There is a, there's only a moderate correlate. There's like a .65 correlation between frequently smart and output.”
Daniel Nadler Sep 5, 2025 ▶ 42:54 No Priors Ep. 130 | With OpenEvidence Founder Daniel Nadler
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Output acquired its first 100 SaaS customers through paid search
“Well, the first hundred customers was through paid search.”
Paris Childress Nov 23, 2020 ▶ 4:23 $0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Output spends high six figures monthly on paid customer acquisition
“High six figures.”
Paris Childress Nov 23, 2020 ▶ 4:59 $0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Hop Online manages hundreds of thousands of ad keywords for Output
“Hundreds of thousands.”
Paris Childress Nov 23, 2020 ▶ 5:05 $0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Output's Arcade software converts 60% of free trials to paid
“And the trial conversion rate is about 60%.”
Paris Childress Nov 23, 2020 ▶ 7:03 $0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Output's paid ad clicks convert to free trials at 5-7%
“Oh, the conversion rates are about between five to seven percent from click.”
Paris Childress Nov 23, 2020 ▶ 7:41 $0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Output's subscriber cohorts shed 30% initially before retention stabilizes
“What we see is that the cohorts Once people make that first payment, there's about. 60% of that starting cohort that will stick for many, many months. So there's a big drop off in the first few months. So the cohort sheds about 30% and then it flattens out and…”
Paris Childress Nov 23, 2020 ▶ 8:52 $0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Output generates 1,000 new software trials per day
“So right now we're doing a thousand new trials a day.”
Paris Childress Nov 23, 2020 ▶ 10:01 $0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Output had up to 20,000 customers before transitioning to SaaS
“Their customer base was only Maybe 15, 20,000 before they went SaaS. So this got us started, but it wasn't really, at some point we had already cross sold to all of the current customers.”
Paris Childress Nov 23, 2020 ▶ 13:06 $0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?
Childress: 99% of Output's enterprise value is in its SaaS model
“Oh, it's definitely going to be software. That's the entry point. I mean, the hardware business is really a very niche business for them. They have a desk, and they have speakers but this is, the, 99% of the value of this company is in the SAS model.”
Paris Childress Nov 23, 2020 ▶ 14:36 $0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Supported
Output raised $45 million while its founder retained majority ownership
“I believe, no, I don't think they did that, but they raised forty-five million, and the owner still maintained a majority, so you can,”
Paris Childress Nov 23, 2020 ▶ 15:02 $0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?

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