Andy Swan

Everything Andy Swan said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

Swan: Boutique hedge fund market outnumbers high-end quant funds by 10,000

“We just launched the Likefolio on demand model where we're servicing these smaller boutique type of hedge funds, and so it could turn out, because there's so many more of them, there's, you know, 10 to 13,000 of those, whereas the quantitative funds, there's m…”

Andy Swan Sep 7, 2017 ▶ 8:36 775: FinTech Founder: I'll Never Raise Capital Again!

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Swan: Likefolio will never raise outside capital to preserve founder ownership

“No, we have not raised capital and don't plan on it. This is something I want to own all of.”

Andy Swan Sep 7, 2017 ▶ 11:18 775: FinTech Founder: I'll Never Raise Capital Again!

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Swan: Raising capital months before acquisition caused unnecessary founder dilution

“I don't think that we ever really tapped into that money because we sold the company like three or four months after, after raising. So really we just diluted our own ownership and kind of a lesson learned there.”

Andy Swan Sep 7, 2017 ▶ 3:54 775: FinTech Founder: I'll Never Raise Capital Again!

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Supported

Swan: Likefolio ingests every brand-mentioning tweet via official Twitter partnership

“We have a partnership with Twitter, we take in every tweet that is mentioning a brand or product that's owned by a publicly traded company, and then”

Andy Swan Sep 7, 2017 ▶ 6:26 775: FinTech Founder: I'll Never Raise Capital Again!

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Swan: Likefolio client contracts strictly ban disclosing client relationships or testimonials

“In fact, what's really crazy about this climate is we can't give testimony. We can't share testimonials. We can't share usage numbers because every contract that we have with these clients is buttoned up and so secure. We're not allowed to disclose even that w…”

Andy Swan Sep 7, 2017 ▶ 9:12 775: FinTech Founder: I'll Never Raise Capital Again!

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

Swan: Likefolio's sentiment analysis model has a 2% to 4% error rate

“About two to four percent, depending on the company, of our sentiment where we're, we register a sentiment, positive or negative, is a miss.”

Andy Swan Sep 7, 2017 ▶ 15:08 775: FinTech Founder: I'll Never Raise Capital Again!

The other half of the tape: Andy Swan's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 2 times in 1 episode across the shows. every mention, with the transcript →

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Every mention by year

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Andy's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
TOP FOUNDERSLEDGER	Co-Founder, LikeFolio	1	6	100% 1/1	full record on Top Founders →