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Bobbi Racette

Founder & President, Virtual Gurus. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Bobbie Racette founded Virtual Gurus, an AI-enabled talent marketplace created to connect businesses with remote assistants while prioritizing work opportunities for historically underrepresented communities. A Cree-Métis entrepreneur, she was the first Indigenous woman in Canada to close a Series A funding round.

1shows
1appearances
9statements
1resolved
1supported
0contradicted
100%fully supported
1said about them ↓

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

THE PITCH Assertion Not checkable as stated
Competitor Zirtual sends its virtual assistants to train at Virtual Gurus Academy
“Because even some of our competitors have actually been sending people to do or go through our academy. So we've had actually Zurch will send a few.”
Bobbi Racette Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 5:09 #82 A Deal Too Perfect to Pass Up
THE PITCH Assertion Supported
A Canadian government program plans to match Virtual Gurus' funding dollar-for-dollar
“Western Diversification were on the first mailing list to get that once they release it. And so they want to match the million for a million.”
Bobbi Racette Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 8:31 #82 A Deal Too Perfect to Pass Up
THE PITCH What-if
Bobbi Racette says Hyatt's complex terms required a $250,000 investment, not $25,000
“And to be honest, like, if he was coming in at 200 or 250 or something like that, then I would obviously have, I would have totally educated and thought, okay, you know what, like, this is probably good. Because he's coming in as, you know, a higher investor, …”
Bobbi Racette Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 25:32 #82 A Deal Too Perfect to Pass Up
THE PITCH Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bobbi Racette says Virtual Gurus has 160 active and 6,000 pre-vetted assistants
“So all of our virtual assistants are North American and we have over a 160 active working ones with 6000 in our database That have already been pre-vetted.”
Bobbi Racette Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 2:56 #82 A Deal Too Perfect to Pass Up
THE PITCH Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bobbi Racette grew Virtual Gurus to $1.3 million in annual recurring revenue
“And we've launched two and a half years ago, and our current annual reoccurring revenue is 1.3 million.”
Bobbi Racette Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 3:05 #82 A Deal Too Perfect to Pass Up
THE PITCH Disclosure
Bobbi Racette is raising $300,000 to finish a $1.35 million funding round
“Yeah, so I'm here raising 300,000 to top off my 1.35 million raise.”
Bobbi Racette Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 3:18 #82 A Deal Too Perfect to Pass Up
THE PITCH Assertion Not checkable as stated
Virtual Gurus charges clients $35 an hour and pays assistants $18-$22
“So we charge the client 35 an hour, and then we pay the VA anywhere from 18 to 22 an hour.”
Bobbi Racette Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 5:37 #82 A Deal Too Perfect to Pass Up
THE PITCH Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bobbi Racette limits ad spend to $2,500 because demand exceeds current capacity
“We are spending about 2500 on a light ad spend. I'm scared to crank up the tops, because we can't hardly keep up right now.”
Bobbi Racette Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 6:19 #82 A Deal Too Perfect to Pass Up
THE PITCH Disclosure
Virtual Gurus launched with a $200,000 raise and bootstrapped its growth afterward
“We're pretty much bootstrapped, right? So I've only done a small raise of 200,000 in 2016 before I launched. So right now we've been fully bootstrapped.”
Bobbi Racette Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 7:39 #82 A Deal Too Perfect to Pass Up

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Statements about Bobbi Racette, by other people (1)

THE PITCH Disclosure
Michael Hyatt offers to invest $25,000 to $50,000 in Virtual Gurus
“Listen I would like to invest. I think this is one of the most humble, smart, and best pitches I've seen in a long time on this show. The valuation's reasonable. I love what you're doing. Everything says that you have A huge supply of clients. But I'd be in fo…”
Michael Hyatt Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 15:16 #82 A Deal Too Perfect to Pass Up

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THE PITCHLEDGER Founder & President, Virtual Gurus 1 9 100% 1/1 full record on the Pitch →
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