Brad Gilbert

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

TOP FOUNDERS Opinion

Gilbert: There is no reason to shut down Upsync while profitable

“The upsync is profitable, and as long as it's profitable, there's no reason not to keep it going.”

Brad Gilbert Jul 10, 2019 ▶ 6:52 1446 Why Doesn't He Shut Down $2500/mo, 20+ year old business?

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Gilbert: Intense developer competition in Boulder led him to stop funding Upsync

“One of the reasons I got out of Doing Upsync and really putting more money into it, and particularly in a place like Boulder, Colorado, the competition for developers is incredibly intense. That everybody, every developer thinks they want to be working on the …”

Brad Gilbert Jul 10, 2019 ▶ 13:59 1446 Why Doesn't He Shut Down $2500/mo, 20+ year old business?

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Gilbert: Over $3M Was Invested into Developing Upsync

“We put over, over three million dollars into the tool, so it's a very cool, fun.”

Brad Gilbert Jul 10, 2019 ▶ 7:52 1446 Why Doesn't He Shut Down $2500/mo, 20+ year old business?

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Gilbert Spent $500K Personally Trying to Take Upsync Public

“Then I spent you know, half a million of my own money trying to take it public and, you know, raise capital and make it.”

Brad Gilbert Jul 10, 2019 ▶ 8:22 1446 Why Doesn't He Shut Down $2500/mo, 20+ year old business?

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Gilbert: Upsync initial client had over 10,000 users across 100+ countries

“So originally this was built for a client, and at their height they had over 10,000 users, over 20,000 assets. It was in Over a hundred countries and 17 languages. They're a multinational corporation, a global 100 company. Fortune 100 company.”

Brad Gilbert Jul 10, 2019 ▶ 2:52 1446 Why Doesn't He Shut Down $2500/mo, 20+ year old business?

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

Gilbert: People Productions generated several million dollars annually

“People Productions was a, you know, we had several million dollars in revenue a year, and I switched a lot of resources over to Upsync”

Brad Gilbert Jul 10, 2019 ▶ 6:30 1446 Why Doesn't He Shut Down $2500/mo, 20+ year old business?

The other half of the tape: Brad Gilbert's own voice is left out of every number here. 1 statement on the record names them. every mention, with the transcript →

Statements about Brad Gilbert, by other people (1)

TOP FOUNDERS Insight

Latka: Keeping minimally profitable startups alive without kill criteria is dangerous

“Nobody puts parameters in place for when to kill something, right? And this is like, the rationale you just used, I think is just dangerous for, especially people that haven't had your success, right? If their logic is, if it's profitable, if it's making a dol…”

Nathan Latka Jul 10, 2019 ▶ 11:47 1446 Why Doesn't He Shut Down $2500/mo, 20+ year old business?

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Brad'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	Former Founder & CEO, UpSync	1	6	—	full record on Top Founders →