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Daman Chen

Founder & CEO, Testimonial.to. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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After spending eight years as a software engineer at Cisco, Damon Chen quit his corporate role to bootstrap Testimonial.to, a platform for collecting and embedding customer reviews. A prominent indie hacker building in public, he expanded his portfolio by scaling Testimonial.to and acquiring apps like PDF.ai to reach over $1M ARR.

What they said9 Shows1

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

TOP FOUNDERS Prediction Didn’t hold up

Chen: Testimonial.to will reach multi-million dollar scale in 3-5 years

“I have confidence that I bring testimony to multimillion dollars in next, you know, I would say three to five years.”

Daman Chen Jun 10, 2021 ▶ 11:39 Quit $200k Job for $4k MRR Side Project, Can he Hit $100k by December?

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Supported

Chen: Testimonial.to created zero blog content for Google SEO

“There's actually no dedicated you know, content. I didn't really wrote any testimonial related blog posts.”

Daman Chen Jun 10, 2021 ▶ 12:36 Quit $200k Job for $4k MRR Side Project, Can he Hit $100k by December?

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Chen: Testimonial.to has over 100 active paying subscribers

“I have a little bit over a hundred active subscribers right now.”

Daman Chen Jun 10, 2021 ▶ 4:03 Quit $200k Job for $4k MRR Side Project, Can he Hit $100k by December?

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Chen: Testimonial.to crossed $4,000 in monthly recurring revenue

“Last month was a little bit less than 4000 US dollars, but this month and, you know two days ago, I just across 4000 US dollars MRR.”

Daman Chen Jun 10, 2021 ▶ 4:43 Quit $200k Job for $4k MRR Side Project, Can he Hit $100k by December?

TOP FOUNDERS Prediction Held up

Chen predicts Testimonial.to will hit $100,000 ARR by late 2021

“I think, you know, based on the current trajectory of the growth and I will have high chance to reach a 100,000 dollars.”

Daman Chen Jun 10, 2021 ▶ 5:51 Quit $200k Job for $4k MRR Side Project, Can he Hit $100k by December?

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Chen: Testimonial.to grew without paid ads or cold outbound emails

“I actually don't have any other marketing channels, so I don't have any code email outbound. I don't have, I don't run any paid ads”

Daman Chen Jun 10, 2021 ▶ 6:27 Quit $200k Job for $4k MRR Side Project, Can he Hit $100k by December?

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Chen: Testimonial.to raised under $100,000 from Earnest Capital

“It's less than a 100,000 dollars.”

Daman Chen Jun 10, 2021 ▶ 8:32 Quit $200k Job for $4k MRR Side Project, Can he Hit $100k by December?

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Supported

Chen details Earnest Capital's shared earnings and equity buyback structure

“They invest, let's say they invest a 100,000 US dollars for, let's say six percent equity. And you know, you probably get a term to say in the next few years, if you generate revenue and you just return three X of the a 100,000 dollars, which is 3000 300,000 d…”

Daman Chen Jun 10, 2021 ▶ 16:51 Quit $200k Job for $4k MRR Side Project, Can he Hit $100k by December?

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

Chen: Most top-tier Testimonial.to customers are SaaS companies

“Most of my big customers for testimonial, if they sign up the ultimate plan, the most expensive plan are from SaaS companies.”

Daman Chen Jun 10, 2021 ▶ 7:37 Quit $200k Job for $4k MRR Side Project, Can he Hit $100k by December?

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Daman'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	Founder & CEO, Testimonial.to	1	9	75% 3/4	full record on Top Founders →