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Darshan Kaler

Co-Founder & CEO, Tradable Bits. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Darshan Kaler is the co-founder and CEO of Tradable Bits, a fan engagement and data activation platform for sports and music brands. Prior to Tradable Bits, he worked in telecommunications engineering and managed Bell Canada's broadcast communications infrastructure for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.

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Everything Darshan Kaler 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
Tradable Bits maintains customer churn below 1% in sports and music
“If we're taking a look at this point, we're just focusing on music, right? Music and sports. The retention on, on that side is, I would say, or churn, I just say is probably less than one percent.”
Darshan Kaler Aug 16, 2018 ▶ 12:44 1118 CEO: How I Bootstrapped to $3m in ARR
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Tradable Bits serves clients like Live Nation and Ticketmaster
“Our clients are going to be like the companies like the live nations of the world ticket master or right down to a potential artist that's trying to roll out their new album and things like that tied to a label.”
Darshan Kaler Aug 16, 2018 ▶ 3:16 1118 CEO: How I Bootstrapped to $3m in ARR
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Tradable Bits pricing starts at $15,000 per year
“It's gonna range between a starting point of 15,000 dollars a year all the way up depending on the volume of data that we're gonna be providing services to.”
Darshan Kaler Aug 16, 2018 ▶ 4:28 1118 CEO: How I Bootstrapped to $3m in ARR
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tradable Bits engages over 20 million active fans annually
“So today, you know, we're about on an active basis, over twenty million engaged audiences on a yearly basis.”
Darshan Kaler Aug 16, 2018 ▶ 7:37 1118 CEO: How I Bootstrapped to $3m in ARR
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Tradable Bits serves approximately 250 distinct corporate clients
“So if we're looking at actual, let's, let's take a look at companies by entity, you know, we're about 250 different companies that we deal with.”
Darshan Kaler Aug 16, 2018 ▶ 8:04 1118 CEO: How I Bootstrapped to $3m in ARR
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tradable Bits generates between $200,000 and $300,000 in monthly revenue
“Well, it changes from month to month, but yeah, you can go between anywhere between, you know, 200 to 300.”
Darshan Kaler Aug 16, 2018 ▶ 8:28 1118 CEO: How I Bootstrapped to $3m in ARR
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tradable Bits is growing its revenue at 50% year-over-year
“Yeah, so we're growing 50% year, year over year.”
Darshan Kaler Aug 16, 2018 ▶ 9:25 1118 CEO: How I Bootstrapped to $3m in ARR
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Tradable Bits grew to multimillion-dollar revenue without raising outside capital
“So we've never raised any money. And you know, at this point it's all organic growth through word of mouth.”
Darshan Kaler Aug 16, 2018 ▶ 11:44 1118 CEO: How I Bootstrapped to $3m in ARR
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tradable Bits customer acquisition cost ranges between $3,000 and $5,000
“So cost for acquisition can range between, you know, three to 5000. And from that perspective you know, we're pretty strategic about which events we go to.”
Darshan Kaler Aug 16, 2018 ▶ 13:22 1118 CEO: How I Bootstrapped to $3m in ARR
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tradable Bits recoups its customer acquisition costs within six months
“On average depending on which events that we go to, some are more expensive to, you know, to sponsor. But in, in most cases we get those return At least within six months.”
Darshan Kaler Aug 16, 2018 ▶ 13:41 1118 CEO: How I Bootstrapped to $3m in ARR
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tradable Bits reports three-year customer lifetime values of $50,000 to $60,000
“I would say each customers within, let's take a look at the last three years of most of our customers that have been on the platform. You know, a lifetime is going to be between 50 to 60 grand in, in, in a three year window.”
Darshan Kaler Aug 16, 2018 ▶ 14:00 1118 CEO: How I Bootstrapped to $3m in ARR
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Tradable Bits employs over 17 people and is actively hiring
“Oh, team size we're over 17 people. And we're adding more people from that.”
Darshan Kaler Aug 16, 2018 ▶ 7:04 1118 CEO: How I Bootstrapped to $3m in ARR
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ad targeting fees account for roughly 20% of Tradable Bits' revenue
“It's about 20%.”
Darshan Kaler Aug 16, 2018 ▶ 8:58 1118 CEO: How I Bootstrapped to $3m in ARR

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