Graham Williams

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

TOP FOUNDERS Insight

Williams: Brand sponsors favor boutique events over broad mass reach

“There is definitely a new mindset in the sponsorship world that isn't so focused on what's the biggest thing we can be a part of, but more what's the coolest thing we can be a part of, or how do we market our brand uniquely and actually connect with fans and b…”

Graham Williams Jun 10, 2016 ▶ 8:10 How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

Williams: 100,000-person music festivals make around $10 million in profit

“I mean, we make money, but I wouldn't say, compared to some of the big festivals that make ten million dollars, those are festivals with a 100,000 people, so we're a lot smaller.”

Graham Williams Jun 10, 2016 ▶ 9:59 How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Supported

Williams: Fun Fun Fun Fest Drew ~20,000 Daily Attendees in 2015

“Around 20,000 or so. And it's three days, it used to be one. That first year was one day, now it's three days.”

Graham Williams Jun 10, 2016 ▶ 4:07 How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

Williams: Fun Fun Fun Fest Budget Is $4M to $5M

“I don't even know off the top of my head, it's four or five million.”

Graham Williams Jun 10, 2016 ▶ 4:20 How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Williams: Ticket sales are only half of Fun Fun Fun Fest's revenue

“Tickets alone are probably about half of what we pull in. So I, it's not in front of me. It's hard to say. I want to say there's like one to two million in ticket sales.”

Graham Williams Jun 10, 2016 ▶ 7:14 How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

Williams: Fun Fun Fun Fest drew 3,000 and turned a profit in year one

“I don't know the exact cost, probably a hundred grand or so, small, compared to what it costs now. The festival probably did about 3000 people. It was one day. And yeah, I mean, it actually made a teeny tiny profit, even.”

Graham Williams Jun 10, 2016 ▶ 2:44 How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams

TOP FOUNDERS What-if

Williams: I should have launched Transmission Events five years earlier

“I worked at Emo's, this one club, for about a decade before I started Transmission, I probably should have started that company five years before that. Same with the festival. But I probably stayed in a comfortable zone that I knew well and didn't take as many…”

Graham Williams Jun 10, 2016 ▶ 15:25 How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams

The other half of the tape: Graham Williams'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 Graham'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, Resound Presents	1	7	100% 1/1	full record on Top Founders →