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Greg Rafner

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

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Greg Reffner is the founder and CEO of Abstrakt, a real-time conversational intelligence platform founded in 2020. With a background in B2B software sales at Allbound and Act-On Software, he developed the platform to deliver live, in-call guidance for sales and contact center teams.

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1appearances
15statements
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Everything Greg Rafner said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

Rafner: Gong is an airplane black box that won't save sales
“Gong is like finding the black box after the plane's already gone down, tells you what went wrong, tells you what happened, but it does nothing to actually kind of stop losing the opportunity.”
Greg Rafner Mar 29, 2022 ▶ 1:58 $25m Gong Acquisition? New Founder Hits $2m Run Rate in 5 Months
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Rafner: Abstract kept seed valuation cap flat at $4M
“So we did a, we kept it at four million dollars. I essentially just decreased the interest rate a little bit and kept the value cap the same.”
Greg Rafner Mar 29, 2022 ▶ 8:48 $25m Gong Acquisition? New Founder Hits $2m Run Rate in 5 Months
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Greg Rafner: Abstract maintains a seven-day sales cycle
“And so when they see it it's, we have a seven day sales cycle.”
Greg Rafner Mar 29, 2022 ▶ 10:50 $25m Gong Acquisition? New Founder Hits $2m Run Rate in 5 Months
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Rafner: Abstract Gave Single-Digit Equity to Venture Studio to Build MVP
“No, no, just I mean, single digit equity percentage. So come on and build a product.”
Greg Rafner Mar 29, 2022 ▶ 16:38 $25m Gong Acquisition? New Founder Hits $2m Run Rate in 5 Months
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Rafner: Abstract pays two Indian SEO specialists just $1,000 monthly combined
“And I mean, I combined pay them a thousand dollars a month.”
Greg Rafner Mar 29, 2022 ▶ 18:21 $25m Gong Acquisition? New Founder Hits $2m Run Rate in 5 Months
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Rafner: I would sell Abstract to Gong today for $25M cash
“I mean, just come bring me on board for three years and let me run the product.”
Greg Rafner Mar 29, 2022 ▶ 21:19 $25m Gong Acquisition? New Founder Hits $2m Run Rate in 5 Months
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Rafner: Abstract charges $100 monthly per user with 15-16 seats average
“A hundred dollars per user per month. And our average customer has about 15, 16 number, 16 seats in the product.”
Greg Rafner Mar 29, 2022 ▶ 4:43 $25m Gong Acquisition? New Founder Hits $2m Run Rate in 5 Months
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Greg Rafner: Abstract serves 113 customer logos
“113 logos.”
Greg Rafner Mar 29, 2022 ▶ 10:30 $25m Gong Acquisition? New Founder Hits $2m Run Rate in 5 Months
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Greg Rafner: Abstract ended 2021 with $60,000 in ARR
“60,000 in ARR.”
Greg Rafner Mar 29, 2022 ▶ 11:09 $25m Gong Acquisition? New Founder Hits $2m Run Rate in 5 Months
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Rafner: Abstract outranks Gong on Google for 'conversational intelligence software'
“I think, yeah, like conversational intelligence software, we just passed gong in our rankings for that keyword.”
Greg Rafner Mar 29, 2022 ▶ 12:59 $25m Gong Acquisition? New Founder Hits $2m Run Rate in 5 Months
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Rafner: Abstract Operates With Two US Employees and Nine Devs in Indonesia
“So we have just two people here in the United States, two people in India. And then I have my offshore, I guess, yeah. Offshore development team in Indonesia is nine people.”
Greg Rafner Mar 29, 2022 ▶ 15:26 $25m Gong Acquisition? New Founder Hits $2m Run Rate in 5 Months
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Rafner: Abstract pays $12K to $25K monthly for offshore developers
“Anywhere between like 12 and 25,000 dollars a month.”
Greg Rafner Mar 29, 2022 ▶ 17:59 $25m Gong Acquisition? New Founder Hits $2m Run Rate in 5 Months
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Rafner: Act-On was one of Gong's earliest handful of users
“We started using Gong actually back when they had like a football player on their website, on their homepage. I think where we were one of the first handful of users of Gong like seven years ago.”
Greg Rafner Mar 29, 2022 ▶ 1:28 $25m Gong Acquisition? New Founder Hits $2m Run Rate in 5 Months
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Rafner: Invested $60,000 in personal savings to fund Abstract's initial prototype
“60,000 dollars.”
Greg Rafner Mar 29, 2022 ▶ 5:51 $25m Gong Acquisition? New Founder Hits $2m Run Rate in 5 Months
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Rafner: Abstract Has Raised $620,000 in Total Capital
“So we raised with the winnings that we just won three weeks ago in Atlanta. So we raised a 620,000 dollars total.”
Greg Rafner Mar 29, 2022 ▶ 8:15 $25m Gong Acquisition? New Founder Hits $2m Run Rate in 5 Months

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