John Colgan

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

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Colgan: Cellbreaker has never lost a contract dispute case

“A hundred percent. ... The only exception to that is especially early on when we were figuring out what our model was going to be, we would occasionally issue refunds if somebody said, okay, like that's not what I thought I was getting. So we would improve our…”

John Colgan Jan 22, 2016 ▶ 7:44 He Sue's Cell Phone Companies that Pray on You with Jon Colgan of Cellbreaker

TOP FOUNDERS Opinion

Colgan: Sprint has the highest density of customer hatred

“I would say the highest density of hatred for a carrier would be Sprint.”

John Colgan Jan 22, 2016 ▶ 8:17 He Sue's Cell Phone Companies that Pray on You with Jon Colgan of Cellbreaker

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Supported

Colgan: 2011 Supreme Court Ruling Shut Down Cell Contract Class Actions

“In 2011, the Supreme Court of the United States basically issued a ruling that said the Federal Arbitration Act preempts state law, and so it all but shut down the efficacy of class action lawsuits in the case of things like cell phone contracts.”

John Colgan Jan 22, 2016 ▶ 9:39 He Sue's Cell Phone Companies that Pray on You with Jon Colgan of Cellbreaker

TOP FOUNDERS Insight

Colgan: Founders must play the strength of their hand, not their bank account

“Play the strength of your hands, not the strength of your bank account. So basically a lot of times when you're building an early stage startup you know, your ambition outstrips your resources. And it takes a lot of courage and a lot of boldness to make the de…”

John Colgan Jan 22, 2016 ▶ 17:30 He Sue's Cell Phone Companies that Pray on You with Jon Colgan of Cellbreaker

TOP FOUNDERS Prediction Not checkable as stated

Colgan: Chances of a class action against Verizon are slim

“So, to answer your question, yeah, there are probably lots of people wanting to sue Verizon for the exact same reason, but the chances that that's going to happen as a class are slim to none.”

John Colgan Jan 22, 2016 ▶ 9:55 He Sue's Cell Phone Companies that Pray on You with Jon Colgan of Cellbreaker

TOP FOUNDERS Prediction Not checkable as stated

Colgan: Cellbreaker's next valuation will exceed $10M if run rate holds

“If we hit our run rate numbers, if we stay on track there, it'll be above ten million.”

John Colgan Jan 22, 2016 ▶ 14:33 He Sue's Cell Phone Companies that Pray on You with Jon Colgan of Cellbreaker

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Colgan: Cellbreaker charges 35% of saved contract termination fees

“We charge 35% of what we save the customer, which consists exclusively of early termination fees.”

John Colgan Jan 22, 2016 ▶ 3:20 He Sue's Cell Phone Companies that Pray on You with Jon Colgan of Cellbreaker

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

Colgan: Cellbreaker reached a $13M run rate in August 2015

“So we saw about 13,000 users pass through. And we were on track for a thirteen million dollar annual run rate.”

John Colgan Jan 22, 2016 ▶ 5:55 He Sue's Cell Phone Companies that Pray on You with Jon Colgan of Cellbreaker

TOP FOUNDERS Prediction Not checkable as stated

Colgan: 'Justice as a Service' Startups Will Eventually Overlap and Compete

“The companies that are in the space all kind of started with a different segment, and we've all said publicly that we intend to eventually overlap with our competitors”

John Colgan Jan 22, 2016 ▶ 11:32 He Sue's Cell Phone Companies that Pray on You with Jon Colgan of Cellbreaker

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Colgan: Cellbreaker is launching vertical-agnostic brand Vito

“Our next move, we're launching a new brand called Vito, which is going to be vertical agnostic.”

John Colgan Jan 22, 2016 ▶ 13:48 He Sue's Cell Phone Companies that Pray on You with Jon Colgan of Cellbreaker

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Colgan: Cellbreaker has raised just under $300,000 to date

“Just under 300,000 to date.”

John Colgan Jan 22, 2016 ▶ 13:10 He Sue's Cell Phone Companies that Pray on You with Jon Colgan of Cellbreaker

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Colgan: Cellbreaker is planning to raise around $1.5 million

“We haven't opened the round yet, but we're thinking something in the one and a half million range.”

John Colgan Jan 22, 2016 ▶ 14:10 He Sue's Cell Phone Companies that Pray on You with Jon Colgan of Cellbreaker

The other half of the tape: John Colgan's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 7 times in 3 episodes across the shows. 1 statement on the record names them. every mention, with the transcript →

Who brings them up most Nathan Latka 7

Statements about John Colgan, by other people (1)

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not publicly verifiable

Latka: Colgan was Diane Sawyer's final ABC World News interviewee in 2014

“To talk about CellBreaker, John was the last scheduled interviewee with Diane Sawyer before she retired as ABC World News nightly anchor in 2014.”

Nathan Latka Jan 22, 2016 ▶ 1:16 He Sue's Cell Phone Companies that Pray on You with Jon Colgan of Cellbreaker

Every mention by year

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens John'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, CellBreaker	1	12	100% 1/1	full record on Top Founders →