John Gillen

Everything John Gillen 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

Roost is growing monthly revenue at 35% to 40% month-over-month

“Yeah, we launched pretty quickly, and now we're growing about 35% a month, 40% a month actually.”

John Gillen Mar 10, 2016 ▶ 7:20 Growing to $50k/mo with Roost CEO Jon Gillon Ep 202

TOP FOUNDERS Prediction Didn’t hold up

Gillon predicts Roost's $2M seed round will price at $8M-$9M pre-money

“We, we're looking for a lead investor right now, but if I were to see the future, I'd say about eight or nine million.”

John Gillen Mar 10, 2016 ▶ 7:57 Growing to $50k/mo with Roost CEO Jon Gillon Ep 202

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Roost charges a 15% monthly transaction fee on storage and parking

“So we take a 15% transaction fee Per month in perpetuity on these big transactions.”

John Gillen Mar 10, 2016 ▶ 6:02 Growing to $50k/mo with Roost CEO Jon Gillon Ep 202

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

Roost generated $50,000 in top-line revenue in December 2015

“December of 2015, we did 50,000 dollars.”

John Gillen Mar 10, 2016 ▶ 6:54 Growing to $50k/mo with Roost CEO Jon Gillon Ep 202

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Roost raised $1.46M in notes before pursuing a $2M priced round

“So we did a 160,000 dollars convertible note, then we did a 300,000 dollar convertible note, and then we did a million dollar convertible note, and now we're doing a price round. I'm raising two million dollars right now on a price feed round.”

John Gillen Mar 10, 2016 ▶ 7:38 Growing to $50k/mo with Roost CEO Jon Gillon Ep 202

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Supported

Zipcar and Enterprise are major commercial partners for Roost

“Looking at Zipcar and Enterprise, also who are big partners of ours.”

John Gillen Mar 10, 2016 ▶ 9:31 Growing to $50k/mo with Roost CEO Jon Gillon Ep 202

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

Gillon found his technical co-founder via a $75 TaskRabbit introduction ad

“So what I did was I actually put out an ad on TaskRabbit, back when, you know, you could do anything on TaskRabbit, you didn't have to be a professional and I put out an ad on TaskRabbit saying, seeking introduction to a technical person with an entrepreneuria…”

John Gillen Mar 10, 2016 ▶ 10:21 Growing to $50k/mo with Roost CEO Jon Gillon Ep 202

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Gillon raised $35,000 total across all of his failed startup businesses

“For all the businesses about, it's probably about 35,000 dollars.”

John Gillen Mar 10, 2016 ▶ 4:12 Growing to $50k/mo with Roost CEO Jon Gillon Ep 202

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Gillon funded a past startup via Airbnb rentals for early profitability

“Droperty tax, I actually funded via Airbnb. And I was renting out my place on Airbnb and funding the business, and we're profitable pretty quickly.”

John Gillen Mar 10, 2016 ▶ 4:27 Growing to $50k/mo with Roost CEO Jon Gillon Ep 202

The other half of the tape: John Gillen'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 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, Icarus	1	9	50% 1/2	full record on Top Founders →