Joseph Walla

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

TOP FOUNDERS Insight

Raising massive venture rounds often forces startups into damaging cutbacks

“What happens a lot with a lot of startup companies, they raise huge amounts of money, they make big mistakes, and then they pull back dramatically, which is really damaging for the company.”

Joseph Walla Dec 23, 2016 ▶ 4:28 EP 517: $3.5M Raised, 6m Users Helping 47k Customers Sign Documents with HelloSign CEO Joseph Walla

TOP FOUNDERS Insight

Fully loaded Silicon Valley headcount costs $10k to $20k monthly per employee

“Generally what you do is as like a rule of thumb, you calculate, you know, 10 to 20 K per person per month, and that's like a fully loaded cost. And so that includes people's salaries you know, health insurance, office costs, snacks, you know, software everyth…”

Joseph Walla Dec 23, 2016 ▶ 8:47 EP 517: $3.5M Raised, 6m Users Helping 47k Customers Sign Documents with HelloSign CEO Joseph Walla

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

HelloSign has reached 47,000 monthly paying customers

“We've around 47,000 paying customers. So that's the customers that pay us every month.”

Joseph Walla Dec 23, 2016 ▶ 5:27 EP 517: $3.5M Raised, 6m Users Helping 47k Customers Sign Documents with HelloSign CEO Joseph Walla

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

HelloSign has 5 to 6 million registered users across its products

“In terms of our user base, we have, you know, five to six million users across our products.”

Joseph Walla Dec 23, 2016 ▶ 5:42 EP 517: $3.5M Raised, 6m Users Helping 47k Customers Sign Documents with HelloSign CEO Joseph Walla

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

HelloSign generates more than $600,000 in monthly recurring revenue

“We're definitely doing more than that.”

Joseph Walla Dec 23, 2016 ▶ 9:38 EP 517: $3.5M Raised, 6m Users Helping 47k Customers Sign Documents with HelloSign CEO Joseph Walla

TOP FOUNDERS Opinion

Founders gain little upside from publicly sharing core startup metrics

“Yeah, I think that there isn't a lot of upside in sharing really core metrics publicly. I think there are a couple of metrics that we talk about sharing with the public, but I think apart from that, it doesn't make a lot of sense.”

Joseph Walla Dec 23, 2016 ▶ 14:12 EP 517: $3.5M Raised, 6m Users Helping 47k Customers Sign Documents with HelloSign CEO Joseph Walla

TOP FOUNDERS Insight

Aspiring tech founders should move to Silicon Valley without waiting for jobs

“Like, don't wait for a job. Don't, you know, don't make it too complicated. Just come out, figure out a play to stay with inexpensively. Talk to a lot of people, go to a lot of conferences and then figure it out. I think that there's a way to make it too compl…”

Joseph Walla Dec 23, 2016 ▶ 17:55 EP 517: $3.5M Raised, 6m Users Helping 47k Customers Sign Documents with HelloSign CEO Joseph Walla

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Supported

HelloSign raised $3.5 million total across two venture rounds

“So after YC, we raised two million and then about two years later, we raised another million and a half. So we've raised three and a half million total.”

Joseph Walla Dec 23, 2016 ▶ 3:54 EP 517: $3.5M Raised, 6m Users Helping 47k Customers Sign Documents with HelloSign CEO Joseph Walla

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

HelloSign holds more cash than its previous $1.5 million funding round

“We have more money in the bank than our, you know, our previous round that we raised.”

Joseph Walla Dec 23, 2016 ▶ 4:01 EP 517: $3.5M Raised, 6m Users Helping 47k Customers Sign Documents with HelloSign CEO Joseph Walla

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

HelloSign employs roughly 60 full-time workers in San Francisco

“We have about 60 full time a little more, you know, employees in San Francisco.”

Joseph Walla Dec 23, 2016 ▶ 5:36 EP 517: $3.5M Raised, 6m Users Helping 47k Customers Sign Documents with HelloSign CEO Joseph Walla

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Every mention by year

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Joseph'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	Former Co-Founder & CEO, HelloSign	1	10	100% 1/1	full record on Top Founders →