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Josh Martel

Co-founder & CEO, Chaser. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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He is the co-founder and CEO of Chaser, a Slack-native task and project management platform designed to automate action items and team follow-ups. Prior to launching Chaser, he was the first employee at Thriver Technologies, where he led product, sales, growth, and business intelligence functions.

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1appearances
11statements
2resolved
0supported
2contradicted
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Everything Josh Martel said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

TOP FOUNDERS Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chaser can beat Trello's Slack app because it lacks stickiness
“What I think, though, is we can beat Trello in the app store, and that's because Yeah, I've used the Trello app. It isn't sticky. It doesn't, it's just pinging a channel whenever somebody you know, moves a card across the Trello board. It only really stayed on…”
Josh Martel Oct 16, 2023 ▶ 15:52 How Chaser hit $294K revenue and 3 person team in 2023
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Contradicted
Chaser is a project management tool that requires only one user
“Chaser is the only project management software that only one user needs to use”
Josh Martel Oct 16, 2023 ▶ 3:05 How Chaser hit $294K revenue and 3 person team in 2023
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Chaser raised a $100K VC round at a $7M valuation cap
“We did that on a seven mil valuation cap.”
Josh Martel Oct 16, 2023 ▶ 8:59 How Chaser hit $294K revenue and 3 person team in 2023
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Thriver's revenue dropped 97% when the COVID-19 pandemic hit
“The issue was that our revenue tanked 97% when COVID hit.”
Josh Martel Oct 16, 2023 ▶ 2:03 How Chaser hit $294K revenue and 3 person team in 2023
Project management software is broken because teams resist workflow changes
“Projects management software is widely broken right now. And that's because most teams don't care enough to adapt their workflow around it.”
Josh Martel Oct 16, 2023 ▶ 2:34 How Chaser hit $294K revenue and 3 person team in 2023
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chaser's Slack MVP maintained 43% user retention at week 16
“And what I can tell you is that for 16 weeks of using our MVP, we still have 43% retention.”
Josh Martel Oct 16, 2023 ▶ 4:44 How Chaser hit $294K revenue and 3 person team in 2023
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
One hundred companies have started using Chaser's free Slack MVP
“We've had a hundred companies start using us.”
Josh Martel Oct 16, 2023 ▶ 4:11 How Chaser hit $294K revenue and 3 person team in 2023
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Contradicted
Chaser lets users delegate tasks to anyone, regardless of their platform
“Where Chaser comes in is it can send and delegate tasks to anybody, whether or not They're engaged with any platform.”
Josh Martel Oct 16, 2023 ▶ 7:25 How Chaser hit $294K revenue and 3 person team in 2023
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Chaser raised $120K from a VC and two angel investors
“So we raised a 120,000 dollars so far. A hundred from a VC and 20 from a pair of angels.”
Josh Martel Oct 16, 2023 ▶ 8:32 How Chaser hit $294K revenue and 3 person team in 2023
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Chaser operates with two contract developers and two unpaid co-founders
“Four. Myself, my co-founder who are not paid we're roughing it out, and I just moved to San Francisco, so that is tough to be living here without a salary. And then we have two developers. Yeah. They're on contracts, but they're working full-time hours.”
Josh Martel Oct 16, 2023 ▶ 9:54 How Chaser hit $294K revenue and 3 person team in 2023
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Josh Martel and his co-founder split Chaser's equity 50-50
“We discussed it, but we both were very happy with fifty-fifty.”
Josh Martel Oct 16, 2023 ▶ 10:23 How Chaser hit $294K revenue and 3 person team in 2023

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