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Massimo Chieruzzi

Chief AI Officer, Treatwell. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Massimo Chieruzzi is the Chief AI Officer and Board Member at Treatwell. He was the co-founder and CEO of AdEspresso, which was acquired by Hootsuite in 2017, and also co-founded Breadcrumbs.io.

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

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Massimo Chieruzzi admits AdEspresso faked a $20M funding post for clickbait
“That was just click baiting. So for click baiting, we published the post saying that we had raised twenty million.”
Massimo Chieruzzi Aug 28, 2016 ▶ 2:58 EP 400: AdEspresso Hits $20M Valuation, 4000 Customers, $400k MRR with CEO Massimo Chieruzzi
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Massimo Chieruzzi reveals AdEspresso's customer acquisition cost is under $10
“We are paying less than 10 dollars.”
Massimo Chieruzzi Aug 28, 2016 ▶ 8:41 EP 400: AdEspresso Hits $20M Valuation, 4000 Customers, $400k MRR with CEO Massimo Chieruzzi
TOP FOUNDERS Prediction Not checkable as stated
Massimo Chieruzzi predicts all future Facebook ad growth will come from SMBs
“All the growth For Facebook, in the next few months will become, in the next years will be coming from small, medium businesses, because the enterprise are already there.”
Massimo Chieruzzi Aug 28, 2016 ▶ 10:11 EP 400: AdEspresso Hits $20M Valuation, 4000 Customers, $400k MRR with CEO Massimo Chieruzzi
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AdEspresso's monthly churn is around 7% and decreasing
“It's around seven percent and it's decreasing. But the most interesting thing is that we have most of the churn is in the first 30 days, and it's for the lower subscription plan.”
Massimo Chieruzzi Aug 28, 2016 ▶ 5:04 EP 400: AdEspresso Hits $20M Valuation, 4000 Customers, $400k MRR with CEO Massimo Chieruzzi
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Massimo Chieruzzi says AdEspresso acquisition offers become interesting at $50M
“It would be anything above fifty million between, between fifty and one hundred million will start to be interesting”
Massimo Chieruzzi Aug 28, 2016 ▶ 9:46 EP 400: AdEspresso Hits $20M Valuation, 4000 Customers, $400k MRR with CEO Massimo Chieruzzi
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Massimo Chieruzzi says AdEspresso surpassed a $5M annual run rate
“So at this point right now, we are over a five million dollar run rate.”
Massimo Chieruzzi Aug 28, 2016 ▶ 2:07 EP 400: AdEspresso Hits $20M Valuation, 4000 Customers, $400k MRR with CEO Massimo Chieruzzi
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AdEspresso grew 11x in revenue and managed ad spend in 2015
“And last year we grew 11 X on all the most important metrics for us from the revenues to the Number of Facebook advertising dollars managed every month.”
Massimo Chieruzzi Aug 28, 2016 ▶ 2:13 EP 400: AdEspresso Hits $20M Valuation, 4000 Customers, $400k MRR with CEO Massimo Chieruzzi
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AdEspresso generated approximately $3M in total revenue during 2015
“2015 revenue, I think was around three million.”
Massimo Chieruzzi Aug 28, 2016 ▶ 2:42 EP 400: AdEspresso Hits $20M Valuation, 4000 Customers, $400k MRR with CEO Massimo Chieruzzi
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
AdEspresso has raised a total of $1.8M since inception
“We overall from when we started, we have just raised 1.8 million dollars.”
Massimo Chieruzzi Aug 28, 2016 ▶ 3:20 EP 400: AdEspresso Hits $20M Valuation, 4000 Customers, $400k MRR with CEO Massimo Chieruzzi
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Massimo Chieruzzi notes that AdEspresso has been profitable for a year
“The truth is that we have been profitable for the last year.”
Massimo Chieruzzi Aug 28, 2016 ▶ 3:28 EP 400: AdEspresso Hits $20M Valuation, 4000 Customers, $400k MRR with CEO Massimo Chieruzzi
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
AdEspresso negotiated a $20M valuation for its priced equity round
“Twenty million was the valuation.”
Massimo Chieruzzi Aug 28, 2016 ▶ 3:43 EP 400: AdEspresso Hits $20M Valuation, 4000 Customers, $400k MRR with CEO Massimo Chieruzzi
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
AdEspresso has surpassed 4,000 paying customers
“We have more than 4000 customers.”
Massimo Chieruzzi Aug 28, 2016 ▶ 4:06 EP 400: AdEspresso Hits $20M Valuation, 4000 Customers, $400k MRR with CEO Massimo Chieruzzi
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
AdEspresso grows revenue by 10% to 15% month-over-month
“We are on average between 10 and 15% every month.”
Massimo Chieruzzi Aug 28, 2016 ▶ 7:48 EP 400: AdEspresso Hits $20M Valuation, 4000 Customers, $400k MRR with CEO Massimo Chieruzzi
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
AdEspresso spends less than $10K monthly on paid acquisition
“We are spending less than 10 K in paid acquisition.”
Massimo Chieruzzi Aug 28, 2016 ▶ 8:54 EP 400: AdEspresso Hits $20M Valuation, 4000 Customers, $400k MRR with CEO Massimo Chieruzzi
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Partly supported
Only 3M to 4M of 30M Facebook business pages actively advertise
“We have like thirty million businesses with Facebook pages, and only three or four million are advertising right now”
Massimo Chieruzzi Aug 28, 2016 ▶ 10:01 EP 400: AdEspresso Hits $20M Valuation, 4000 Customers, $400k MRR with CEO Massimo Chieruzzi

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