Zach Smith

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

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Zach Smith: Funded Today charges a 35% commission on crowdfunding campaigns

“Our standard percentage is 35% across the board.”

Zach Smith Feb 8, 2016 ▶ 11:47 People Hire Him Behind The Scenes to Launch Their Crowdfunding Campaigns, $40m Raised with Zach Smith of Funded Today

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Smith: Funded Today gets 30% opt-in rates on pre-launch product pages

“We were getting about a 30% opt-in rate, so.”

Zach Smith Feb 8, 2016 ▶ 5:00 People Hire Him Behind The Scenes to Launch Their Crowdfunding Campaigns, $40m Raised with Zach Smith of Funded Today

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Smith: Instagram is the next big advertising channel for crowdfunding

“Pinterest is actually starting to take up some effort, and Instagram is the next big thing, in my opinion.”

Zach Smith Feb 8, 2016 ▶ 5:39 People Hire Him Behind The Scenes to Launch Their Crowdfunding Campaigns, $40m Raised with Zach Smith of Funded Today

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Zach Smith: Funded Today aims to double revenue to $16M in 2016

“We'd like to double that, and we think it's very realistic.”

Zach Smith Feb 8, 2016 ▶ 15:02 People Hire Him Behind The Scenes to Launch Their Crowdfunding Campaigns, $40m Raised with Zach Smith of Funded Today

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Smith: Funded Today pays 10 to 65 cents per click for leads

“Oh, we don't talk too much about our margins and things of how we do it, but I would say on the low ball, at 10 cents a click, on the high ball, 60, 65 cents a click, so.”

Zach Smith Feb 8, 2016 ▶ 4:45 People Hire Him Behind The Scenes to Launch Their Crowdfunding Campaigns, $40m Raised with Zach Smith of Funded Today

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Funded Today operates on a three-tier model of paid media, press, and networking

“We kind of say we're a three-tiered system where we focus on paid media, landing press, and then we call it cross collaborations or networking, and that's essentially the pre-launch.”

Zach Smith Feb 8, 2016 ▶ 7:58 People Hire Him Behind The Scenes to Launch Their Crowdfunding Campaigns, $40m Raised with Zach Smith of Funded Today

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Zach Smith: Funded Today's crowdfunding backer email list exceeds one million

“Oh, it's a million strong or more now.”

Zach Smith Feb 8, 2016 ▶ 14:30 People Hire Him Behind The Scenes to Launch Their Crowdfunding Campaigns, $40m Raised with Zach Smith of Funded Today

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Zach Smith: Funded Today generated $8 million in 2015 revenue

“About eight million.”

Zach Smith Feb 8, 2016 ▶ 14:58 People Hire Him Behind The Scenes to Launch Their Crowdfunding Campaigns, $40m Raised with Zach Smith of Funded Today

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Zach Smith: Funded Today runs its entire business on Skype

“We run our entire business on Skype, and I think it's the way we do Skype, I could give an entire training on how efficient we are on Skype.”

Zach Smith Feb 8, 2016 ▶ 21:12 People Hire Him Behind The Scenes to Launch Their Crowdfunding Campaigns, $40m Raised with Zach Smith of Funded Today

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Zach Smith: Funded Today operates as a completely remote company

“We built our company kind of like 39 signals where we're all completely remote.”

Zach Smith Feb 8, 2016 ▶ 14:43 People Hire Him Behind The Scenes to Launch Their Crowdfunding Campaigns, $40m Raised with Zach Smith of Funded Today

The other half of the tape: Zach Smith's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 8 times in 2 episodes across the shows. 2 statements on the record name them. every mention, with the transcript →

Who brings them up most Joseph May 6Nathan Latka 2

Statements about Zach Smith, by other people (2)

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

Latka: Creators manufacture desperate situations to sell products with authentic stories

“People, if they have a hit product, will go put themselves in a desperate situation, allow the product to be the hero so they can live the story, which enables them to tell it more accurately and sell more.”

Nathan Latka Feb 8, 2016 ▶ 18:25 People Hire Him Behind The Scenes to Launch Their Crowdfunding Campaigns, $40m Raised with Zach Smith of Funded Today

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Supported

Nathan Latka: Funded Today has raised over $40M across 300+ crowdfunding campaigns

“His name is Zach Smith, and he is the co-founder and CEO of Funded Today, the world's leading crowdfunding agency, having raised over forty million dollars and counting for over 300 campaigns on Kickstarter and Indiegogo.”

Nathan Latka Feb 8, 2016 ▶ 1:06 People Hire Him Behind The Scenes to Launch Their Crowdfunding Campaigns, $40m Raised with Zach Smith of Funded Today

Every mention by year

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Zach'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	Co-Founder and CEO, Funded Today	1	10	—	full record on Top Founders →