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TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ford: Prism.fm kept roughly 100 of 120 venue customers through COVID
“We also didn't turn a lot during the pandemic, which I think was a major testament to the technology. Like we went in with let's call it a 120 customers. And we came out with, of those a 120, we came out with, you know, a solid a hundred of them. Like we didn'…”
Matt Ford Sep 11, 2023 ▶ 4:16 How this SaaS For Music Venues Survived Covid Then hit $3m ARR
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Ford sees clear runway for Prism to reach $15M-$20M ARR
“And you know, there's a clear, like I see a clear runway right now to get the company, you know, it's a 15, twenty million in recurring revenue. And it's just my own kind of calculations and willingness to hold on.”
Matt Ford Sep 11, 2023 ▶ 12:18 How this SaaS For Music Venues Survived Covid Then hit $3m ARR
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Ford: Prism.fm has a strong shot at reaching profitability without raising again
“But with the money that we have in the bank, we have a really good shot at just not raising again and going to profitability if that's what we choose.”
Matt Ford Jul 16, 2022 ▶ 10:34 Pandemic should have killed him, he doubled revenue to $1.8m helping live event venues pay and manage talent
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Ford predicts Prism.fm will achieve live music ubiquity within six months
“Our eyes are set on being the ubiquitous software solution for the live music industry. And I think in the next six months, we're going to see that happen.”
Matt Ford Jul 16, 2022 ▶ 12:25 Pandemic should have killed him, he doubled revenue to $1.8m helping live event venues pay and manage talent
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Ford: Live music will see unprecedented volume if COVID clears by fall
“So get ready for like, God willing that, you know, this is cleared by the fall. If it is, Get ready for the most crazy, you know, lineup of live music concerts you've ever seen. Like all the festivals are rescheduled to the fall, all the major tours. There's g…”
Matt Ford Apr 5, 2020 ▶ 4:54 1716 $60k/mo Live Event SaaS Company Virus Survival Plans
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Ford: Prism.fm has grown revenue 5x since pandemic trough
“We've, you know, five X our revenue since the bottom of the trough.”
Matt Ford Sep 11, 2023 ▶ 4:13 How this SaaS For Music Venues Survived Covid Then hit $3m ARR
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Ford: Prism achieves 110% total net retention and 127% in key segment
“With one of our customer segments, it's segments. It's net retention of 127% and across our whole customer base, it's 110%.”
Matt Ford Sep 11, 2023 ▶ 5:50 How this SaaS For Music Venues Survived Covid Then hit $3m ARR
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Ford: Prism secures new customer ACV above $11,000
“But to date, today we're getting an ACV like above 11,000.”
Matt Ford Sep 11, 2023 ▶ 10:04 How this SaaS For Music Venues Survived Covid Then hit $3m ARR
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Ford estimates Prism's full network payment volume at over $800M for 2023
“If we were, if we had the full network utilizing payments, it's over eight hundred million dollars... That's the projection for this 12 months, for twenty-twenty-three.”
Matt Ford Sep 11, 2023 ▶ 13:27 How this SaaS For Music Venues Survived Covid Then hit $3m ARR
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Ford: Prism.fm emerged from the pandemic with double its prior revenue
“We ended up emerging with twice as much revenue as we had.”
Matt Ford Jul 16, 2022 ▶ 1:40 Pandemic should have killed him, he doubled revenue to $1.8m helping live event venues pay and manage talent
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Ford: Prism.fm has multiple customers paying over $250,000 annually
“But now we have a customer paying us over 250,000 dollars a year and they're not alone.”
Matt Ford Jul 16, 2022 ▶ 4:32 Pandemic should have killed him, he doubled revenue to $1.8m helping live event venues pay and manage talent
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Ford: Prism.fm has approximately 240 venue and promoter customers
“Somewhere around 240.”
Matt Ford Jul 16, 2022 ▶ 6:57 Pandemic should have killed him, he doubled revenue to $1.8m helping live event venues pay and manage talent
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Ford: Prism.fm's average customer pays $7,000 per year
“No, on average, it's seven K a year.”
Matt Ford Jul 16, 2022 ▶ 7:05 Pandemic should have killed him, he doubled revenue to $1.8m helping live event venues pay and manage talent
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Prism.fm Series A post-money valuation was under $60M
“We were less than that.”
Matt Ford Jul 16, 2022 ▶ 9:48 Pandemic should have killed him, he doubled revenue to $1.8m helping live event venues pay and manage talent
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Ford: Prism.fm platform tracks billions in annual payment volume
“It's in the billions. Yeah. I don't want to give you too specific of a number. ... Billions.”
Matt Ford Jul 16, 2022 ▶ 12:52 Pandemic should have killed him, he doubled revenue to $1.8m helping live event venues pay and manage talent
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Ford: Prism FM serves 150 accounts across 1,600 venues
“So we have a 150 unique accounts. And they're going into over 1600 venues now around the country.”
Matt Ford Apr 5, 2020 ▶ 6:21 1716 $60k/mo Live Event SaaS Company Virus Survival Plans
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Prism FM maintains 17 months of cash runway under worst-case projections
“I mean, in our most pessimistic projections, we're around 17 months. And our most optimistic projections were, you know, back to profitability and we can just decide on how we want to intelligently grow the company.”
Matt Ford Apr 5, 2020 ▶ 13:06 1716 $60k/mo Live Event SaaS Company Virus Survival Plans
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Prism FM doubled revenue between August 2019 and March 2020
“Yeah, no, since, since August, we doubled the company in terms of revenue. That was the case in March. At the end of March.”
Matt Ford Apr 5, 2020 ▶ 14:11 1716 $60k/mo Live Event SaaS Company Virus Survival Plans
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Ford: Prism has surpassed 300 customers
“And we're above 300 customers now.”
Matt Ford Sep 11, 2023 ▶ 10:23 How this SaaS For Music Venues Survived Covid Then hit $3m ARR
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Ford: Prism employs 17 engineers out of 27 full-time staff
“We have, of that 27, I believe 17.”
Matt Ford Sep 11, 2023 ▶ 16:53 How this SaaS For Music Venues Survived Covid Then hit $3m ARR
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Ford: Prism.fm's $9M round included $6M new cash and $2.9M note
“It was actually closer to six and that too, it was the round was 2.9 million and then there was interest on the note.”
Matt Ford Jul 16, 2022 ▶ 8:15 Pandemic should have killed him, he doubled revenue to $1.8m helping live event venues pay and manage talent
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Ford: Prism.fm's 2019 bridge note had 3.5% annual interest
“We were 3.5% per year.”
Matt Ford Jul 16, 2022 ▶ 8:28 Pandemic should have killed him, he doubled revenue to $1.8m helping live event venues pay and manage talent
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Prism.fm operates with approximately 20 full-time employees
“I think it's 20 full time.”
Matt Ford Jul 16, 2022 ▶ 10:23 Pandemic should have killed him, he doubled revenue to $1.8m helping live event venues pay and manage talent
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