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Wondery rejected a 2018 acquisition offer exceeding $80 million
“We, they came with an offer that was four times when we had raised that.”
López: Listeners won't recommend narrative shows that lack clear endings
“One of the most tried and true things in Hollywood is that you need to have a satisfying ending to a story. And when you don't have a clear ending, people will not recommend the show to other people.”
López: No Wondery investors asked him to step down after federal indictment
“Not a single one said that.”
A major company offered Wondery $5M at a $25M valuation
“In the middle of that happening, we got approach finally looked like we were going to raise money, and we, one major company agreed to essentially fund our CSA at five million dollars at a twenty-five million dollar valuation.”
Hernán López: Wondery received over 50 VC rejections in 2016
“I stopped counting the no's after I hit 50 on venture capitals”
López: Wondery Might Not Have Succeeded if Launched in 2018
“My timing was, ah, really, really fortuitous in that if I tried to launch Wanderer, the exact same version of Wanderer in 2018, I don't know that it would have gotten to where it did.”
Apple gave Wondery's 'Dirty John' a rare carousel takeover promotion
“And then finally we went to the Apple podcast team and actually shared with them the first episode of the show. They loved it so much that they agreed to give us what at the time was called the Beyonce treatment, you know, the takeover of the top carousel of t…”
López: Every single Wondery employee held equity prior to Amazon sale
“And we had hundreds of shareholders including every single employee in Wondery was a stakeholder.”
López: Greycroft led Wondery's Series A at a $22M valuation
“We closed our CSA run, which had valued the company at twenty-two million dollars”