why aren't all 8 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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Assertion Contradicted
Rajesh Jain notes that more than 90% of Freshworks is investor-owned
“Because otherwise, like in Freshworks, more than 90% of the ownership is with investors.”
Assertion Contradicted
Ahluwalia: Freshworks created roughly 1,000 millionaires in Chennai
“Freshworks created like thousand millionaires sitting out of Chennai. And it completely changed in ecosystem how founders give back.”
Assertion Partly supported
Chanchani: Indian B2B tech commands a 10% to 30% revenue multiple premium
“Which is the reason why these companies are say at a anywhere between a 10 to 30% premium when it comes to their revenue multiples as compared to say a Freshworks, which is again, you know, a fantastic company with a seven hundred million dollar kind of scale,…”
Prediction Partly held up
Ahluwalia: Freshworks could reach $1B ARR within three years
“I think soon, three years down the line, they might be touching the one billion dollar ARR mark.”
Assertion Supported
Darisi: Building third helpdesk at Atomicwork after Zoho and Freshworks
“This is my third help desk in building, right? One, I did it in Zoho, which is an installable era where people install software to get things done. And I built Freshworks in a cloud era. Where the technology is actually booming, but still it took time, but I d…”
Assertion Partly supported
Darisi: Freshworks built its initial product in three months using Rails
“To give a comparison at Freshworks, when we released the product, we released in three months because we actually ditched Java. We put Ruby on Rails because it is easy to bake in and actually release that entire product in three months, right?”
Assertion Partly supported
Ahluwalia: Freshworks IPO created over 100 millionaires and 30 spinouts
“Freshworks has demonstrated that, right? It's the scale of a large public listing because a lot of people got financial independence created huge, like it's a number that almost a hundred people got into dollar million, million years, right? Which is eight cro…”
Assertion Supported
Freshworks surpassed $500 million in annual recurring revenue by 2023
“Today, Freshworks is more than five hundred million in annual recurring revenues.”