MessageBird

5 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 14, 2019 by Robert Vis · said 3 times in 1 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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Aug 14, 2019
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Robert Vis: MessageBird's first customer was his previous company's SMS vendor
“I ended up selling Zapay, and interestingly enough, the vendor that we were using back then became my very first customer.”
Robert Vis Aug 14, 2019 ▶ 1:52 "Early Gains, Early Pains: 5 Lessons for Surviving Hypergrowth" Harry Stebbings and Robert Vis
Aug 14, 2019
Assertion Partly supported
Robert Vis: MessageBird bootstrapped profitably for six years with 100% YoY growth
“We bootstrapped for six years, we were profitable we were still had, you know, a hundred, hundred percent growth rates year in year so we didn't really need the money, first of all”
Robert Vis Aug 14, 2019 ▶ 9:21 "Early Gains, Early Pains: 5 Lessons for Surviving Hypergrowth" Harry Stebbings and Robert Vis
Aug 14, 2019 negative
Insight
Robert Vis: Founders checking competitor websites weekly are doing something completely wrong
“But if you're checking your competitor's webpage every day or every week, you're doing something completely wrong. I mean, maybe that's something you will look at directionally, what are they doing, and then, but you should always focus on yourself, your own c…”
Robert Vis Aug 14, 2019 ▶ 14:44 "Early Gains, Early Pains: 5 Lessons for Surviving Hypergrowth" Harry Stebbings and Robert Vis
Aug 14, 2019
Insight
Robert Vis: Early startup founders cannot expect to take three-week holidays
“You know, when I speak to founders, and they're like, I'm starting a company, and I'm, but in two months, I'm taking a three week nice, relaxed holiday. I'm like, that's not how this works, dude. Like, that's not how you build a company. Like, so, you know, th…”
Robert Vis Aug 14, 2019 ▶ 20:03 "Early Gains, Early Pains: 5 Lessons for Surviving Hypergrowth" Harry Stebbings and Robert Vis
Aug 14, 2019
Disclosure
Robert Vis: MessageBird paired first 50 employees with new hires for culture
“One of the things that we did is we set up a group, which is the Nest, which is basically our first 50 employees and we worked together with them in, like, collaborative sessions and, like, teaming them up with newer employees in order to sort of, like, togeth…”
Robert Vis Aug 14, 2019 ▶ 23:59 "Early Gains, Early Pains: 5 Lessons for Surviving Hypergrowth" Harry Stebbings and Robert Vis
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