why aren't all 7 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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▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable
Assertion Supported
Lemkin: Brex Laid Off 20% at $250M–$300M in Revenue
“And that's why even great companies like Brex just announced they had to lay off 20% at 253 hundred million in revenue.”
Assertion Supported
Lemkin: Half of EchoSign's 20 sales reps became tech CROs
“We only had 20 something sellers and 10 of them went on to be top CROs, right? CROs at Brex, CRO at Ripley now, Gong, also CRO at Gong. Seismic, a long list of others, half of them went on to be leading”
Assertion Contradicted
Pigment signed Figma, dbt, Carta, Brex, and Gong within six months
“Some are actually iconic SaaS brands, so you probably know the Figma, the DBT of this world. Some are very famous brands for CFOs, Carta, Brex. Some are iconic brands for sales team. I can talk about Gong, for instance.”
Assertion Supported
Dubugras: Brex Manages Credit, Underwriting, and Tech Entirely In-House
“We do the credit, we do underwriting, we do the technology, we do basically everything. We have a banking partner but, you know, we basically do everything. And getting that was like, and being able to control the entire stack was something that we learned fro…”
Assertion Supported
Lemkin: EchoSign revenue alumni became CROs of Brex, Rippling, and Gong
“Our revenue team went on to be the CROs of Brex, Rippling, Gong, So many leaders, like others, like 10 of them, and like that we had this monster team and I missed, I didn't, what I didn't know was how good I had it in some areas.”
Assertion Supported
Brex scaled from $2M to over $300M ARR during Kelly's tenure
“Where she was able to scale the business from about two million in ARR is where Ashley joined and left it like three hundred million plus in ARR.”
Assertion Supported
Justin Betakure: Coinbase, Shopify, and Brex use remote-first models with hubs
“Remote first is what Coinbase and Shopify and Brex are doing, where they run the entire company remotely from asynchronization to all hands done remotely, but they have hubs where you can, almost like a cafe, where you can go in and visit colleagues or even do…”