why aren't all 5 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 1 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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Insight
Thompson: Cold email succeeded for Podseeker at just $50 per month
“People often will say, you know, cold email outreach is kind of Like pointless unless your average contract value is like, you know, under over 5000 dollars and things like that. But I found like even for this 50 dollar a month product, like the conversion rat…”
Insight
Thompson: Founders should accept lower acquisition offers for a smoother process
“If you know, you had two buyers and everything else is equal apart from, you know, one's offering you less money, but you know, it's going to be a smoother acquisition and one's offering you more money, but it might be, you know, a bit more hellish than, you k…”
Assertion Open · timeframe Nov 2023
Gazdecki: Podseeker was acquired for a six-figure valuation
“All right, I'm here with Simon, the founder of Podseeker, who recently got acquired for six figures.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Thompson: Podseeker suffered high churn due to non-recurring user needs
“One thing about Podseeker is it was a great business and it always brought on new customers, but it was a really high-churn business. Like the problem, it solves a real problem, but it's not necessarily a recurring problem for a lot of people.”
Disclosure
Thompson: Podseeker's first version was an API wrapper with a UI
“I created this very janky V one, which was essentially like an API wrapper around another service, which didn't have a nice UI. And I just kind of put a nice UI on top of it.”