Ariana Vargas

8 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 4 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Mar 4, 2025 by Elizabeth Yin · across every show →

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Mar 4, 2025 bearish

Disclosure

Elizabeth Yin passes on Stigma over unproven ROI on healthcare costs

“I, it feels like there are a few hoops that, you know, one needs to jump through to get that conviction that some people watching certain videos will reduce healthcare costs in this way, and I feel like I'm not quite there, so for that reason, I'm out.”

Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 11:39 #111 Stigma: Whose Business Is It Anyway?

Mar 4, 2025 bearish

Opinion

Jillian Manus: Stigma's $9 million pre-money valuation is very frothy

“I think that nine pre is very, very frothy.”

Jillian Manus Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 16:33 #111 Stigma: Whose Business Is It Anyway?

Mar 4, 2025

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Josh Muccio: Ariana Vargas resumed fundraising for Stigma below $1M target

“Ariana is officially back to fundraising, for a smaller amount than the million she was asking for on her show.”

Josh Muccio Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 30:16 #111 Stigma: Whose Business Is It Anyway?

Mar 4, 2025 negative

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Ariana Vargas pauses Stigma's VC fundraising to protect user trust

“The problem and the sort of bad news for today's call is that it takes time to earn trust, and the moment we take on a big amount of capital, we understand that you all as venture capitalists have returns to make and growth targets to hit, and I won't trade on…”

Ariana Vargas Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 23:10 #111 Stigma: Whose Business Is It Anyway?

Mar 4, 2025

Insight

Mac Conwell: Founders must maintain conviction instead of bending for capital

“You can't be at a point where I will do whatever it takes to get your money, because at the end of the day, you have to have conviction of what you're building.”

McKeever "Mac" Conwell II Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 18:38 #111 Stigma: Whose Business Is It Anyway?

Mar 4, 2025

Disclosure

Ariana Vargas: Stigma is raising $1M to bring storytelling to workplaces

“And we're raising a million dollars to bring this unique style of storytelling to the workplace.”

Ariana Vargas Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 3:09 #111 Stigma: Whose Business Is It Anyway?

Mar 4, 2025 positive

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Ariana Vargas: Stigma trained a generative AI on user hope submissions

“The first implementation is the integration of generative AI that we have trained on the hundreds of offers of hope and asks for hope that we already have in the platform.”

Ariana Vargas Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 28:15 #111 Stigma: Whose Business Is It Anyway?

Mar 4, 2025 negative

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Ariana Vargas: Sequoia advised Stigma against pursuing the B2B HR path

“I went to San Francisco and met with Sequoia and they were like, this is a bad path. Don't go down it.”

Ariana Vargas Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 22:47 #111 Stigma: Whose Business Is It Anyway?

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