The Cru

12 statements across 1 episodes · 9 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Mar 3, 2025 by Tiffany Dufu · said 38 times in 1 episodes since 2025 · across every show →

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brought up most by Jenny Fielding (16), Tiffany Dufu (10), Josh Muccio (10), Sheel Mohnot (2)

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Everything said about The Cru, oldest first

Mar 3, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Dufu: 52% of applicants to The Cru are women of color
“52% of the women who applied to the crew were women of color”
Tiffany Dufu Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 9:22 #78 Got Goals? Grab a Cru
Mar 3, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Dufu: 73% of Surveyed The Cru Members Say They Want to Renew
“So we've got a group of women who are about 10 months into their crew journey. We've already sent out a survey to ask them their Propensity to renew. Half of them have responded. 73% of them say, I want to renew my membership in the crew.”
Tiffany Dufu Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 11:45 #78 Got Goals? Grab a Cru
Mar 3, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Dufu: Hudson, Yin, and Fielding completed $85,000 in syndicate investments
“So Charles did come in at 10. Elizabeth came in at 25. Jenny came back to me and said, I want 50.”
Tiffany Dufu Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 21:19 #78 Got Goals? Grab a Cru
Mar 3, 2025 neutral
Disclosure
Dufu: The Cru is raising $1M at a $4M post-money valuation cap
“It's a one million raise. It's four million cap, 20% discount, and that's post money.”
Tiffany Dufu Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 10:43 #78 Got Goals? Grab a Cru
Mar 3, 2025 bearish
Disclosure
Goldberg: Passing on The Cru Over Concerns Users Will Move Off-Platform
“And my concern is that you are delivering a ton of value on day one with the matching, but then it diminishes a bit post that. And I worry about some folks going off platform. So I'm going to pass.”
David Goldberg Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 14:12 #78 Got Goals? Grab a Cru
Mar 3, 2025 positive
Opinion
Dufu: An Upfront $499 Fee Is the Only Way to Ensure Member Commitment
“So for the first year that you joined the crew, the four 99 is actually important, not just for our business purposes, but for the culture of the crew. So when the women meet one another, one of the things that they say is, I'm really happy that everyone paid …”
Tiffany Dufu Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 12:10 #78 Got Goals? Grab a Cru
Mar 3, 2025 bearish
Opinion
Mohnot: Exit Multiple for The Cru Is Probably Not Very High
“And that's what I worry about here is that the exit multiple on this business is probably not very high.”
Sheel Mohnot Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 18:54 #78 Got Goals? Grab a Cru
Mar 3, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Dufu: The Cru signed Morgan Stanley and Disney as founding corporate partners
“We've brought on Morgan Stanley and Disney as our founding partners. And we charge more for that experience. It's 1800 dollars.”
Tiffany Dufu Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 10:33 #78 Got Goals? Grab a Cru
Mar 3, 2025 bullish
Insight
Yin compares The Cru's membership and upsell model to The Hustle
“Like, basically, she uses the membership fees to pay for her customer acquisition and break even, then she's just amassing an audience that she can upsell all kinds of stuff to. Like, that's exactly what the hustle does.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 19:10 #78 Got Goals? Grab a Cru
Mar 3, 2025 bullish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Dufu: The Cru will reach 200,000 members and $100M revenue in 5 years
“So five years from now, we're at 200,000 members. So that gets us to, you know, a hundred million”
Tiffany Dufu Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 10:01 #78 Got Goals? Grab a Cru
Mar 3, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Dufu: The Cru closed $1.06M, beating its $1M funding goal
“The goal was a million and we were at a 1,060,000.”
Tiffany Dufu Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 21:33 #78 Got Goals? Grab a Cru
Mar 3, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Dufu: The Cru has 800-person waitlist and oversubscribed $1M pre-seed round
“We currently have 800 women on our waiting list, and I am here to invite one of you to participate in a one million pre-seed round that's already oversubscribed, and I'm really happy to announce that.”
Tiffany Dufu Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 3:27 #78 Got Goals? Grab a Cru
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