Miki Agrawal

10 statements across 1 episodes · 5 bullish · 3 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Mar 3, 2025 by Phil Nadel · across every show →

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Mar 3, 2025 bearish
Disclosure
Phil Nadel passes on Tushy over defensibility, market education, and founder history
“My concern is I don't see enough that's proprietary in, in the product functionality I'm concerned about going on this educational journey with you. You know, where it's, I see it as a journey, and I'm sure you do too, of educating a market that's not accustom…”
Phil Nadel Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 19:23 #14 The Ghost of Startups Past: Tushy
Mar 3, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Agrawal: Tushy generated $1.5M in revenue prior to retail partnerships
“We've done about a million and a half in revenue to date but that's before our big partnerships like Home Shopping Network and, you know, we're talking to a bunch of different other retailers.”
Miki Agrawal Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 6:34 #14 The Ghost of Startups Past: Tushy
Mar 3, 2025 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Agrawal: THINX reached $50M in revenue under my leadership
“Yeah, we did fifty million under my leadership.”
Miki Agrawal Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 8:46 #14 The Ghost of Startups Past: Tushy
Mar 3, 2025 negative
Disclosure
Manus: Passed on Tushy because founder dismissed investor feedback
“And that's the reason I passed, because she kept saying, you're wrong. And after that, I thought, you know what, I know nothing. About this. So there is nothing I'm going to be able to add.”
Jillian Manus Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 24:11 #14 The Ghost of Startups Past: Tushy
Mar 3, 2025 negative
Opinion
Agrawal: Bidets lack US adoption due to pricing and millennial messaging
“They are, but they haven't become ubiquitous, mainly because of the price point and because of the cultural relevance. Like, they don't know how to talk to Especially the millennial consumer.”
Miki Agrawal Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 7:27 #14 The Ghost of Startups Past: Tushy
Mar 3, 2025 neutral
Insight
Agrawal: Boundary-pushing products require visionary investors
“If everybody believed in your product, then it would exist already. You know, it would already be in the world en masse, and the fact that it isn't means it requires a certain type of investors to see the future, to see where we're going”
Miki Agrawal Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 29:07 #14 The Ghost of Startups Past: Tushy
Mar 3, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Agrawal: Tushy will fund growth via retained earnings without raising more capital
“This is the hope, was to get to profitability very quickly, and so we don't have to raise any more money. You know, it's been my goal all along. You know, just like my previous company, we just raised, you know, just what we needed, and then we hit profitabili…”
Miki Agrawal Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 28:18 #14 The Ghost of Startups Past: Tushy
Mar 3, 2025 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Altucher: Agrawal probably won't remain CEO of Tushy past a certain scale
“And I think probably you wouldn't be CEO of this past a certain level, is my guess.”
James Altucher Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 17:17 #14 The Ghost of Startups Past: Tushy
Mar 3, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Agrawal: Tushy raised $1M and is near profitability
“We raised the money, and we're pretty much profitable now, so it's actually epic. ... Nope, just raised the million.”
Miki Agrawal Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 27:46 #14 The Ghost of Startups Past: Tushy
Mar 3, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Manus predicts Miki Agrawal will succeed with Tushy without pitch investors
“To tell you the truth, I think she's going to succeed. I really, really do. I know. Without us.”
Jillian Manus Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 25:20 #14 The Ghost of Startups Past: Tushy
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