Dennis Meng

1 appearance on the record.

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12statements → 10claims → 3claims resolved → 67%fully supported → 4/5average certainty → 1.17/5average debate potential → 5said about them ↓

2 supported 1 partly supported 0 contradicted 7 not checkable as stated how the 10 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

10 assertions · 2 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 10 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 3 are resolved, and 7 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Dennis argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Phil Nadel invested $300,000 in User Interviews
“Yeah he invested 300,000.”
Dennis Meng Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 30:20 #66 Does Anyone Really Want Your Product?

How they sound: not measured why? →

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Everything Dennis Meng said on the Pitch that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Assertion Not checkable as stated
Meng: Microsoft expects to recruit 100,000 people for user research
“Microsoft, they're expecting to bring in a 100,000 people over, you know, maybe not next year, but in a couple years down the line.”
Dennis Meng Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 10:52 #66 Does Anyone Really Want Your Product?
Disclosure
Meng sets a strict $12M valuation floor for his funding round
“We're definitely not going below twelve million.”
Dennis Meng Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 17:19 #66 Does Anyone Really Want Your Product?
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Meng: Spotify, Pinterest, Wayfair, and hundreds more use User Interviews monthly
“Companies like Spotify, Pinterest, Wayfair, and Vistaprint, hundreds of others are using our platform every single month.”
Dennis Meng Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 2:56 #66 Does Anyone Really Want Your Product?
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Meng: User Interviews charges an average of $30 per recruited participant
“On average, that's 30 dollars per participant.”
Dennis Meng Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 4:44 #66 Does Anyone Really Want Your Product?
Assertion Not checkable as stated
User Interviews is closing its first $42,000 annual enterprise contract
“So we're in the middle of closing our first it's about a 42,000 dollar annual contract.”
Dennis Meng Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 5:20 #66 Does Anyone Really Want Your Product?
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Meng bought refundable plane tickets to interview travelers past airport security
“Our solution was to go buy refundable plane tickets go sit at airport security and then just talk to people waiting for their flights.”
Dennis Meng Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 7:11 #66 Does Anyone Really Want Your Product?
Assertion Partly supported
Meng: Amazon releases production code every 11 seconds
“Amazon is releasing production code every 11 seconds.”
Dennis Meng Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 11:07 #66 Does Anyone Really Want Your Product?
Assertion Not checkable as stated
User Interviews grew monthly bookings from $25,000 to $150,000
“We've grown 10% month over month since we raised our seed round February of 2017. We went from 25,000 dollars a month to 150,000 dollars a month in bookings.”
Dennis Meng Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 13:31 #66 Does Anyone Really Want Your Product?
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Jillian Manus passes on User Interviews due to the $15M valuation
“Jillian ended up getting back to me and saying that the price was a little too high for them to participate.”
Dennis Meng Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 27:21 #66 Does Anyone Really Want Your Product?
Assertion Supported
Phil Nadel invested $300,000 in User Interviews
“Yeah he invested 300,000.”
Dennis Meng Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 30:20 #66 Does Anyone Really Want Your Product?
Assertion Supported
User Interviews closes oversubscribed $5 million round
“Yeah, we actually ended up raising five million.”
Dennis Meng Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 30:37 #66 Does Anyone Really Want Your Product?
Disclosure
Meng: User Interviews is raising $4 million
“So we're raising four million dollars.”
Dennis Meng Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 3:14 #66 Does Anyone Really Want Your Product?

The other half of the tape: Dennis Meng's own voice is left out of every number here. 5 statements on the record name them. every mention, with the transcript →

Statements about Dennis Meng, by other people (5)

Disclosure
Hyatt missed investing in User Interviews due to a flooded inbox
“After the show, you know, you're delused with a whole bunch of stuff, and then you get back into your working life, and then you have a whole bunch of deals going on, and I know this is a poor excuse for the people who listen to this show, but I literally drop…”
Michael Hyatt Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 28:30 #66 Does Anyone Really Want Your Product?
Disclosure
Phil Nadel offers to invest $300,000 in User Interviews
“And for me, I obviously need to see what the valuation is to see what I'm investing in, but I'd like to invest 300,000.”
Phil Nadel Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 19:19 #66 Does Anyone Really Want Your Product?
Disclosure
Michael Hyatt offers to invest $50k to $150k in User Interviews
“I think I'd put you know, between 50 to 150,000.”
Michael Hyatt Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 18:52 #66 Does Anyone Really Want Your Product?
Disclosure
Jillian Manus commits $100,000 angel investment to User Interviews
“So I'd like to commit right now a 100,000 of my own money as an angel.”
Jillian Manus Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 20:11 #66 Does Anyone Really Want Your Product?
Opinion
Hudson: Dennis Meng gave one of the strongest pitches on the show
“I think this is one of the clearest, strongest presentations I've seen on the pitch.”
Charles Hudson Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 18:12 #66 Does Anyone Really Want Your Product?

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
#66 Does Anyone Really Want Your Product? Mar 3, 2025 10m
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