Thor Wood

Founder & CEO, SnapShyft · 2 appearances on the record.

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Thor Wood is the co-founder and CEO of SnapShyft, an on-demand labor marketplace that connects food, beverage, and hospitality operators with vetted short-term staff. Prior to founding SnapShyft in Indianapolis, he spent more than a decade in executive recruiting, staffing, and logistics management.

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1 supported 1 partly supported 0 contradicted 6 not checkable as stated how the 8 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

8 assertions · 1 insight · 2 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 8 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 2 are resolved, and 6 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 Thor 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

Competitor Shiftgig Pivoted to Selling Software to Temp Agencies

“You had ShiftGig in Chicago. They raised a lot of money. They're a software company now selling to temp agencies.”

Thor Wood Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 15:32 #81 Jillian to the Rescue

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Assertion Not checkable as stated

Snapshift Grows 45% Month-Over-Month With 3x Industry Fulfillment Rate

“We're growing 45% month over month, and this is directly tied to our actual chart-topping fulfillment rate that is three times the staffing industry average.”

Thor Wood Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 2:48 #81 Jillian to the Rescue

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Snapshift Workers Earn 50% Above the National Industry Rate

“They're getting paid near instantly through us, earning on average over 50% more than the national industry rate.”

Thor Wood Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 3:02 #81 Jillian to the Rescue

Insight

Restaurant Manager Turnover Forces Re-Selling Software Every 3-5 Months

“We found that when you have those layers, you insulate yourself from turnover, because managers are lasting five months. So if I sold you as a restaurant today, odds are you're not going to be there. Our champion's gone, and I have to sell you again in three t…”

Thor Wood Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 8:06 #81 Jillian to the Rescue

Assertion Not checkable as stated

SnapShyft Achieved a 91% Shift Fulfillment Rate Across 2019

“I will say that there's competitors out there that do that today, and they're at 34% fulfillment rate, and we're at 91% for the entire year of 2019.”

Thor Wood Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 14:51 #81 Jillian to the Rescue

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Snapshift claims a 90% fulfillment rate, triple the industry average

“And we have a 90% fulfillment rate that's three times the industry average.”

Thor Wood Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 16:49 #76 Pitchline Bonanza

Assertion Partly supported

Hospitality Staff Replacement Costs $150 Billion Annually in the US

“It takes a month to replace an employee. And replacement costs alone are a staggering one hundred and fifty billion dollars Each year in the U S”

Thor Wood Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 2:13 #81 Jillian to the Rescue

Assertion Not checkable as stated

SnapShyft Has Approximately 8,000 Active Workers on Its Platform

“We've got, I believe, 8000 that are active and it fluctuates.”

Thor Wood Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 4:47 #81 Jillian to the Rescue

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Snapshift reports 22,000 workers, 350 customers, and 36% monthly revenue growth

“We launched in January of last year and currently, 22,000 professionals, 350 customers, and we're growing revenue 36% month over month.”

Thor Wood Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 16:39 #76 Pitchline Bonanza

Disclosure

Thor Wood Seeks $250K for Snapshift Pilots and Product Enhancements

“Now I'm here today to raise 250,000 dollars to help us move forward with additional pilots and product enhancements for our target customer base.”

Thor Wood Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 3:10 #81 Jillian to the Rescue

Assertion Supported

Competitor Shiftgig Pivoted to Selling Software to Temp Agencies

“You had ShiftGig in Chicago. They raised a lot of money. They're a software company now selling to temp agencies.”

Thor Wood Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 15:32 #81 Jillian to the Rescue

Disclosure

SnapShyft Founder Pitched Over 100 Investors Before This Episode

“Oh I'd say we're well over a hundred, a 110 pitches.”

Thor Wood Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 20:37 #81 Jillian to the Rescue

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Statements about Thor Wood, by other people (2)

Opinion

Jillian Manus: Flying to cities for founder-led sales cannot scale

“For you to get on the phone and call and then fly to Chicago, fly to Philadelphia, fly to Denver with such a small team. That doesn't make sense in terms of how you're going to, well, you can't scale it that way.”

Jillian Manus Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 8:44 #81 Jillian to the Rescue

Assertion Supported

Jillian Manus Ultimately Passes on Snapshift After Due Diligence

“After the pitch, Jillian and Thor went through due diligence, and she ultimately decided to pass on the deal.”

Josh Muccio Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 22:03 #81 Jillian to the Rescue

Appearances (2)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
#81 Jillian to the Rescue	Mar 3, 2025	7m
#76 Pitchline Bonanza	Mar 3, 2025	56s

Thor Wood

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