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record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
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Prediction Not checkable as stated
Charles Hudson: AI tools will commoditize first-draft pitch deck creation
“I think the rate of improvement of those tools is going to make the sort of scaffolding first draft
Deck generation process relatively commoditized from a language standpoint.”
Opinion
Yin: Pitching Pitch Software to VCs Faces a Higher Bar
“I do think they're in a more challenging position in pitching a pitch product to people who listen to pitches. Like, in some sense, the bar is, Hired just almost because we are in the pitch business.”
Disclosure
Brevity launches AI sales training tool Brevity Roleplay
“So the big changes besides just getting fundraising is we've now launched the product called Brevity Roleplay. Basically, we help train sales teams by role playing in real time with AI based prospects.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Johnson: Brevity users raised millions and won over 30 pitch competitions
“And as a result of going through our software, organizations have raised millions in capital, closed notable deals with Fortune 50 companies like a Target, and we've had over 31st place pitch competition winners.”
Disclosure
Johnson: Brevity is raising $500K at an $8M valuation cap
“Now we are here today extending our pre-seed funding round, raising 500 at an eight mil cap via a safe note.”
Disclosure
Kelvin Johnson: Brevity has raised $1.3M from four institutional investors
“Year to date, since we started this company, we raised 1.3. So we have four institutional investors, Right Side Capital, Serif Group, Brown Venture Group is most recent, and then Bronze Valley out of Alabama.”
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Brevity secures $500,000 investment from Lightship Capital
“We ended up getting a, you know, a 500,000 dollar investment from Lightship Capital.”
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Brevity features 14 voice personas because "sometimes you run into assholes"
“We have 14 different voice personas in the software because in sales and in the investment journey, sometimes you run into assholes.”