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Brandel: Hearken has a 70% customer retention rate
“So right now it's about 70% we retain. And what we've learned from the 30% that have been churning is actually the reason they stop working with us is because someone moves on from their job.”
Hyatt: Hearken Struggles Due to Market Decline and Churn, Not Mission
“I think fundamentally, you're in a declining market. You have too much churn. You have too much weightlifting to get these sales done. I'm just saying, I don't fundamentally think you're structured properly to hit the purpose that you're talking about.”
Brandel: Public-sourced stories perform 11 to 15 times better than traditional stories
“And we found that these stories that are coming from the public, that are coming from ideas outside of the newsroom, perform 11 to 15 times better than traditional stories.”
Brandel: About $200K of Hearken's $1M ARR Is Foundation Subsidies
“About 200,000. Subsidized, yeah.”
Brandel: Hearken approaches $1M ARR across 150 newsrooms and seeks $3.5M
“So my company Harkin is about three years old now. We're in about a 150 newsrooms, and we're just about approaching a million ARR, and are here to raise 3.5 million for our next stage of growth.”