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Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sirota: Waggit will reach $40M revenue in three years
“So, our three-year revenue is forty million with a 55% margin.”
Susan Sirota Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 6:03 #52 Fitbit … for Dogs
Opinion
Chapman: Market of health-conscious pet parents is too small
“I'm just concerned that the number of pet parents who are forward thinking enough about their pet's health is too small.”
Jake Chapman Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 11:55 #52 Fitbit … for Dogs
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sirota: Pilot users open the Waggit app six times daily
“The ones that are in the hands of consumers, we're seeing people on average open the app six times a day, six days a week.”
Susan Sirota Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 14:29 #52 Fitbit … for Dogs
Disclosure
Hudson: Post-launch hardware requires significantly more capital than founders expect
“About 10% of our investments have a hardware component in them, and so I'm gonna pass, but for a really specific reason, Which is, I think you're going to need more money than you're asking for right now, because post-launch hardware, it never goes the way tha…”
Charles Hudson Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 17:36 #52 Fitbit … for Dogs
Disclosure
Stanton commits to a $25,000 investment in Waggit
“I'm happy to put in 25,000 dollars.”
Alexandra Stanton Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 16:57 #52 Fitbit … for Dogs
Disclosure
Sirota: Waggit is running an insurance pilot to subsidize collars for data
“So we have a pilot in place with an insurance company. To subsidize the cost of callers to their insurance holders to get the data.”
Susan Sirota Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 10:05 #52 Fitbit … for Dogs
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sirota: Waggit will not maintain six daily app opens at scale
“We will not hold that in market.”
Susan Sirota Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 14:36 #52 Fitbit … for Dogs
Assertion Contradicted
Waggit closed a $2M funding round and is raising another $1M
“She's finished the two million dollar round and is now working on raising another million.”
Josh Muccio Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 24:10 #52 Fitbit … for Dogs
Assertion Supported
Sirota: Waggit tracks pet vitals, habits, activity, and location
“Waggit is a collar that collects an enormous amount of data about your pet's health, from changes in vitals, eating habits, sleeping habits, activity patterns, and also location.”
Susan Sirota Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 2:36 #52 Fitbit … for Dogs
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Stanton closed and wired her Waggit investment within weeks of taping
“Alexandra got back to me right away went through diligence, and had a check in the bank a couple weeks after the show.”
Susan Sirota Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 21:15 #52 Fitbit … for Dogs
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