American Express

includes American Express OPEN Forum

11 statements across 11 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 10 people on the record · first statement Oct 4, 2016 by Anand Sanwal · said 91 times in 45 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Oct 4, 2016
Disclosure
Sanwal earned $305K to $325K at Amex before founding CB Insights
“Ah, this was seven years ago. I was probably all in probably around three, 25, 305,000.”
Anand Sanwal Oct 4, 2016 ▶ 6:30 EP 437: SaaS $10m Raised, $8m+ 2015 Revenue, The Algorithmic Mckinsey with CB Insights CEO Anand Sanwal
Jan 9, 2017
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Radius mostly serves large enterprises like Walmart and American Express
“And remember, most of our customers are big companies like a Sam's club, Walmart, or an American express, et cetera.”
Darian Shirazi Jan 9, 2017 ▶ 8:57 EP 534: 29yo Radius CEO Raises $100M, Helping Expand B2B Sales Pipelines with Darian Shirazi
Nov 11, 2017
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Nardone: 40 clients generate roughly 80% of Flashtalking revenue
“I would say that there's about 40 clients that account for 80% of the revenue. And those are people like Walmart and American Express and Verizon and AT&T.”
John Nardone Nov 11, 2017 ▶ 14:14 840: Ad Tech: $400m from Apple? Deal! FlashTalking Doing 15-40b Impressions/month
Mar 18, 2018 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Dangelmaier: Amazon lacks patents on one-click checkout with major credit cards
“Well, how we're different is the Prime and the one click, they have patents on that, but they don't have the patent on how to one click checkout with things like Visa, MasterCard, or using American Express.”
Ralph Dangelmaier Mar 18, 2018 ▶ 1:51 967 With $1b+ In Transaction Volume, He Helps Merchants Get Power of Amazon Checkout
Oct 18, 2018 positive
Assertion Supported
Sharma: Starbucks, Nike, and AmEx Use Movable Ink
“So we've got brands like Starbucks, Nike, Hilton, The Gap, American Express using us.”
Vivek Sharma Oct 18, 2018 ▶ 3:02 1181 How MovableInk Broke $40m in ARR with 1 Pricing Axis to Drive Expansion Revenue
Nov 13, 2018 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
American Express funded Schawbel's second book research after 100+ rejections
“Like I reached out to over a hundred companies. Everyone said no. Jim Levine, our literary agent who I dedicated the book to, he's like, Dan, I believe in you. You got this. And then I had like two weeks left and American Express signed on to it, which was awe…”
Dan Schawbel Nov 13, 2018 ▶ 14:25 1207 How This Author Launched $800k+ Conference and Research Revenue Stream
Nov 1, 2019 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Cisco: Meet Select has 200x more exclusive benefits than Amex
“We have more exclusive benefits than them by a magnitude of over 200. So over 200 times as many benefits.”
Carlo Cisco Nov 1, 2019 ▶ 2:06 1560 Why 15k Members Pay $300/mo For This Special Card (Not AMEX)
Dec 18, 2019 positive
Assertion Supported
Hall: Ivy powers event platforms globally for American Express and Flight Centre
“So what we do is we power the platforms for like American Express, Flight Center globally.”
Lauren Hall Dec 18, 2019 ▶ 2:53 1607 Why She Said No To Vista Equity Despite $10m in ARR
Apr 5, 2021
Assertion Not checkable as stated
McKelvey: Square was inspired by losing a glass sale to an Amex card
“Jack Dorsey and I, who had been friends for years and worked together on another company that actually I still own he and I were going to start a new company. We didn't have an idea. I'm a glass blower, so I work in a grubby studio and I sell stuff that nobody…”
Jim McKelvey Apr 5, 2021 ▶ 2:36 Billionaire Co-Founder of Square Joins Latka
Nov 5, 2022
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Allouche defaulted on Amex to preserve runway, dropping credit to 500
“American Express. Not essential. Got a phone call every day. Sir, are you gonna pay your debt? No. I'm not gonna pay a dollar of my debt. My credit score went down to 500.”
Gil Allouche Nov 5, 2022 ▶ 5:55 How Metadata grew 700% to $15m in Revenue in 24 months while switching from high burn to profitable
May 1, 2023
Disclosure
Allouche tanked his credit score to 250 to fund Metadata
“I maxed out all of my credit cards. American Express would call me daily. I would pick up my phone and tell them I'm not paying you anything. When I have money, I'm paying you all of it. Right now, you can keep calling me. Not paying you any of that. And third…”
Gil Allouche May 1, 2023 ▶ 6:15 How to recession-proof your SaaS: 3 keys to surviving just about any economic downturn
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