Asia

13 statements across 11 episodes · 4 bullish · 1 bearish · 11 people on the record · first statement Jan 21, 2016 by Vincent Vanderpool · said 144 times in 103 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Everything said about Asia, oldest first

Jan 21, 2016 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sourcing case bases from Asia cut Grom's costs by 80%
“So the protective part comes from Asia, which has reduced our cost price with about 80%.”
Vincent Vanderpool Jan 21, 2016 ▶ 5:00 Secret Art of Getting Your Product Into Walmart with Vincent van de Poll of GROM
Feb 2, 2016 bullish
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Asian SaaS startups with $1M ARR can command $50M Series A valuations
“If it's a SaaS model, they could easily be looking at 3040, depending on the market, fifty million dollar valuations.”
Frank Meehan Feb 2, 2016 ▶ 11:32 He Sits on Spotify Board
Feb 2, 2016 neutral
Insight
Asia's tech market favors recycled 2000s e-commerce and marketplace models
“There's not that much SaaS in Asia. It's much more marketplace in e-commerce. It's almost, Dust off a business plan from 2002 thousand. Bring it back. And run it in Asia and it's running really well.”
Frank Meehan Feb 2, 2016 ▶ 11:48 He Sits on Spotify Board
Feb 2, 2016 bullish
Opinion
Meehan: Sequoia is the biggest VC player in Asia
“Sequoia is the biggest player in Asia right across the board. Interesting. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, they're amazing in Asia. Very, very strong. They are the biggest in Asia.”
Frank Meehan Feb 2, 2016 ▶ 10:36 He Sits on Spotify Board
Apr 25, 2016 neutral
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Hazzard: At least 90% of HazzDesign's products are manufactured in Asia
“And especially because most of the items, almost, almost all of them, probably at least 90% of them are made in Asia.”
Tracy Hazzard Apr 25, 2016 ▶ 7:55 EP 246: Will She Replace Lori Grenier on Shark Tank? Her Designs Have Sold Brought In Over $1,000,000,000 In Revenue with Tracy Hazzard of HazzDesign
Jun 6, 2017
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CloudCherry serves nearly 100 customers, mostly located in Asia
“So we have close to a hundred customers a lot of them in Asia, because that's where we started.”
Vinod Muthukrishnan Jun 6, 2017 ▶ 5:59 682: Why Tech Companies Are Opening Salt Lake City Offices With CloudCherry CEO Vinod Muthukrishnan
Jun 12, 2017 positive
Disclosure
May: Pivoting manufacturing to Asia unlocked $220,000 in Kickstarter funding
“And we, about a weekend, we changed the price of our campaign and said, okay, it's no longer made in the U S it's going to be made In Asia. And this is a new price point. And we kind of reset my campaign about seven days in and we're able to raise another 220,…”
Joseph May Jun 12, 2017 ▶ 6:53 688: W/ 4 Kids, He Quit Job to Launch Leather Briefcase Company Breton with CEO Joseph May
Nov 7, 2018
Disclosure
Talkpush manages a globally distributed team with headcount concentrated in Asia
“We've got four offices already one in Manila, one in Delhi, one in Mexico, one in San Jose, Costa Rica, and then San Francisco. So where we have the most head counts is in Asia today.”
Max Armbruster Nov 7, 2018 ▶ 10:18 1201 How he sold customers before hiring first head of engineering
Dec 15, 2018 neutral
Disclosure
Sailthru may raise capital in early 2019 to accelerate growth
“So I think in the early part of next year, we'll look at, do we want to raise money again to do something to accelerate our growth beyond this?”
Neil Lustig Dec 15, 2018 ▶ 14:33 1239 SailThru raised $50m, now profitable, 20% yoy growth, whats next?
Apr 22, 2019
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CloudBeds Averages About $200 Per Month From North American Customers
“In North America, it's probably around 200 and some change per month. On an, on, on an average basis, and then Europe might be right around that as well, and then parts of Asia might be much less.”
Adam Harris Apr 22, 2019 ▶ 2:07 1367 CloudBeds Passes $10m in ARR, Launches AirBnB Partnership
May 20, 2019
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Patel: Kahuna has under 40 employees and opened Asia offices
“We got about a little shy of 40 people. The team is based in Redwood city. We have, we've just opened offices in Asia on the sales and customer success side. And but we're pretty concentrated as a team, you know, all of engineering right here in Redwood city.”
Samir Patel May 20, 2019 ▶ 8:03 1395 Kahuna Helps Marketplaces Keep Buyers and Sellers Engaged, Way more than $3m in ARR
Dec 12, 2019
Opinion
Asian Startups Face Stricter Business Model Bars for Institutional Capital
“Business models have to be thought through far more before we are able to have access to institutional capital.”
Sai Krishna Dec 12, 2019 ▶ 1:21 1601 If All Content Becomes 3d With AR, VR, This CEO Will Be At The Center Of It
Nov 30, 2020 negative
Assertion Supported
Gong: Competitor Aimia is shutting down Asian operations
“AMIA, A-I-M-I-A. They're a public company based out of Toronto. They're literally shutting down Asia.”
Anna (Anna Gong) Nov 30, 2020 ▶ 2:06 Perx Hits $27m Valuation
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