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BigMachines

also referred to as: big machines

6 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 4, 2020 by Godard Abel · said 27 times in 4 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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brought up most by Godard Abel (14), Nathan Latka (10), Matt Gorniak (3)

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2022 18 mentions in 2 episodes 9 per episode
2021 4 mentions in 1 episode
2020 5 mentions in 1 episode

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Everything said about BigMachines, oldest first

Dec 4, 2020 negative
Disclosure
Abel: BigMachines burned $20M from dot-com boom before bootstrapping
“It's kind of a long story, and I was worse than bootstrapped, because we kind of raised a bunch of money, dot com, twenty million, wasted it, and then went into bootstrapped.”
Godard Abel Dec 4, 2020 ▶ 2:38 G2 Hits $50m in ARR (+$20m), and $450m Valuation
Jul 8, 2021 negative
Disclosure
Abel: BigMachines burned $20M in dot-com era before bootstrapping
“It's kind of a long story, and I was worse than bootstrapped, because we kind of raised a bunch of money, dot com, twenty million, wasted it, and then went into bootstrapped.”
Godard Abel Jul 8, 2021 ▶ 1:57 Today G2 Is Worth $1b. What happened 24 months ago?
Apr 29, 2022 negative
Assertion Partly supported
BigMachines took 12 years to become a Gartner category leader.
“But they're just slow, because I remember my first company, Big Machines, it took me nine years to get into Gartner Report, and 12 years to become the leader.”
Godard Abel Apr 29, 2022 ▶ 6:34 This Founder Built 3 SaaS Companies, hit $40m ARR 3 times. Here's how
Apr 29, 2022 neutral
Assertion Supported
BigMachines raised $20 million in year one based purely on internet hype.
“We were able to raise twenty million dollars the first year, just based on hype and the internet, and back then, VCs were not so critical. Like, there were no metrics, there was nothing. You just kind of had hype and a vision.”
Godard Abel Apr 29, 2022 ▶ 7:54 This Founder Built 3 SaaS Companies, hit $40m ARR 3 times. Here's how
Apr 29, 2022 positive
Assertion Supported
Half of SteelBrick's 200 employees were Godard Abel's former BigMachines staff.
“I think of the 200 people we had when Salesforce acquired us, over a hundred were with us at Big Machines, and they were totally dialed in.”
Godard Abel Apr 29, 2022 ▶ 24:47 This Founder Built 3 SaaS Companies, hit $40m ARR 3 times. Here's how
Apr 29, 2022 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
BigMachines burned $19 million to generate just $1 million in revenue.
“In 2003, we kind of had our come to Jesus moment, because my co-founder and I, Chris, we sat down, we're like we have a million dollars left, we burned through 19. We only had a million dollars in revenue”
Godard Abel Apr 29, 2022 ▶ 12:31 This Founder Built 3 SaaS Companies, hit $40m ARR 3 times. Here's how
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