Blackthorn

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4 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 29, 2021 by Chris Federspiel · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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Jun 29, 2021 positive
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Capchase debt financing saves Blackthorn over $18M compared to equity dilution
“I think I did some rough math. I think over the next two and a half to three years, we're going to pay them upwards of two million. Whereas if we did a dilutive round now at exit, that dilution would be minimum, twenty million, like bare minimum.”
Chris Federspiel Jun 29, 2021 ▶ 19:06 What Happened: Only $7k in Bank, Now $4.5m ARR, 100% YoY Growth
Jun 29, 2021 neutral
Disclosure
Blackthorn's Capchase financing agreement features a 12-month payback period
“No, it's still a 12 month payback.”
Chris Federspiel Jun 29, 2021 ▶ 20:06 What Happened: Only $7k in Bank, Now $4.5m ARR, 100% YoY Growth
Apr 28, 2023
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Blackthorn funded its first 10 employees with $1M in services revenue
“You can see over the first few years, we were doing about a million a year of ProServe. That was paying for about 10 of us to work there”
Chris Federspiel Apr 28, 2023 ▶ 4:27 Pivot City! How we pivoted 6 times on our way to $20m in revenue
Apr 28, 2023 negative
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Federspiel: A software company cannot scale selling a $3,000 product
“So if you have to have a go to market cadence where you're selling a three K product, you can't scale your company.”
Chris Federspiel Apr 28, 2023 ▶ 4:50 Pivot City! How we pivoted 6 times on our way to $20m in revenue
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