Canada

25 statements across 22 episodes · 13 bullish · 3 bearish · 22 people on the record · first statement Feb 7, 2016 by Jeff Goldenberg · said 438 times in 209 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Everything said about Canada, oldest first

Feb 7, 2016 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Goldenberg: Borrowell Nears $500M in Canadian Loan Applications
“We're closing in on, on half a billion dollars of loan applications in Canada.”
Jeff Goldenberg Feb 7, 2016 ▶ 10:04 His company has lended $400m via unique canadian model with Jeff Goldenberg
Feb 7, 2016 neutral
Assertion Supported
Goldenberg: Peer-to-peer lending is not yet legal in Canada
“What is interesting in Canada that's different is that in Canada peer-to-peer lending is not legal yet.”
Jeff Goldenberg Feb 7, 2016 ▶ 7:27 His company has lended $400m via unique canadian model with Jeff Goldenberg
Jun 12, 2016 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Carnivore Club reached nearly $200,000 in sales in February 2016
“February, 2016, we did just shy of 200,000 in sales across Canada, the U S and Europe.”
Tim Ray Jun 12, 2016 ▶ 10:20 Meat on Demand Does $1,200,000 in 2015, EP 280: Tim Ray
Jul 22, 2016 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ontario Lottery and Gaming is piloting LinkIt across 9,000 digital screens
“The biggest customer prospect we have now who actually is doing a pilot is OLG, which is the Ontario lottery gaming in Canada. They have 9000 screens out there. That's the largest one in Canada.”
Douglas Lusted Jul 22, 2016 ▶ 11:18 EP 363: Google AdSense for Physical BillBoards Does $250k with Douglas Lusted
Jul 22, 2016 bullish
Disclosure
LinkIt targets 30 North American operators with contracts up to $6M
“We really are only going after like the top 30 guys in the industry. There's only really 30, 30 in Canada and US that are worth our time, and those 30 would be anywhere from 600,000 to six million a year, depending on who it is.”
Douglas Lusted Jul 22, 2016 ▶ 10:58 EP 363: Google AdSense for Physical BillBoards Does $250k with Douglas Lusted
Feb 28, 2017 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sullivan: FlightFox Closed Its Canadian Office and Fired Everyone
“We had a big office in Canada for a while and had to fire everyone because, you know, it just wasn't working.”
Lauren Sullivan Feb 28, 2017 ▶ 13:20 EP 584: FlightFox YC Founder: We Talk About When To Quit All The Time, $700k Revenue, Making Travel Way Easier with CEO Lauren Sullivan
Nov 13, 2017 positive
Disclosure
Founder Artem Borodatyuk plans US relocation and Canadian sales hires
“We have plan to expand globally, and we will hire salespersons in Canada in our plan, and I will switch my place where I live, and we'll go to U.S.”
Artem Borodatyuk Nov 13, 2017 ▶ 15:37 842: SaaS: Ukraine SEO Tool 3x MRR yoy from $20k July 2016 to $70k July 2017
Sep 2, 2018 bullish
Disclosure
Beattie: Volio to launch crypto platform Cryptolio in late 2018
“This is a new crypto version of our platform that we're going to be launching first north of the border, but then in the United States sometime later this year.”
Thomas Beattie Sep 2, 2018 ▶ 14:30 1135 This app lets you use real money to compete with your friends in crypto, stocks
Mar 26, 2019 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Verkindt: Canada Lacked Early-Stage Venture Capital Around 2012
“I went out to raise a, do a significant VC raise, and I just had a lot of challenges with that process, and I mean, you and I spoke earlier about how much I feel the community has changed, especially in Canada in the last eight years but we had, there wasn't r…”
Nicole Verkindt Mar 26, 2019 ▶ 4:32 1340 She Helps Raytheon with Procurement, Passes $1m in ARR with eye on $5m
Apr 11, 2019 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Canadian tech companies now scale to $100M+ revenue before exiting
“It used to be that you know, a company would get to five, ten million revenue and then sell. Now companies are much more bullish and are looking to go to a hundred million plus in revenue, and thus they have a lot more of an employee base that's underneath the…”
Matthew Liebowitz Apr 11, 2019 ▶ 7:54 1356 Early Employee Who Wants to Sell A Few Shares? Plaza Ventures New Model Is What You Need.
Apr 11, 2019 positive
Assertion Supported
Plaza Ventures is the first dedicated tech secondary fund in Canada
“There's definitely, we identified about 40 groups in the U.S. That do this either as a core focus and or a sleeve on their platform, but we're first to market, believe it or not, in Canada.”
Matthew Liebowitz Apr 11, 2019 ▶ 7:14 1356 Early Employee Who Wants to Sell A Few Shares? Plaza Ventures New Model Is What You Need.
Jul 12, 2019
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Carney: PubVantage employs 23 people across US, Canada, and Vietnam
“Four folks here in Hoboken. We have four in Canada, and then we have a development team of 15 in in Vietnam.”
Declan Carney Jul 12, 2019 ▶ 8:31 1448 He's Selling $1.4m ARR Company For How Much?
Jan 1, 2020
Assertion Partly supported
Scudamore: 1-800-GOT-JUNK operates in every major metro across Canada, US, Australia
“The three hundred and twelve million, that's across Canada, the United States and Australia. We are in every major Metro in all three countries.”
Brian Scudamore Jan 1, 2020 ▶ 4:31 1621 The Unique Way He Plans to Go from $312 Million to $1 Billion
Apr 11, 2020 positive
Disclosure
Knack prefers bootstrapping via Canadian government grants over raising venture capital
“We are still happy being bootstrapped. I think Canada has actually some amazing programs to help fund startup companies. IRAP is one of them. So we're able to access capital that way.”
Pierce Ujjainwalla Apr 11, 2020 ▶ 15:27 1722 "How $2m+ Enterprise Email SaaS Tool Plans To Survive COVID "
Apr 30, 2020
Assertion Partly supported
Booth: US and global gun sales are at all-time records
“The U.S. Gun sales are through at all time records in the U.S. And Canada and around the world.”
Jeff Booth Apr 30, 2020 ▶ 1:11:17 When Will Poor Revolt Against Rich? Is Unemployment Good? Currency Pegged To Bitcoin with Jeff Booth
Jun 20, 2020 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hollinger: Canadian Debt Lenders Typically Require at Least $500,000 in ARR
“But what we found was there isn't many lenders that for the capital we were looking for at our MRR. Usually it's about 500 in ARR or more. That's where we could start going to these other lenders, especially within Canada. But below 500, we didn't find many, a…”
Nick Hollinger Jun 20, 2020 ▶ 13:00 VisitorQueue Hits $270k Revenue, Powers Your Sales Team ABM
Nov 15, 2020 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
TeamSnap: Sports rebounded 100% better in Canada due to pandemic management
“And in certain parts, it's actually over a hundred percent more Canada than the U S because they managed the crisis more effectively.”
Dave DuPont Nov 15, 2020 ▶ 3:54 TeamSnap Cut 50% Workforce, Hiring Back Now As COVID Recovery Builds
Dec 23, 2020
Assertion Supported
Bury: About 60% of US and Canadian adults lack basic estate documents
“I feel like the sad truth is, and this is true in Canada as well as the U.S., people are woefully unprepared for their own passing, and about 60% of adults don't have just the simple legal documents”
Erin Bury Dec 23, 2020 ▶ 3:40 Willco Breaks 10k Customers, $1m Revenue, $6m Valuation for End of Life Planning
Sep 30, 2021 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
SPIDR Tech serves over 60 police agencies across US and Canada
“We have over 60 different agencies across the United States and Canada.”
Rahul Sidhu Sep 30, 2021 ▶ 6:41 Big exit or Acquihire? SpirdTech Exits With $2m+ in ARR and $4.5m Raised
Dec 13, 2021
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bindle reaches 100,000 digital wallet installs across 30 states
“We have, I think short of a 100,000 wallets installed and we're operating in 30 states in the U S and then I think two or three Canadian provinces.”
Carlos Corton Dec 13, 2021 ▶ 9:55 Can Bindle beat Clear to Handle COVID Records as NFT's?
Dec 21, 2021 negative
What-if
Woodside claims MedStack's valuation suffered from being based in Canada
“And then the other thing is, you know, we're a Canadian company, so we don't get the Silicon Valley. If we were a Silicon Valley company, yeah, we would have it would be a different story, but you know what?”
Simon Woodside Dec 21, 2021 ▶ 10:51 MedStack Grows 300% TTM, Raises $3.2m Seed at $15m Valuation
Jan 16, 2022 positive
Assertion Supported
Munford: Trulioo provides digital identity verification across 195 countries
“And the thing that makes us unique is that we do it not only here in Canada or the US, but we do it across 195 countries, which makes it hard and makes what we do quite special.”
Steve Munford Jan 16, 2022 ▶ 1:46 Profitable SaaS Hits $100m Revenue, $1.7b Valuation in Digital Identity Space
Apr 15, 2022 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
VendorPM reached 5,000 buildings and 35,000 vendors in Canada
“In the past two years, just a couple of quick, I guess, headline points on both sides of that marketplace is that we've gone from virtually zero on both to 5000 buildings on the property management side, on the demand side, and 35,000 vendors on the supply sid…”
Emil Brill Apr 15, 2022 ▶ 8:36 5000 Building Owners Manage Jobs Using This Vendor Management Tool
Feb 15, 2024 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Prados: Review Wave is approaching 6,000 locations across US and Canada
“Were approaching the 6000 mark for locations across the U S and Canada.”
Matt Prados Feb 15, 2024 ▶ 3:05 This CEO Does $20m/year Selling Software to Chiropractic Offices
Dec 3, 2025 neutral
Insight
Pearsall: US backlog is more valuable than expanding into Canada
“Conversion rates aren't entirely favorable for SaaS companies, and so when you have pent up demand, the most valuable dollars are coming from the U.S., and so, you know, it doesn't make sense to take on Canadian clients, and we have a backlog of U.S. Clients t…”
Jason Pearsall Dec 3, 2025 ▶ 6:49 From $450K to $9M ARR in 5 Years: Club Caddie's Vertical SaaS Playbook
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