Careerist

14 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jun 7, 2023 by Ivan Sabayev · said 15 times in 1 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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Jun 7, 2023 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sabayev: Careerist targets $25 million in revenue for 2023
“This year we target 25.”
Ivan Sabayev Jun 7, 2023 ▶ 21:11 Rare! A YC company that profits $300k/mo, $25m revenue
Jun 7, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sabayev: Careerist generated $12 million in cash revenue in 2022
“Last year was twelve million.”
Ivan Sabayev Jun 7, 2023 ▶ 18:16 Rare! A YC company that profits $300k/mo, $25m revenue
Jun 7, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Careerist generates $300,000 to $500,000 in monthly net profit
“So we make around three, four, 500,000 dollars per month. Last month was 300,000 dollars.”
Ivan Sabayev Jun 7, 2023 ▶ 21:37 Rare! A YC company that profits $300k/mo, $25m revenue
Jun 7, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Careerist adds 500 new paying customers every month
“So we have 500 new paid customers every month now.”
Ivan Sabayev Jun 7, 2023 ▶ 13:45 Rare! A YC company that profits $300k/mo, $25m revenue
Jun 7, 2023
Assertion Partly supported
Careerist raised $8M Series A at $80M valuation in 2022
“Careerist today, he put in 50,000 dollars of his own money in a pre-seed round to raise 1.2 million seed at a twenty million post money valuation, and then closed at a series A in 2022, raising eight million on an eighty million post money valuation for a 6.6 …”
Nathan Latka Jun 7, 2023 ▶ 1:04 Rare! A YC company that profits $300k/mo, $25m revenue
Jun 7, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Careerist affiliates refer an average of five customers each
“So an average number is five but we have some people who bring us like around like a hundred people.”
Ivan Sabayev Jun 7, 2023 ▶ 16:19 Rare! A YC company that profits $300k/mo, $25m revenue
Jun 7, 2023
Disclosure
Sabayev: Ivan Sabayev holds majority equity among Careerist's three co-founders
“We have three co-founders. I I'm a majority shareholder, and then I have two other co-founders that have equity stock.”
Ivan Sabayev Jun 7, 2023 ▶ 11:54 Rare! A YC company that profits $300k/mo, $25m revenue
Jun 7, 2023
Disclosure
Careerist leverages offshore talent, keeping only 20 of 300 employees US-based
“50 engineers, and well, what's good that most people are outside of the United States so we have only about, like, 20 people in the States, and everybody else is remote”
Ivan Sabayev Jun 7, 2023 ▶ 22:39 Rare! A YC company that profits $300k/mo, $25m revenue
Jun 7, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Careerist has reached around 6,000 total customers since 2019
“Ooh, since 2019 I think it's around 6000 customers right now.”
Ivan Sabayev Jun 7, 2023 ▶ 13:36 Rare! A YC company that profits $300k/mo, $25m revenue
Jun 7, 2023
Assertion Supported
Sabayev: Careerist raised around $10 million total from YC and investors
“So totally, we raised around ten million from Y Combinator and a few other investors.”
Ivan Sabayev Jun 7, 2023 ▶ 18:56 Rare! A YC company that profits $300k/mo, $25m revenue
Jun 7, 2023
Disclosure
Sabayev acquired early users by posting from his wife's Facebook account
“So while marketing was for free we used the Facebook groups especially I like the women groups. So I couldn't post from my own account. So I took my wife's account and I started posting from her account on those groups and yeah, got a lot of interest.”
Ivan Sabayev Jun 7, 2023 ▶ 12:21 Rare! A YC company that profits $300k/mo, $25m revenue
Jun 7, 2023
Disclosure
Sabayev: Careerist charges an average of $4,000 upfront tuition
“On average 4000 dollars.”
Ivan Sabayev Jun 7, 2023 ▶ 9:38 Rare! A YC company that profits $300k/mo, $25m revenue
Jun 7, 2023
Disclosure
Sabayev: Careerist students are split 50-50 between upfront and deferred tuition
“Yeah, right now it's around fifty-fifty so we're becoming more aggressive on the deferred payment options so by balancing, like, the prices and making the terms better but right now it's, like, roughly the same.”
Ivan Sabayev Jun 7, 2023 ▶ 9:47 Rare! A YC company that profits $300k/mo, $25m revenue
Jun 7, 2023
Disclosure
Careerist spends around $500k per month on marketing
“No, we spent every month we spent around half a million on marketing.”
Ivan Sabayev Jun 7, 2023 ▶ 23:49 Rare! A YC company that profits $300k/mo, $25m revenue
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