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Colin Earl

13 statements across 2 episodes · 6 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 5, 2018 by Colin Earl · across every show →

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Mar 5, 2018 neutral
Disclosure
Earl: Agiloft's average initial enterprise deal size is $45,000
“The average customer is paying us, you know, in the order of a thousand dollars per month. Okay. The average deal size is about 45,000 dollars. A year? No, for the initial implementation plus the first year of service.”
Colin Earl Mar 5, 2018 ▶ 8:44 954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals?
Mar 5, 2018 positive
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Earl: Agiloft grew revenue 30% to 40% annually for seven years
“We've been increasing revenue at 30 to 40% per year for the past seven years.”
Colin Earl Mar 5, 2018 ▶ 17:11 954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals?
Mar 5, 2018 positive
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Earl: Agiloft customer lifetime typically exceeds 10 years
“Lifetime value for us is typically in excess of 10 years.”
Colin Earl Mar 5, 2018 ▶ 16:24 954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals?
Mar 5, 2018 positive
Insight
Earl: Enterprise software requires 5-to-10-year planning horizons
“We see enterprise software as being more like a marathon than a sprint. And we're making decisions based upon where we need to be and where our customers need to be five, 10 years from now.”
Colin Earl Mar 5, 2018 ▶ 3:42 954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals?
Mar 5, 2018 positive
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Earl: Agiloft's average customer lifetime value is $500K to $1M
“So the lifetime value is typically in the order of half a million to a million dollars.”
Colin Earl Mar 5, 2018 ▶ 16:00 954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals?
Mar 5, 2018 negative
Opinion
Earl: Five-year product development cycles are too long for venture capitalists
“And fight for a VC five years from initial investment to halloworld, not an IPO, but the first product built on the platform is way too long. And of course the VCs are calling us now that we've developed it, but they tend to have a very short timeframe.”
Colin Earl Mar 5, 2018 ▶ 3:23 954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals?
Mar 5, 2018 positive
Disclosure
Earl: Agiloft maintains 94% logo retention and over 100% revenue retention
“In terms of customers, it's about 94%. In terms of logo retention or revenue retention? Logo retention. Okay. In terms of revenue retention, it's over a hundred percent. Yeah. The existing customers purchase more than enough seats to make off from the makeup, …”
Colin Earl Mar 5, 2018 ▶ 9:45 954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals?
Sep 27, 2021 neutral
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Earl: Agiloft funded product development with consulting revenues
“If you bootstrap an organization, you have to develop some working capital, and we develop that by providing consultancy services. We then use that money to fund development of our first product, and then use the money from that product to fund development of …”
Colin Earl Sep 27, 2021 ▶ 8:49 Agiloft Founder Feels Good About $50m Run Rate In Next 12-24 Months
Sep 27, 2021
Insight
Earl: Founders raising growth rounds should take secondary liquidity for retirement
“You need to build the balance sheet. But if you want to be comfortable doing it, you also need to pull in enough secondary so that your retirement is taken care of.”
Colin Earl Sep 27, 2021 ▶ 15:28 Agiloft Founder Feels Good About $50m Run Rate In Next 12-24 Months
Sep 27, 2021
Disclosure
Earl retains largest shareholder status with under 50% ownership post-deal
“Well, I didn't keep, to be clear, I didn't keep more than 50% of the stock. I'm the largest shareholder.”
Colin Earl Sep 27, 2021 ▶ 12:40 Agiloft Founder Feels Good About $50m Run Rate In Next 12-24 Months
Sep 27, 2021
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Earl: Agiloft distributed millions to employees via FTV Capital deal
“Every employee gets some piece of equity. And, you know, when we had the investment from FDV millions of dollars went to existing employees, as well as, of course, a fair chunk to myself.”
Colin Earl Sep 27, 2021 ▶ 9:35 Agiloft Founder Feels Good About $50m Run Rate In Next 12-24 Months
Sep 27, 2021 positive
What-if
Earl: If starting over, he might raise venture capital early on
“And if I had to do it again, maybe I'd raise capital at the beginning.”
Colin Earl Sep 27, 2021 ▶ 9:13 Agiloft Founder Feels Good About $50m Run Rate In Next 12-24 Months
Sep 27, 2021
Disclosure
Earl: Agiloft started with 10% option pool and more than doubled it
“The initial option pool was about 10%... We more than doubled the equity pool.”
Colin Earl Sep 27, 2021 ▶ 11:04 Agiloft Founder Feels Good About $50m Run Rate In Next 12-24 Months
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