FarmRaiser

12 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 2, 2020 by Mark Abbott · said 18 times in 1 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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Apr 2, 2020
Disclosure
FarmRaiser has 30 B2B clients, adding 2-3 monthly
“So we've got about 30 of those companies on the platform and we add two or three a month right now.”
Mark Abbott Apr 2, 2020 ▶ 10:12 1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?
Apr 2, 2020
Assertion Not checkable as stated
FarmRaiser nets $270 in platform revenue on typical $3,000 campaign
“So a typical fundraising campaign will sell about 3000 dollars with a product, which is about 270 dollars for us, right?”
Mark Abbott Apr 2, 2020 ▶ 5:48 1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?
Apr 2, 2020 bullish
Opinion
FarmRaiser founder claims platform can beat Amazon on marketplace flaws
“Of course I'm following Bezos cause he's going to be my new neighbor and much of what they did in their marketplace we like, and much of it that we don't like, we think we can beat them at.”
Mark Abbott Apr 2, 2020 ▶ 14:04 1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?
Apr 2, 2020
Disclosure
Abbott: FarmRaiser has raised just over $1 million
“Raised just over a million dollars.”
Mark Abbott Apr 2, 2020 ▶ 11:23 1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?
Apr 2, 2020
Disclosure
Mark Abbott: FarmRaiser charges suppliers unit fees and takes 5-10% of retail
“We do, we have, we take out from both sides of the platform. We take a little bit from the supplier. So by adding on a small fee to each unit sold, not dissimilar to what Airbnb does. And then on the backside, we take five to 10% of the retail price.”
Mark Abbott Apr 2, 2020 ▶ 4:49 1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?
Apr 2, 2020 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Abbott: FarmRaiser will reach breakeven volume by year-end
“So we should be there by the end of this fiscal year we should be looking at a real volume that allows us to break even.”
Mark Abbott Apr 2, 2020 ▶ 12:00 1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?
Apr 2, 2020 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Equal Exchange, a $70M company, moves catalog fundraising to FarmRaiser
“Some of them are large, like Equal Exchange is a seventy million dollar a year company that does, you know, organic coffee and tea and chocolate. They're moving their entire catalog fundraising business onto the farm raiser platform.”
Mark Abbott Apr 2, 2020 ▶ 10:17 1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?
Apr 2, 2020
Assertion Not checkable as stated
FarmRaiser has sold over $1M in products across 2,600 platform SKUs
“So over, over the course of the last three years, we've sold over a million dollars in products, and we've got 2600 SKUs available on the platform.”
Mark Abbott Apr 2, 2020 ▶ 7:29 1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?
Apr 2, 2020
Disclosure
Mark Abbott: FarmRaiser runs zero-upfront presales at ~50% wholesale margins
“No money changes hand up front. It's all a presale. So if it says suggested retail, 28 dollars, they're going to buy it for about 14 dollars. And so they're going to, so they're, their wholesale cost is about 50% of retail in general.”
Mark Abbott Apr 2, 2020 ▶ 3:53 1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?
Apr 2, 2020
Disclosure
Abbott: FarmRaiser burns around $35,000 per month
“We've tabbed down to around 35.”
Mark Abbott Apr 2, 2020 ▶ 12:46 1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?
Apr 2, 2020
Assertion Not checkable as stated
FarmRaiser ran approximately 350 campaigns over the trailing 12 months
“So we did about 350 campaigns.”
Mark Abbott Apr 2, 2020 ▶ 6:57 1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?
Apr 2, 2020
Disclosure
FarmRaiser charges fundraising companies $500 to $1,500 annually
“It's between 515 hundred dollars for every fundraising company that signs up on the platform.”
Mark Abbott Apr 2, 2020 ▶ 9:54 1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?
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