John Ferrara

8 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Apr 28, 2017 by John Ferrara · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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Apr 28, 2017 negative
Opinion
Ferrara: Standalone CRMs fail by forcing users out of inbox workflow
“And I actually think that was a better solution because today you really live in your inbox and now more and more social media, and then you have to go to your serum to work for it. And that kind of blows.”
John Ferrara Apr 28, 2017 ▶ 3:10 643: Nimble Passes $1.5M In ARR Last Year, $200k MRR now as CRM space heats up with CEO Jon Ferrara
Apr 28, 2017
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Ferrara: I bootstrapped GoldMine with $5,000 and retired at age 40
“So I invented it started on 5000 dollars, no bank loans, no venture capital, ran it for 10 years, had five million customers around the world, and sold it and retired at 40.”
John Ferrara Apr 28, 2017 ▶ 2:29 643: Nimble Passes $1.5M In ARR Last Year, $200k MRR now as CRM space heats up with CEO Jon Ferrara
Apr 28, 2017 neutral
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Ferrara: Diagnosed with a life-threatening head tumor at age 41
“About a year after I sold Goldmine, I got a head tumor, and I spent about a year, you know, getting treatment and going through the journey of health, and I'll tell you what, Nathan, I think the most important thing you have around you is your health. Next is …”
John Ferrara Apr 28, 2017 ▶ 4:54 643: Nimble Passes $1.5M In ARR Last Year, $200k MRR now as CRM space heats up with CEO Jon Ferrara
Apr 28, 2017
Assertion Contradicted
Ferrara: GoldMine was acquired for $125M in all-cash deal in 1999
“And so we took cash back in the day and it was about one hundred and twenty five million dollars in cash, but no strings attached.”
John Ferrara Apr 28, 2017 ▶ 4:22 643: Nimble Passes $1.5M In ARR Last Year, $200k MRR now as CRM space heats up with CEO Jon Ferrara
Apr 28, 2017
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Ferrara: GoldMine achieved $70M annual revenue and 5M users before sale
“Five million total users, about seventy million in annual revenue, about 250 team members worldwide, about 5000 bars and 500 third-party add-on products.”
John Ferrara Apr 28, 2017 ▶ 3:36 643: Nimble Passes $1.5M In ARR Last Year, $200k MRR now as CRM space heats up with CEO Jon Ferrara
Jun 16, 2017
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Nimble reached nearly 100,000 monthly website visitors with zero marketing spend
“We got our monthly recurring revenue, monthly recurring unique users to our website at almost a 100,000 uniques per month with zero marketing spend.”
John Ferrara Jun 16, 2017 ▶ 4:59 692: With Microsoft Deal and $225k MRR, Will He Win CRM Space?
Jun 16, 2017 negative
Opinion
Ferrara: CRMs fail when restricted to sales and marketing teams
“So I think the biggest problem with serum today is that it's only sales and marketing people that use it, but ultimately everybody in your company should be using A relationship platform for the whole business, because everybody in the company touches the cust…”
John Ferrara Jun 16, 2017 ▶ 3:19 692: With Microsoft Deal and $225k MRR, Will He Win CRM Space?
Apr 27, 2021 neutral
Assertion Supported
Peterson: GoldMine founder John Ferrara sold out and now runs Nimble
“The founder sold out and he's running another product called Nimble right now.”
Paul Peterson Apr 27, 2021 ▶ 2:21 Original On-Prem CRM GoldMine Still Does $3.6m in Maintenance Revenue, SaaS Play?
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