Mike McDerment

6 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Dec 20, 2018 by Mike McDerment · said 4 times in 1 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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Dec 20, 2018 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
FreshBooks has raised over $75M USD in capital
“So I guess at this point we've sort of secured over seventy five million dollars in capital the U S dollars.”
Mike McDerment Dec 20, 2018 ▶ 9:29 1244 Why Freshbooks CEO was Anti-VC, then Raised $75m
Dec 20, 2018 neutral
Assertion Supported
Latka notes Forbes reported FreshBooks at over $50M ARR
“Forbes reports over fifty million bucks in annual recurring revenue. He did not confirm or deny that”
Nathan Latka Dec 20, 2018 ▶ 20:30 1244 Why Freshbooks CEO was Anti-VC, then Raised $75m
Dec 20, 2018 positive
Insight
McDerment: Institutional investors provide executive hiring data operators cannot
“One of them runs an 80,000 person company, but couldn't tell me market data, like how much should we pay, you know, executive who does this or like those kinds of things with professional investors. Like, you know, they just give you those answers tickety boo …”
Mike McDerment Dec 20, 2018 ▶ 10:57 1244 Why Freshbooks CEO was Anti-VC, then Raised $75m
Dec 20, 2018
Disclosure
FreshBooks employs slightly under 300 people
“We're a little shy of 300 people is kind of the, you know, one benchmark that, but you know, I yeah, we basically don't disclose, but that's one thing we do.”
Mike McDerment Dec 20, 2018 ▶ 15:54 1244 Why Freshbooks CEO was Anti-VC, then Raised $75m
Dec 20, 2018 positive
Disclosure
McDerment: FreshBooks excludes retail, restaurants, and manufacturing to stay simple
“We're focused on folks who you know, get paid for their time and expertise when serving other people. So we don't serve restaurants. We don't serve retail. We don't serve manufacturing. Really, really around client service based businesses, people who serve ot…”
Mike McDerment Dec 20, 2018 ▶ 3:01 1244 Why Freshbooks CEO was Anti-VC, then Raised $75m
Dec 20, 2018 positive
Insight
McDerment: Free trial models provide higher-confidence learning than freemium
“A freemium model, maybe get more people using, but fewer people paying with a free trial model, you have a decision point, so you can actually learn with more confidence, because there's consistent periods in that, so if you're thinking about business model, t…”
Mike McDerment Dec 20, 2018 ▶ 5:32 1244 Why Freshbooks CEO was Anti-VC, then Raised $75m
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