Philippines

15 statements across 12 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 11 people on the record · first statement Jan 31, 2016 by Tom Hunt · said 121 times in 67 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Everything said about Philippines, oldest first

Jan 31, 2016
Disclosure
Hunt: Virtual Valley takes 20% markup on $3 to $6 hourly wages
“With the virtual value charge at 20%, the hourly rate is between three and six dollars per hour, so assuming a 160 60 hours a month is between 500 and a thousand dollars per month.”
Tom Hunt Jan 31, 2016 ▶ 13:11 His Boss Won't Believe How He's Selling Mens Leggings with Tom Hunt of Virtual Valley
Jun 30, 2016 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
SupportNinja employs over 100 agents in the Philippines
“Our team size in the Philippines, we have a little over a hundred agents. Our team size here in the U S there, everybody's working remotely right now. We have about five.”
Cody McLain Jun 30, 2016 ▶ 19:38 EP 341: 15 Year Old Sells Company, Creates and Sells 3 More for Almost $1M with Cody McLain of SupportNinja
Nov 2, 2016 neutral
Disclosure
Schenken has utilized full-time Filipino offshore staff for eight years
“So I have a team in the Philippines, they're full-time employees, and I've been leveraging Filipino employees for over eight years.”
Greg Schenken Nov 2, 2016 ▶ 12:59 EP 466: Agency Loses Money in 2015, $500k In Black in 2016 Helping Copmanies Market Online with CEO Greg Shanken
Nov 22, 2016
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Salman: Rapid Boost employs 49 people across North America and Asia
“So total I have 49 people, but in North America we have like around 16 and rest of them are in Philippines and India.”
Ali Salman Nov 22, 2016 ▶ 7:02 Ep 486: Agency Hits $2M In Revenue, 49 Employees, $36k ACV with RapidBoostMarketing CEO Ali Salman
Sep 7, 2018 bullish
Assertion Supported
Jonas: Full-time developers in the Philippines cost $1,500 monthly
“So like in the Philippines, you're going to pay for that same developer, 1500 bucks a month for full-time work.”
John Jonas Sep 7, 2018 ▶ 5:31 1140 I only work 17 hours per week, don't trust Google, and make $1.7m+
Sep 7, 2018
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Jonas: OnlineJobs Did No Direct Marketing to Attract Filipino Workers
“Actually, I never did anything to bring the Filipinos in. I talked to my team that were working for me and said, Hey, what can we do to market this? And they said, Oh, I can do this. Oh, I can do this. I can do this. And they went and did everything. I've neve…”
John Jonas Sep 7, 2018 ▶ 7:43 1140 I only work 17 hours per week, don't trust Google, and make $1.7m+
Sep 7, 2018
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Jonas: OnlineJobs.ph employs 21 full-time team members in the Philippines
“We have 21 people full-time in the Philippines.”
John Jonas Sep 7, 2018 ▶ 19:07 1140 I only work 17 hours per week, don't trust Google, and make $1.7m+
Apr 30, 2019 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Stackify employs 20 people in Kansas City and 20 in the Philippines
“We have about 20 people in our office in the Kansas City, and then we have about 20 more in the Philippines.”
Matt Watson Apr 30, 2019 ▶ 8:29 1375 NewRelic Competitor Hits $2m in ARR, 900 Customers, Growing 80% yoy
Nov 4, 2020 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Penji sources full-time design talent from South America, Vietnam, and Philippines
“We primarily source our talent in South America. We primarily source our talent in Vietnam. My business partner is actually Vietnamese and also the Philippines.”
Jonathan Grzbowski Nov 4, 2020 ▶ 18:41 Penji Hits $4m Revenue Helping 1000 Customers With Unlimited Design Work
May 27, 2021 negative
Opinion
Philippine investors demand uncommonly high equity stakes from early startups
“The ecosystem here in the Philippines is not mature enough that they would want more equity on their side.”
OJ Lopez May 27, 2021 ▶ 13:10 $20k Upwork Side Gig to $200k ARR SaaS Project Editing Real Estate Photos
Dec 2, 2021
Disclosure
Data Duopoly pays a Philippines-based developer £2,000 monthly
“So for us, we sort of do a sort of about 2000 pounds a month but that is for specific project costs.”
Tanavi Ethanandan Dec 2, 2021 ▶ 9:20 An Incubator took 25% But Helped These Co-Founders Merge, Raise Seed, and Hit 3 Paying Customers
Jun 3, 2022 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Helfrich: Instarail has 10 team members across the US, Philippines, and Africa
“I'll be about 10 people total distributed between us Philippines and Africa.”
Thomas Helfrich Jun 3, 2022 ▶ 9:20 Watch him pivot from $20k/mo consulting to pure play SaaS
Oct 17, 2022
Assertion Supported
A top expense app's 'smart scanning' was secretly powered by offshore humans
“Or there's another company, a very popular expense company that allows employees to expense receipts. And they would have a feature called a smart scanning feature where you could take a picture of the receipt and then it would extract. But that wasn't a smart…”
Cody McLain Oct 17, 2022 ▶ 27:00 How I bootstrapped to $20m in 5 years (and 3 growth channels I used to hit first 100 customers)
Oct 17, 2022 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
JPMorgan Chase runs one of the most selective Philippine BPOs
“One of the most successful, hard to get into outsourcing companies in the Philippines is JPMorgan Chase.”
Cody McLain Oct 17, 2022 ▶ 14:15 How I bootstrapped to $20m in 5 years (and 3 growth channels I used to hit first 100 customers)
Jul 20, 2023
Disclosure
Wing disabled website chat in India and the Philippines to cut waste
“We were able to basically understand, ok, we need to exclude India. We need to exclude the Philippines, ah, from our chat. So actually now when you're in those locations, our chat wouldn't even show up anymore. And we knew, ok, for our Google Ads, we need to m…”
Roland Polzin Jul 20, 2023 ▶ 13:27 How I leveraged marketing analytics to scale from $1M to $11M
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