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Rainforest QA

10 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 26, 2018 by Fred Stevens-Smith · said 22 times in 8 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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Jan 26, 2018
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Stevens-Smith: Rainforest QA maintains a 5x LTV to CAC ratio
“Five X is kind of where we consider that LTV to cat sweet spot to be right now. That's what we shoot for. That's where we are.”
Fred Stevens-Smith Jan 26, 2018 ▶ 18:09 916 SaaS: Y Combinator QA Company Passes $12m+ in ARR After Graham Shits on Name
Jan 26, 2018 neutral
Insight
Stevens-Smith: Hybrid office and remote cultures inevitably diverge without continuous intervention
“When you have a culture where some segment is in an office, some segment is distributed, some segment is in another office. You have to continually work to bring these cultures back together as they diverge over time, you know, because the culture for the remo…”
Fred Stevens-Smith Jan 26, 2018 ▶ 9:43 916 SaaS: Y Combinator QA Company Passes $12m+ in ARR After Graham Shits on Name
Jan 26, 2018 neutral
Disclosure
Stevens-Smith: Most Rainforest QA churn happens when startups run out of money
“Most of our customer churn actually stems from the startup customer running out of money.”
Fred Stevens-Smith Jan 26, 2018 ▶ 13:46 916 SaaS: Y Combinator QA Company Passes $12m+ in ARR After Graham Shits on Name
Jan 26, 2018 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Stevens-Smith: Rainforest QA average contract is roughly $7,500 per month
“Per month, the average customer's paying us about seven and a half grand.”
Fred Stevens-Smith Jan 26, 2018 ▶ 7:54 916 SaaS: Y Combinator QA Company Passes $12m+ in ARR After Graham Shits on Name
Jan 26, 2018 positive
Disclosure
Stevens-Smith: Rainforest QA annual net retention is 115% to 120%
“And then the net revenue retention on an annual basis, about 115 to 120%, depending on the cohorts.”
Fred Stevens-Smith Jan 26, 2018 ▶ 13:25 916 SaaS: Y Combinator QA Company Passes $12m+ in ARR After Graham Shits on Name
Jan 26, 2018
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Stevens-Smith: Rainforest QA fully weighted CAC payback is about nine months
“So fully weighted and loaded by gross margin as well. CAC payback is about nine months for us right now.”
Fred Stevens-Smith Jan 26, 2018 ▶ 17:07 916 SaaS: Y Combinator QA Company Passes $12m+ in ARR After Graham Shits on Name
Jan 26, 2018 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Stevens-Smith: A quarter of Rainforest QA tests use robot testers
“Around a quarter of our results right now are being augmented with a robot tester alongside the human testers.”
Fred Stevens-Smith Jan 26, 2018 ▶ 3:43 916 SaaS: Y Combinator QA Company Passes $12m+ in ARR After Graham Shits on Name
Jan 26, 2018 neutral
Disclosure
Stevens-Smith: Rainforest QA has roughly 150 paying customers
“About a 150 paying customers.”
Fred Stevens-Smith Jan 26, 2018 ▶ 11:29 916 SaaS: Y Combinator QA Company Passes $12m+ in ARR After Graham Shits on Name
Jan 26, 2018 positive
Disclosure
Stevens-Smith: Rainforest QA converts 85% of 60-day trials
“Our conversion rate of that trial is about 85%.”
Fred Stevens-Smith Jan 26, 2018 ▶ 13:22 916 SaaS: Y Combinator QA Company Passes $12m+ in ARR After Graham Shits on Name
Jan 26, 2018 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Stevens-Smith: Rainforest QA turnaround time is about 30 minutes
“So yeah, rainforest turn around times about 30 minutes.”
Fred Stevens-Smith Jan 26, 2018 ▶ 2:34 916 SaaS: Y Combinator QA Company Passes $12m+ in ARR After Graham Shits on Name
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