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Rakuten

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3 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 12, 2023 by Stephen Messer · said 14 times in 7 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Jan 12, 2023 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Messer: LinkShare held 96% of global affiliate market at acquisition
“We were the first affiliate marketer. We became the global player. I think when we finally sold the business to Rakuten, it was Probably. 96% of the affiliate market globally and still is today.”
Stephen Messer Jan 12, 2023 ▶ 2:39 He Sold his First Company for $425m, Here's What He Did Next
Jan 12, 2023 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Messer: LinkShare is Rakuten's top revenue generator outside Japan
“So when we came there, it was the first American acquisition they had made. And I think to this day, it's probably still the greatest revenue producer outside of Japan that Rocky has ever had.”
Stephen Messer Jan 12, 2023 ▶ 2:53 He Sold his First Company for $425m, Here's What He Did Next
Feb 26, 2026 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Yaman: A top-20 global retailer chose Spresso over Amazon and Rakuten
“We have a retailer, top-twenty retailer in the world. They looked at everything. They looked at using Amazon, Rakuten, local providers, in-house solution, and they chose the espresso solution because they did see that it's a superior software platform”
Jared Gaiman Feb 26, 2026 ▶ 15:23 From $187M Ecommerce to $5M ARR SaaS: Spresso's Post-Bankruptcy Pivot to Enterprise Software | Jared Yaman
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