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Ryan Holmes

12 statements across 5 episodes · 7 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Aug 28, 2017 by Cameron Herold · said 23 times in 13 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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brought up most by Nathan Latka (20), Cameron Herold (3)

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2018 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
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Everything said about Ryan Holmes, oldest first

Aug 28, 2017 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Herold: Pushed Hootsuite aggressively back toward profitability during 2015 leadership meeting
“I led the leadership team meeting for Hootsuite two and a half years ago for Ryan Holmes and his team, and I really, really aggressively pushed them back towards profitability, so they did.”
Cameron Herold Aug 28, 2017 ▶ 11:57 765: How This Coach Can Charge $80k+ per Year for One Gig
Dec 6, 2017 positive
Insight
Holmes: Aspiring founders should do services work to find billion-dollar problems
“Agency is an incredible place. I, when I talk to young entrepreneurs that are, you know, they feel like I want to do a business. I don't know what it is. You know, I often will tell them, you know, go do services work for a while. Somebody is going to bring yo…”
Ryan Holmes Dec 6, 2017 ▶ 10:05 865 SaaS: Hootsuite On It's 16m Paying Customers, $100m+ ARR and Social Media Marketing
Dec 6, 2017 neutral
Disclosure
Holmes: Every Hootsuite team member is a company shareholder
“Everybody's a shareholder in the business, so you know, any offer we have to consider”
Ryan Holmes Dec 6, 2017 ▶ 23:16 865 SaaS: Hootsuite On It's 16m Paying Customers, $100m+ ARR and Social Media Marketing
Dec 6, 2017
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Holmes: Hootsuite generates 30,000 self-serve signups per day
“All of our leads are generated through our freemium signups, our pro signups, our self-serve signups. They come in through those channels. So we get, you know, 30,000 signups a day.”
Ryan Holmes Dec 6, 2017 ▶ 13:42 865 SaaS: Hootsuite On It's 16m Paying Customers, $100m+ ARR and Social Media Marketing
Dec 6, 2017
Disclosure
Holmes: Much of Hootsuite's funding went toward secondary liquidity for early investors
“A big chunk of the fundraising that we did do was for secondary liquidity for early investors.”
Ryan Holmes Dec 6, 2017 ▶ 11:44 865 SaaS: Hootsuite On It's 16m Paying Customers, $100m+ ARR and Social Media Marketing
Dec 6, 2017
Assertion Supported
Holmes: Hootsuite has raised north of $200 million to date
“Yeah, to date I, you know, it's north of 200.”
Ryan Holmes Dec 6, 2017 ▶ 11:07 865 SaaS: Hootsuite On It's 16m Paying Customers, $100m+ ARR and Social Media Marketing
Dec 6, 2017 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Holmes confirms Hootsuite has passed $100M in ARR
“Yeah, we are.”
Ryan Holmes Dec 6, 2017 ▶ 20:55 865 SaaS: Hootsuite On It's 16m Paying Customers, $100m+ ARR and Social Media Marketing
Dec 6, 2017 negative
Insight
Holmes: Founders sleeping 2 to 3 hours is an unhealthy myth
“I don't believe in the myth of CEOs that don't sleep. I think CEOs that don't sleep die and die early, and so I believe in the power of sleep. I think that sleep is when you heal. I think sleep is when your mind recharges, and I believe in getting, you know, a…”
Ryan Holmes Dec 6, 2017 ▶ 24:44 865 SaaS: Hootsuite On It's 16m Paying Customers, $100m+ ARR and Social Media Marketing
Aug 1, 2018 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Latka: The most successful SaaS companies originated out of agencies
“And the most successful SAS companies I've ever seen all came out of agencies. Qualtrics with Ryan Smith Ryan Holmes at Hootsuite. I mean, the most successful SaaS company started as agencies.”
Nathan Latka Aug 1, 2018 ▶ 19:46 1103 When should he quit his agency and go all in on software?
May 6, 2019 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Hootsuite reached $200M revenue after shutting down its $4M agency
“He grew it to about three, four million bucks and just Professional service revenue. Everyone kept asking for them to manage manually their posting. So he said, I'm gonna build software for this. And then he shut down that agency. He totally washed away four o…”
Nathan Latka May 6, 2019 ▶ 8:07 1381 When should you shut your agency down to go all in on SaaS?
Apr 25, 2020 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Ryan Holmes shut down a $5M agency to launch Hootsuite
“He shut down his agency when he's doing five million bucks in revenue to go and force himself to be uncomfortable and go all in on Hootsuite.”
Nathan Latka Apr 25, 2020 ▶ 13:48 1736 He'll Never Win Unless He Shuts Down Agency
Apr 25, 2020 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Apr 2023
Latka predicts Hootsuite will sell for $750 million soon
“Probably going to sell Hootsuite for seven hundred fifty million bucks here soon.”
Nathan Latka Apr 25, 2020 ▶ 13:38 1736 He'll Never Win Unless He Shuts Down Agency
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