Ryan Smith

7 statements across 3 episodes · 5 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Feb 10, 2018 by Ryan Smith · said 26 times in 13 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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2019 3 mentions in 1 episode
2018 12 mentions in 7 episodes 2 per episode

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Feb 10, 2018 bullish
Assertion Supported
Smith: Qualtrics has already surpassed $250M in ARR
“I think we already have. Good. I asked that question very specifically. What I found is if I underestimate a little, a founder feels much more comfortable going, we just broke that versus. We're good. That's in the rear of your view mirror.”
Ryan Smith Feb 10, 2018 ▶ 7:11 931 Qualtrics "Well Past" $250m in ARR, When Will The Go Public?
Feb 10, 2018 positive
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Smith: Qualtrics has 9,000 brand customers paying up to $6M annually
“Yeah, paying customers, and these are brands. These are, I mean, we have a lot more customers in the brands, but they, you know, if you look at 9000, then you look at, you know, they're paying anywhere from 12,000 all the way up to, You know, five, six millio…”
Ryan Smith Feb 10, 2018 ▶ 6:39 931 Qualtrics "Well Past" $250m in ARR, When Will The Go Public?
Feb 10, 2018
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Smith: Qualtrics maintained 100% growth and profitability from 2006 to 2009
“We operated it with a hundred percent growth and being profitable through 2006, seven, eight, nine.”
Ryan Smith Feb 10, 2018 ▶ 15:34 931 Qualtrics "Well Past" $250m in ARR, When Will The Go Public?
Feb 10, 2018 positive
Assertion Supported
Smith: Qualtrics is and has always been cash-flow positive
“Makeup that we have at Qualtrics where we're cashflow positive. We've always been, it was really nice to be able to say, Hey here's an opportunity to have some liquidity and, you know, kind of get acclimated a little bit to what life is going to be like for a…”
Ryan Smith Feb 10, 2018 ▶ 10:46 931 Qualtrics "Well Past" $250m in ARR, When Will The Go Public?
Feb 10, 2018 positive
Disclosure
Smith: Qualtrics left $100M valuation on table during Series A
“I mean, in our series A, we raised, you know, seventy million dollars. We took, we left a hundred million extra valuation on the table from a credible party because we care about, you know, who we're going to battle with, and I think that's what we've always …”
Ryan Smith Feb 10, 2018 ▶ 12:26 931 Qualtrics "Well Past" $250m in ARR, When Will The Go Public?
Aug 1, 2018 positive
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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?
Nov 8, 2018
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Latka: Early-stage interviews get 3x more downloads than pre-IPO founders
“The interviews I do with people that are at your level get almost three times the downloads as when I have Ryan on from Qualtrics and they're about to IPO.”
Nathan Latka Nov 8, 2018 ▶ 8:27 1202 He Raised $20m+ in First Company, Now Bootstrapping in B2B Sales Tech Space, $1m in ARR
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