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Sam Pollaro

5 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Oct 11, 2019 by Sam Pollaro · across every show →

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Oct 11, 2019
Insight
Pollaro: Raising another $5M-$10M resets a company's required exit to $100M+
“If I were to go out and raise money now, you know, I would be sort of resetting the goalposts for what it would mean to be a successful exit, right? You know you can do some quick math and figure out roughly where our valuation is now. And if we were to raise,…”
Sam Pollaro Oct 11, 2019 ▶ 13:25 1539 How Venga Hit 2000 locations, $3.6m ARR on $2.7m Raised Helping Restaurants, Fitness Centers with Customer Experience
Oct 11, 2019 negative
What-if
Pollaro would wait much longer to raise funding if starting over
“Well, I think, you know, if I were to do it all over again, I might take a different path. I would certainly wait much longer to raise money.”
Sam Pollaro Oct 11, 2019 ▶ 3:52 1539 How Venga Hit 2000 locations, $3.6m ARR on $2.7m Raised Helping Restaurants, Fitness Centers with Customer Experience
Oct 11, 2019
Disclosure
Pollaro: Venga took three years and multiple pivots to find product-market fit
“So we actually launched in 2011 with a product that's slightly different from what we do now. Like most companies, you know, we pivoted a couple times along the way. We realized within probably six months that our first product wasn't gonna work, and we pivote…”
Sam Pollaro Oct 11, 2019 ▶ 4:32 1539 How Venga Hit 2000 locations, $3.6m ARR on $2.7m Raised Helping Restaurants, Fitness Centers with Customer Experience
Oct 11, 2019 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Pollaro: Venga spends 60 to 75 cents per dollar of new ARR
“Right now we spend typically probably about 60 to 75 cents for every dollar in ARR that we acquire.”
Sam Pollaro Oct 11, 2019 ▶ 9:24 1539 How Venga Hit 2000 locations, $3.6m ARR on $2.7m Raised Helping Restaurants, Fitness Centers with Customer Experience
Oct 11, 2019 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Pollaro: Venga has been profitable and cash-flow positive for the past year
“No, we, we've been cashflow positive and profitable for the last year.”
Sam Pollaro Oct 11, 2019 ▶ 10:47 1539 How Venga Hit 2000 locations, $3.6m ARR on $2.7m Raised Helping Restaurants, Fitness Centers with Customer Experience
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