Smartling

13 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 22, 2018 by Jack Welde · said 13 times in 1 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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Apr 22, 2018 positive
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Welde: Smartling targets retaining 90% to 92% of revenue annually
“We expect that of our existing customer base, we hope that we will retain 90% to 92% of that revenue every year.”
Jack Welde Apr 22, 2018 ▶ 9:13 1002 How He Makes $10m+ Speaking Every Language on Earth
Apr 22, 2018
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Smartling raised a $4 million round after securing three early customers
“We got three customers. Then we went out to the marketplace and we're able to raise four million dollars.”
Jack Welde Apr 22, 2018 ▶ 6:32 1002 How He Makes $10m+ Speaking Every Language on Earth
Apr 22, 2018
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Welde: Smartling customer contracts range from $10,000 to over $1 million annually
“So our, you know, our customers pay us anywhere from, you know, 10,000 dollars a year, all the way up to, you know, a couple million dollars a year, million, million dollar plus a year.”
Jack Welde Apr 22, 2018 ▶ 3:03 1002 How He Makes $10m+ Speaking Every Language on Earth
Apr 22, 2018 positive
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Welde reveals Smartling is way above $10 million in ARR
“We've already broken that. We're way above that.”
Jack Welde Apr 22, 2018 ▶ 15:55 1002 How He Makes $10m+ Speaking Every Language on Earth
Apr 22, 2018 neutral
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Welde: Smartling grows at the lower end of 50% to 100% annually
“We're on the lower end of that.”
Jack Welde Apr 22, 2018 ▶ 17:35 1002 How He Makes $10m+ Speaking Every Language on Earth
Apr 22, 2018
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Welde: Smartling's CAC payback period ranges from 18 to 24 months
“Look, we fluctuate like many companies, and we operate sometimes in sort of the You know, 18 month range and sometimes in about the 24 month range.”
Jack Welde Apr 22, 2018 ▶ 14:12 1002 How He Makes $10m+ Speaking Every Language on Earth
Apr 22, 2018
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Smartling raised its early round at a $6M to $10M valuation
“Well, I think by the time we finished it up, by the time we started the round, you know, I think we were in, you know, and we had by then about you know, seven to 10 customers paying us, you know, many, you know, tens of thousands of dollars on a, on an annual…”
Jack Welde Apr 22, 2018 ▶ 6:41 1002 How He Makes $10m+ Speaking Every Language on Earth
Apr 22, 2018
Assertion Supported
Smartling has raised $63 million across four funding rounds
“We raised four rounds of capital. We've raised sixty three million dollars over this entire period.”
Jack Welde Apr 22, 2018 ▶ 5:21 1002 How He Makes $10m+ Speaking Every Language on Earth
Apr 22, 2018
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Most Smartling enterprise accounts range between $80,000 and $200,000 annually
“Most of our accounts are, you know, somewhere in the range of sort of, say, let's say, you know you know, in sort of the 80,000 dollar plus range, 80,000 to 200,000 dollar range”
Jack Welde Apr 22, 2018 ▶ 13:01 1002 How He Makes $10m+ Speaking Every Language on Earth
Apr 22, 2018
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Welde: Smartling has 200 full-time employees
“Oh, we've got 200 people full-time.”
Jack Welde Apr 22, 2018 ▶ 4:30 1002 How He Makes $10m+ Speaking Every Language on Earth
Apr 22, 2018
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Welde: Smartling works with 10,000 contracted translators globally
“Yeah, 10,000 contracted translators around the world.”
Jack Welde Apr 22, 2018 ▶ 4:33 1002 How He Makes $10m+ Speaking Every Language on Earth
Apr 22, 2018 neutral
Insight
Welde: AI translation still requires humans for mission-critical business content
“There's definitely humans involved, and while, while AI and machine translation, you know, computer-generated translation, like something like Google Translate, you know, has gone, undergone some really incredible advances in the last year or so the translatio…”
Jack Welde Apr 22, 2018 ▶ 3:47 1002 How He Makes $10m+ Speaking Every Language on Earth
Apr 22, 2018 positive
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Welde: Smartling is rapidly approaching about 500 enterprise customers
“We're at, you know, let's, let's call it rapidly approaching about 500 enterprise customers.”
Jack Welde Apr 22, 2018 ▶ 7:51 1002 How He Makes $10m+ Speaking Every Language on Earth
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