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SmartQ

15 statements across 2 episodes · 5 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 31, 2021 by Robin Singh · said 30 times in 2 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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Oct 31, 2021
Disclosure
Singby: Departed SmartQ co-founder retained single-digit equity
“Oh no, no, no, no, no, not, not that big. It's in the single digits.”
Robin Singh Oct 31, 2021 ▶ 3:38 Zoom Teleprompter For Sales People Hits $1k MRR in 30 Days After Spending $8k on MVP
Oct 31, 2021
Disclosure
SmartQ charges $49 per user per month
“So we're charging 49 dollars per user per month.”
Robin Singh Oct 31, 2021 ▶ 4:01 Zoom Teleprompter For Sales People Hits $1k MRR in 30 Days After Spending $8k on MVP
Oct 31, 2021
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Singby: SmartQ is targeting a $2M raise at a $10M valuation
“We're talking to a few investors and we're looking to raise two million on a tongue, ten million valuation.”
Robin Singh Oct 31, 2021 ▶ 10:35 Zoom Teleprompter For Sales People Hits $1k MRR in 30 Days After Spending $8k on MVP
Oct 31, 2021 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Latka: Moving early on Zoom's app store can build a $100M business
“Zoom is the opposite. It's so brand new. If you move quick, you rank high, you dominate that spot for the next 10 years, and you build a hundred million dollar business pretty, pretty quick.”
Nathan Latka Oct 31, 2021 ▶ 8:27 Zoom Teleprompter For Sales People Hits $1k MRR in 30 Days After Spending $8k on MVP
Oct 31, 2021 neutral
Disclosure
Singby: SmartQ spends $1,000 per month on dev team
“Like I said, you know, put an eight K and we're putting in about a thousand dollars a month.”
Robin Singh Oct 31, 2021 ▶ 19:23 Zoom Teleprompter For Sales People Hits $1k MRR in 30 Days After Spending $8k on MVP
Oct 31, 2021
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Singby: SmartQ was built for about $8,000 in founder capital
“We've put in about eight K for our own money.”
Robin Singh Oct 31, 2021 ▶ 2:30 Zoom Teleprompter For Sales People Hits $1k MRR in 30 Days After Spending $8k on MVP
Oct 31, 2021
Disclosure
SmartQ reaches 18 users across six customer companies
“No, six companies. And we, I want to say 18 users right now.”
Robin Singh Oct 31, 2021 ▶ 4:39 Zoom Teleprompter For Sales People Hits $1k MRR in 30 Days After Spending $8k on MVP
Dec 31, 2022
Disclosure
Singh draws zero salary, paying team with early revenue and funding
“So, well, I'm not paying myself and with the others, it's partly this revenue and the fund that we raised.”
Robin Singh Dec 31, 2022 ▶ 9:59 How He Got First $2k in MRR From His Community of 1,000
Dec 31, 2022
Disclosure
Singh plans to raise $1M to $1.5M in seed funding
“I am looking at anywhere between a mil to mil five.”
Robin Singh Dec 31, 2022 ▶ 12:29 How He Got First $2k in MRR From His Community of 1,000
Dec 31, 2022 positive
Disclosure
SmartQ relaunched in September 2022 after a full architectural rebuild
“And so we went back to the drawing board, re-architected the entire product, relaunched it this past September. So just two months ago, and we're back at, you know, six, eight customers now, a few paying others in pilot.”
Robin Singh Dec 31, 2022 ▶ 6:21 How He Got First $2k in MRR From His Community of 1,000
Dec 31, 2022
Disclosure
Singh expects to sell 10% to 15% equity in seed round
“I am thinking anywhere between 10 to 15%.”
Robin Singh Dec 31, 2022 ▶ 12:38 How He Got First $2k in MRR From His Community of 1,000
Dec 31, 2022 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
SmartQ secured an 18-month customer contract despite early stage
“Some go for a quarter, the others are a year. Someone signed on for 18 months.”
Robin Singh Dec 31, 2022 ▶ 8:03 How He Got First $2k in MRR From His Community of 1,000
Dec 31, 2022 positive
Disclosure
SmartQ raised $150K pre-seed with an accelerator equity buyback option
“And so we ended up raising a, yeah, we raised a really small, 150,000 pre-seed. A lot of it you know, from friends and family angels and some of it from an accelerator part of the equity I can buy back.”
Robin Singh Dec 31, 2022 ▶ 4:09 How He Got First $2k in MRR From His Community of 1,000
Dec 31, 2022
Disclosure
Singh built a 2,000-person community over 18 months before launching
“These thousand odd people, a couple thousand people is, is actually my community that I've been building over the past year and a half since I started SmartQ, right?”
Robin Singh Dec 31, 2022 ▶ 14:49 How He Got First $2k in MRR From His Community of 1,000
Dec 31, 2022 positive
Assertion Supported
SmartQ achieved Product of the Day on Product Hunt in September
“So for example, in September, when we launched our product hunt. We actually ended up being product of the day for, you know, a solo founder running a super lean team, no marketing team behind it.”
Robin Singh Dec 31, 2022 ▶ 13:10 How He Got First $2k in MRR From His Community of 1,000
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