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United States

also referred to as: the u s · the us · u s · us

173 statements across 144 episodes · 54 bullish · 21 bearish · 144 people on the record · first statement Jan 21, 2016 by Vincent Vanderpool · said 2,782 times in 1113 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Everything said about United States, oldest first

Jan 21, 2016
Disclosure
Grom Partners with 3D Systems for US On-Demand 3D Printing
“So in the U S we've partnered up with three D systems and three D systems, three D prints, all the designs on demand.”
Vincent Vanderpool Jan 21, 2016 ▶ 5:08 Secret Art of Getting Your Product Into Walmart with Vincent van de Poll of GROM
Jan 28, 2016
Disclosure
Lockwood: Bundle Has Tested With 50 UK and 20 US Users
“So we've had about sort of 50 people in the UK and about sort of 20 here.”
Kelvin Lockwood Jan 28, 2016 ▶ 6:49 Getting 1m Users Fast with Kelvin Lockwood
Mar 29, 2016
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hansbury: There are 100M poker fans globally, with 60M in the US
“There's actually a hundred million poker fans worldwide, sixty million of which is in the U.S., And of all those, one percent of that is actual players.”
Scott Hansbury Mar 29, 2016 ▶ 12:35 How to Bet On Poker Players and Make Money with Scott Hansbury of YouStake EP 206
Apr 2, 2016 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
Campbell: Hiring for an $80,000 job costs $26,000 before training
“We found that the cost of hiring somebody for a 60,000 dollars, sorry, an 80,000 dollar a year job in this country had ballooned to 26,000 dollars in cost before they trained them.”
Lane Campbell Apr 2, 2016 ▶ 11:24 Sold 5 Companies Before Age of 30, Now Side Stream Income is $500k/Year with Lane Campbell EP 218
Apr 2, 2016 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Campbell: Over half of US jobs are filled by recruiters
“Over half the jobs we found in our research in this country are filled with recruiters and, you know, yet the average tenure for a millennial is three years.”
Lane Campbell Apr 2, 2016 ▶ 11:33 Sold 5 Companies Before Age of 30, Now Side Stream Income is $500k/Year with Lane Campbell EP 218
Apr 12, 2016
Disclosure
Mattisson: Visa restrictions forced me to return to Sweden to launch Minut
“And unfortunately I wasn't able to stay in the U S with my visa. So I basically had to leave and I moved back and started the company here.”
Nils Mattisson Apr 12, 2016 ▶ 3:29 From Apple to Raising $250k on Kickstarter For His New Hardware Company with Nils Mattison EP 230
Jun 6, 2016
Assertion Not checkable as stated
MapMyFitness generated $5 US monthly ARPU versus under $0.30 internationally
“We were doing, I think we were roughly about five bucks per user in the U.S. And less than 30 cents outside the U.S.”
Robin Thurston Jun 6, 2016 ▶ 7:34 From 0 to 20,000,000 Users and a $150,000,000 Exit to Under Armour, EP 261: Robin Thurston
Jun 6, 2016
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Singhal claims US college students make 2B monthly Google searches for homework
“There are about 21 million college students in the United States, and these students, when they get a homework or assignment or a quiz, they make about two billion searches on Google every month.”
Aditya Singhal Jun 6, 2016 ▶ 2:07 Ideally Students Pay $20/mo To Learn From Robots, $1,000,000 In Revenue in 2015, EP 263: Aditya Singhal
Jun 12, 2016 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Carnivore Club reached nearly $200,000 in sales in February 2016
“February, 2016, we did just shy of 200,000 in sales across Canada, the U S and Europe.”
Tim Ray Jun 12, 2016 ▶ 10:20 Meat on Demand Does $1,200,000 in 2015, EP 280: Tim Ray
Jun 30, 2016 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
SupportNinja employs over 100 agents in the Philippines
“Our team size in the Philippines, we have a little over a hundred agents. Our team size here in the U S there, everybody's working remotely right now. We have about five.”
Cody McLain Jun 30, 2016 ▶ 19:38 EP 341: 15 Year Old Sells Company, Creates and Sells 3 More for Almost $1M with Cody McLain of SupportNinja
Jul 11, 2016
Assertion Supported
Wilner: 28 million US businesses have fewer than five employees
“There are twenty-eight million businesses in the U.S. With under five employees, and that's really our sweet spot, and there are, yeah, and so many people need websites.”
Mike Wilner Jul 11, 2016 ▶ 12:59 EP 352: Marketplace Takes 40% To Create High End Websites At Little Cost
Jul 15, 2016
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lee: Bohemian Guitars is stocked in about 100 US retailers
“We're in about a hundred US retailers at the moment.”
Adam Lee Jul 15, 2016 ▶ 2:03 EP 356: $1M In Guitar Sales From CrowdFunding, Whats Next? With Adam Lee
Jul 22, 2016 bullish
Disclosure
LinkIt targets 30 North American operators with contracts up to $6M
“We really are only going after like the top 30 guys in the industry. There's only really 30, 30 in Canada and US that are worth our time, and those 30 would be anywhere from 600,000 to six million a year, depending on who it is.”
Douglas Lusted Jul 22, 2016 ▶ 10:58 EP 363: Google AdSense for Physical BillBoards Does $250k with Douglas Lusted
Jul 25, 2016
Assertion Contradicted
Antonelli: Only one grilled cheese restaurant existed in the US around 2008
“And along those lines, we ran a grilled cheese club out of our house cause this is before, there was only one other grilled cheese restaurant in the nation.”
Kendall Antonelli Jul 25, 2016 ▶ 3:54 EP 366: Her Cheese Shop Does $1m+ Annually, EBITDA Low, Why?
Aug 27, 2016 positive
Disclosure
Helix Sleep custom manufactures all of its mattresses in the US
“And then we custom make a mattress for you. A hundred percent here in the U S”
Adam Tishman Aug 27, 2016 ▶ 2:18 EP 399: $1m+ Mattresses Sold using Toptal.com with Adam Tishman of HelixSleep
Aug 31, 2016
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Pechersky: PromoRepublic's CAC Is Over $100 in US Versus $14 in Russia
“In U.S. It is slightly above 100 dollars. In in Russian speaking, internet, 14.”
Max Pecherskyi Aug 31, 2016 ▶ 9:55 EP 403: $650k Raised, Finland SaaS Copmany, 600 Customers with PromoRepublic.com
Dec 5, 2016 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Patro: Over 50% of SignEasy revenue originates from the US
“More than 50% of revenue comes from the US.”
Sunil Patro Dec 5, 2016 ▶ 8:32 EP 499: GetSignEasy Passes $200k MRR and 130k Customers To Help Sign Documents withCEO Sunil Patro
Dec 5, 2016 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
SignEasy splits team between US remote staff and Bangalore office
“We have a remote team with around five to six people in the US. And the rest of the product management, engineering, design, and support It's based in Bangalore, India.”
Sunil Patro Dec 5, 2016 ▶ 7:36 EP 499: GetSignEasy Passes $200k MRR and 130k Customers To Help Sign Documents withCEO Sunil Patro
Dec 16, 2016 negative
Opinion
West: Consumer tech startups need to be in Silicon Valley
“Like if you're running a consumer product, you need to be in the Valley. You need to be in the U S”
Yusuf West Dec 16, 2016 ▶ 15:01 EP 510: HubDoc Hits $132k MRR, 1200 Customers, $2M Raised to Help You Accountants Manage Their Documents with CEO Yoseph West
Jan 8, 2017
Assertion Supported
Saumet: European buyers do not Google for proposal management tools
“Nobody in Europe would actually search in Google proposal management tool today. It's the case in the U S but not in Europe.”
Tim Saumet (Tim Salme) Jan 8, 2017 ▶ 15:15 EP 533: $1.5M Raised, $100k MRR Helping 800 Customers Manage and Track Documents with CEO Tim Samulet
Jan 8, 2017 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Saumet: Complex regulations make European e-signatures cost 1 to 2 euros each
“You have to understand that the market is very different between the U S and Europe. Talking about the signature in France or in Europe generally speaking, A signature is a paying we would pay from one to two euros per signature because he has, it's a much mor…”
Tim Saumet (Tim Salme) Jan 8, 2017 ▶ 13:38 EP 533: $1.5M Raised, $100k MRR Helping 800 Customers Manage and Track Documents with CEO Tim Samulet
Jan 20, 2017 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Harzvi: Israel Is World's Second-Largest Startup Ecosystem After US
“So actually the ecosystem in Israel is the second largest in the world after, after the U S in both terms of number of startups. And also in the number of investments being made here.”
Gal Harzvi Jan 20, 2017 ▶ 10:01 EP 545: Unomy Raises $3.4M, $160k MRR Helping Businesses Get Leads with CEO Gal Harzvi
Jan 20, 2017 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Unomy maps 7 million companies and 77 million business professionals
“We currently have about seven million companies and seventy-seven million business professionals with their verified contact information. And I would say that out of these companies and people, about 80% are based in the US. So out of the seventy-seven million…”
Gal Harzvi Jan 20, 2017 ▶ 13:21 EP 545: Unomy Raises $3.4M, $160k MRR Helping Businesses Get Leads with CEO Gal Harzvi
Feb 17, 2017 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Moss-Pultz: US location data is worth around $50 a year
“Location data in the U S is worth around 50 dollars a year.”
Sean Moss-Pultz Feb 17, 2017 ▶ 5:38 EP 573: I Sell My Financial Data On This Podcast with BitMark CEO Sean Moss-Pultz
Mar 15, 2017
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kaplan: US organizations hold 100M+ hours of analog media worth $20B+
“Between corporations and associations and government agencies, there is now over one hundred million hours of archived analog media. And by conservative estimates, that quantity of media has been valued at over twenty billion dollars.”
Michael Kaplan Mar 15, 2017 ▶ 4:24 EP 599: Taivaco Helps Brands FInd Old Offline Content to Digitize and Annotate With $50K Raised, CEO Michael Kaplan
Mar 31, 2017 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Seven Dreamers generated approximately $35M consolidated revenue in 2016
“Oh, 2016 our, like, you know, Japan fiscal year is a little bit different from the US, but our sales consolidated. Sales is about 30 five million dollars.”
Shin Sakane Mar 31, 2017 ▶ 9:45 EP 615: $75M Raised, This $15K Machine Folds Your Laundry, $35M 2016 Revenue with Seven Dreamers CEO Shin Sakane
May 15, 2017 positive
Assertion Supported
Garcia: Mexico's relaxed drone regulations offer an operational advantage
“One of them is that the regulations for flying UAVs in Mexico are not that harsh, not that strict as in the United States, for example. That doesn't mean that I can do whatever I want, but I can do some other things that usually are very, very strictly prohibi…”
Martin Garcia May 15, 2017 ▶ 9:50 660: Will Farmers Decide First Drone Company Trillionaire?
Jun 12, 2017 positive
Disclosure
May: Pivoting manufacturing to Asia unlocked $220,000 in Kickstarter funding
“And we, about a weekend, we changed the price of our campaign and said, okay, it's no longer made in the U S it's going to be made In Asia. And this is a new price point. And we kind of reset my campaign about seven days in and we're able to raise another 220,…”
Joseph May Jun 12, 2017 ▶ 6:53 688: W/ 4 Kids, He Quit Job to Launch Leather Briefcase Company Breton with CEO Joseph May
Aug 29, 2017 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Mobilewalla is practically the only source of non-US mobile audience data
“We are pretty much the only source of mobile audience data outside of the US.”
Anindya Datta Aug 29, 2017 ▶ 20:07 766: This Company Used Evangelical Christian Mobile Data to Influence US Elections
Oct 6, 2017 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Seidman: There are 2 million conferences annually in the US alone
“There are two million different conferences in the U S alone.”
Maria Seidman Oct 6, 2017 ▶ 8:08 804: SaaS: Yapp Passes 80,000 Events Powered
Nov 2, 2017
Assertion Partly supported
Gunderson: Average top US tax bracket historically exceeds 60%
“In 1913, when we had the U.S. Revenue Act, it was a temporary act, and yet the top average bracket's over 60% in its history.”
Garrett Gunderson Nov 2, 2017 ▶ 14:54 831: You Have $10k, Should You Defer or Deduct?
Nov 10, 2017 neutral
Assertion Supported
Ma: Average US Wedding Registry Receives Over $4,000
“And in the U S the average amount that a couple receives through their wedding registry on average is about 4000 or slightly over 4000 dollars.”
Shanlin Ma Nov 10, 2017 ▶ 17:57 839: Marketplace: Zola Wedding Registry Passes $120m GMV Run Rate
Nov 13, 2017 positive
Disclosure
Founder Artem Borodatyuk plans US relocation and Canadian sales hires
“We have plan to expand globally, and we will hire salespersons in Canada in our plan, and I will switch my place where I live, and we'll go to U.S.”
Artem Borodatyuk Nov 13, 2017 ▶ 15:37 842: SaaS: Ukraine SEO Tool 3x MRR yoy from $20k July 2016 to $70k July 2017
Dec 29, 2017 bullish
Assertion Partly supported
McQueen: 28% of Post-Recession US Job Growth Was in Professional Services
“Coming out of the great recession here in the States, 28% of all new jobs are created in the sector that we serve.”
Jeff McQueen Dec 29, 2017 ▶ 16:11 888 SaaS: How To break $480k MRR by Focusing on 1 Vertical
Dec 29, 2017 bullish
Assertion Partly supported
McQueen: Professional services employs over 20 million in the US
“The sector we sell to professional services. So again, those architect, accountant, engineer, designer, consultant type folks in the U S alone, it's more than twenty million people working in that industry. It's the largest employer in the private sector in th…”
Jeff McQueen Dec 29, 2017 ▶ 6:07 888 SaaS: How To break $480k MRR by Focusing on 1 Vertical
Dec 30, 2017
Assertion Contradicted
FreeConferenceCall.com is the third-largest US conferencing provider
“But all of the other guys had done a lot of purchases, you know, acquisitions to gain base as opposed to, but we're about, I think we're the third largest in this country.”
David Erickson Dec 30, 2017 ▶ 10:00 889 1% of Humanity Uses This Bootstrapped Tool, $100m+ Revenue
Jan 9, 2018 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Leeds: 5% of Tango Card Revenue Is International, vs Half Addressable Market
“About five percent of our revenue is outside of the US today, but about half of the hundred and fifty billion dollar opportunity that we're looking at is outside of the US.”
David Leeds Jan 9, 2018 ▶ 11:09 899 How to Reward Customers with GiftCards at Scale Using $10m+ Revenue TangoCard
Feb 7, 2018
Assertion Supported
ParkMobile Operates in Nearly 300 US Cities
“We're in over, we're in almost 300 cities in the US, including most all of the big ones.”
John Ziegler Feb 7, 2018 ▶ 2:02 928 1.5m Pay Their Parketing Meters Every Month Using This App
Mar 12, 2018 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
CompStak operates in over 70 commercial real estate markets globally
“We're live in over 70 markets across the US and UK over 900 sub markets in over 8000 cities.”
Michael Mandel Mar 12, 2018 ▶ 2:00 961 How He Sells Commercial Real Estate Data to PE Firms for $5m+ in ARR
Mar 21, 2018 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Vishnoi: Tagovie owns 25% of the US co-browsing market
“We focusing on video and co-browsings, and we are like the major player in the market for co-brows. Like we own 25% of United States market in, in a co-browse.”
Laduram Vishnoi Mar 21, 2018 ▶ 12:53 970 28 Year Old Turns Down $12m Acquisition Offer, Doing $65k in MRR in CoBrowsing, Live Chat Space
Mar 24, 2018 neutral
Assertion Supported
Osetek: Roughly 90% of New US Digital Ad Dollars Go to Google and Facebook
“So a lot of studies, at least in the U S have shown that something like 90% of the new digital dollar dollars going into digital have been going to Facebook and Google.”
Alan Osetek Mar 24, 2018 ▶ 7:54 973 How Digilent is Competing in Changing Programmatic Ad Landscape, $40m in Volume over TTM
Mar 29, 2018 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
CoreDNA acquired 25 US customers in one year with no sales team
“So what we've done in the year, we've put on about 25 customers here. Which is offer a zero base with very few with zero sales team very limited.”
Sam Saltis Mar 29, 2018 ▶ 3:31 978 Why Sole Founder is OK Burning $40k Cash and Bootstrapping
Apr 15, 2018 bullish
Disclosure
CloudLead is allocating $1.5M to launch US sales operations
“So I think we are allocating a budget of at least 1.5 million dollars for the next year to set up a company in the US to hire a team and go live with full-time sales from the US versus Dubai or Karachi.”
Noman Siddiqui Apr 15, 2018 ▶ 10:08 995 Pakistan King of SaaS
May 8, 2018
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Eyeota handles the most offline data onboarding outside the US
“Another part of our business is the onboarding of offline data, and we're the company that does the largest amount of this outside the United States, although we do it in the U.S. Now.”
Kevin Tan May 8, 2018 ▶ 3:09 1018 Why He's Making Leap from AdTech to Data As A Service Business Model
May 24, 2018
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Grabowski: Churn is higher in Asian markets than in the US or Europe
“We also serve a lot of markets like you know, India, Malaysia Asia and so on, where we see a little bit higher churn than let's say in the United States where the churn is super low or in Europe.”
Simon Grabowski May 24, 2018 ▶ 11:40 1034 How GetResponse Bootstrapped to $50m+ Revenue
Jun 2, 2018
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Jobscience generates 42% of its revenue outside the United States
“I'm 42% of our revenue comes from outside the United States.”
Ted Elliott Jun 2, 2018 ▶ 10:53 1043 HR Tech CEO: I accidently raised $3m!
Jun 18, 2018 neutral
Assertion Supported
The US audio advertising market is worth roughly $18 billion
“I think that if you look at audio as a full category in the U S today, it's about eighteen billion.”
Mike Doherty Jun 18, 2018 ▶ 12:30 1059 $100m In Audio Ad Spend Goes Through Our Platform
Jul 2, 2018 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Furutan: Company software targets TV ads to 44,000 U.S. zip codes
“We have special software written to actually target any one of the 44,000 zip codes in the United States for TV ads at a fraction of the cost on any channel that you want.”
Dr. Iman Furutan Jul 2, 2018 ▶ 13:21 1073 Are 5 Companies at Once Too Many?
Sep 2, 2018 bullish
Disclosure
Beattie: Volio to launch crypto platform Cryptolio in late 2018
“This is a new crypto version of our platform that we're going to be launching first north of the border, but then in the United States sometime later this year.”
Thomas Beattie Sep 2, 2018 ▶ 14:30 1135 This app lets you use real money to compete with your friends in crypto, stocks
Sep 8, 2018 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Florio: Foxy operates with under 10 remote employees after 11 years
“So 11 years in, we're still a pretty small team. We're under 10. We're about half in the US, half international. Everybody is fully remote.”
Brett Florio Sep 8, 2018 ▶ 7:57 1141 Not shopify, not stripe, $2b+ in transaction volume processed
Sep 18, 2018
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Rusenko: Weebly sites get 325 million monthly visits globally
“About three hundred twenty-five million people every single month visit one of those websites or online stores that were created by those entrepreneurs. I think that's really cool. That's a global number, just the US component of that represents about half of …”
David Rusenko Sep 18, 2018 ▶ 17:49 1151 Weebly CEO: 50m Users, North of .5% Conversion to $8/mo
Sep 29, 2018
Disclosure
Niche drives leads via automated monthly traffic reports to all US schools
“We also have a very successful mail merge every month to our clients and our non-clients where we send them every month. Here's how much traffic is on our page. Here's how much traffic your competitors are getting. And here's how many clicks we're driving back…”
Luke Skurman Sep 29, 2018 ▶ 10:07 1162 Pittsburg Placed Niche.com Passes 10m Uniques/Mo, $3m in SaaS Revenue
Sep 29, 2018 bullish
Opinion
Niche estimates US school and college TAM at 15,000 clients
“I would say that that market could look like 15,000 paying clients just with high schools and colleges in the United States.”
Luke Skurman Sep 29, 2018 ▶ 8:14 1162 Pittsburg Placed Niche.com Passes 10m Uniques/Mo, $3m in SaaS Revenue
Oct 11, 2018
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Only two large-scale, data-driven fix-and-flip operations exist nationally
“And really there's only two Large scale operations in the country that are doing this on a national basis.”
Andrew Jewett Oct 11, 2018 ▶ 6:52 1174 Planning a $50m ICO for Property Investing, 55% Unlevered IRR Historically
Oct 23, 2018 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lynch: 54% of Assembla's business is US-based and 46% is international
“54% of our business is in the U.S., 46% of it is international, and that, you know, you take Australia, the rest of it's pretty much in the U.K. And Europe.”
Paul Lynch Oct 23, 2018 ▶ 21:38 1186 Why Assembla Sold to Venture Equity Firm, Using GDPR to Hit 60% yoy Growth
Oct 24, 2018 positive
Prediction Open · timeframe Oct 2023
Kidron: Oramed will probably enter the Chinese market before the US
“And with the Chinese FDA, we're probably going to get to the market even before the United States.”
Nadav Kidron Oct 24, 2018 ▶ 4:33 1187 The Chinese Gave Him $50M For Orally Delivered Insulin Capsul Idea, Will It Take Off?
Oct 24, 2018 negative
Opinion
Kidron: US public markets hold a bias against China-derived deals
“So I think there's a little bit of a bias in the United States about anything which is China derived.”
Nadav Kidron Oct 24, 2018 ▶ 14:42 1187 The Chinese Gave Him $50M For Orally Delivered Insulin Capsul Idea, Will It Take Off?
Oct 28, 2018 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Half of Hubstaff's 7,000 customers are located outside the United States
“I mean, like, for example, like, 50% of our customers are out of the US, so you've got that going on.”
Dave Nevogt Oct 28, 2018 ▶ 9:28 1191 How Bootstrapped Time Tracking CEO Drives 100% yoy Growth, $3.8m in ARR
Nov 27, 2018 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Allison Taylor: Jane App has over 550 clinics in the US
“We have over 550 clinics in the U.S. Very suddenly that just picked us up before we're actually really ready.”
Allison Taylor Nov 27, 2018 ▶ 9:23 1221 JaneApp Raises $0 Dollars, Passes $4.7m in ARR Helping Patients Schedule Sessions
Dec 9, 2018
Assertion Not checkable as stated
TransferWise's largest transfer volume corridors are between developed Western countries
“Most of our money goes from first world to first world. Our biggest corridor are between UK and US, UK and Spain, UK and Germany.”
Taavet Hinrikus Dec 9, 2018 ▶ 21:45 1233 With 4m Customers, $4b Transfered Every Month, is Transferwise The Cheaper Bank Of The Future?
Dec 9, 2018 neutral
Assertion Supported
EU single passporting reaches 500 million people compared to 50 US regulators
“We are regulated by the regulator in UK, and we can passport our license to all European Union member states. That means one regulator gives us access to five hundred million people. Whereas in US, we have 50 state regulators.”
Taavet Hinrikus Dec 9, 2018 ▶ 14:14 1233 With 4m Customers, $4b Transfered Every Month, is Transferwise The Cheaper Bank Of The Future?
Dec 9, 2018 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
The US will soon overtake the UK as TransferWise's largest sending country
“UK is still our biggest sending country. It will be overtaken by US very soon, but today UK is the biggest sending country, and the biggest corridor is from UK to Euros, to all over Europe.”
Taavet Hinrikus Dec 9, 2018 ▶ 21:57 1233 With 4m Customers, $4b Transfered Every Month, is Transferwise The Cheaper Bank Of The Future?
Dec 9, 2018 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
A US real-time payment system remains years away, predicts Hinrikus
“Well, I think in U.S. The question is, when will U.S. Have a real-time payment system? You know, people are working on it, but it's still a good few years away”
Taavet Hinrikus Dec 9, 2018 ▶ 12:32 1233 With 4m Customers, $4b Transfered Every Month, is Transferwise The Cheaper Bank Of The Future?
Dec 9, 2018 positive
Disclosure
TransferWise will launch its multi-currency debit card in the US in 2019
“You also have a debit card which you can use, which has launched in Europe already. It's coming to US early next year.”
Taavet Hinrikus Dec 9, 2018 ▶ 19:46 1233 With 4m Customers, $4b Transfered Every Month, is Transferwise The Cheaper Bank Of The Future?
Dec 14, 2018 negative
Opinion
Swedish SaaS companies lag the US in marketing efficiency, argues Karlsson
“And I think Sweden as a sauce sauce market, we are not really as good as you are over there in the U S with the marketing and lowering the cost of customer acquisition.”
Sebastian Karlsson Dec 14, 2018 ▶ 15:22 1238 With $50k in MRR, They Help Building Developers Scale
Dec 23, 2018
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Von Sydow: 70% to 80% of above.ai revenue comes from the US
“And now we're building out sort of a geographical footprint with our office here in New York, because I think 70 or 80% of the revenues for this product line is in the US.”
Gustav von Sydow Dec 23, 2018 ▶ 7:40 1247 This SaaS Product Has No Website but Does $3m in ARR, How?
Dec 29, 2018 bullish
Assertion Supported
Smajić: HubSpot is growing new sales faster in Europe than the US
“So I just talked to HubSpot like two weeks ago, they're actually growing their business more in Europe right now, new sales than in the U S”
Samir Smajić Dec 29, 2018 ▶ 12:42 1253 GetAccept Breaks 4000 Customers, Grew ARR 3x to $1.7m in ARR Last 12 Months
Feb 18, 2019 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Carruthers: Voxpopme's US business grew from 5% to 70% after moving
“You know, when I first moved over here the US was just five percent of our business. It's now 70%.”
Dave Carruthers Feb 18, 2019 ▶ 10:03 1304 Raising $10m on $30m Pre Right Now for Video Feedback Platform, $5m ARR
Mar 2, 2019 positive
Opinion
Rodriguez: Raising travel tech capital is easier in Europe than US
“I actually think that for the travel space in which we are, it might be easier to raise in Europe today than it is in the US. Because the hospitality market in Europe is very dynamic, very large, and there are many people who really know the market well, and t…”
Juan Rodriguez Mar 2, 2019 ▶ 11:06 1316 3000 Hotels Pay Him $4.3m in ARR to Help With Website Bookings
Mar 27, 2019 negative
Opinion
Gertler: Reverse mergers are respected in Australia, but 'garbage' in US
“Even though we did a reverse merger, which is a respect thing out there. Whereas in the U S if you do a reverse merger, it's just garbage.”
Noah Abelson Gertler Mar 27, 2019 ▶ 4:34 1341 Reverse merger on australia stock exhange
May 3, 2019 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
US Market Projected to Overtake UK and Europe for Shorthand
“The US is kind of just coming up and maybe going to overtake that over the next 12 months.”
Ricky Robinson May 3, 2019 ▶ 12:34 1378 250 Content Producers Pay Him $6k/yr For Storytelling Drag and Drop Platform
Jun 27, 2019 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kamleitner: Walls.io growth driven by new US customers
“We started in Austria and the German speaking countries, but during the last one year, we see tremendous growth coming in from the States actually. So, so I would say it's mostly new customers.”
Michael Kamleitner Jun 27, 2019 ▶ 6:30 1433 Can You Run 2 $1.5m ARR Companies At Same Time?
Jun 29, 2019
Insight
Valishev: Live chat signups convert harder in US and Europe than Brazil
“For example, in Russia it's, or in Brazil, it's really popular nowadays. But for example, in Turkey, in Europe, or for that matter, in the United States, it's, it turns out that it's harder to convert signups to active users.”
Tim Valishev Jun 29, 2019 ▶ 12:58 1435 Live Chat For Business Passes $5m in ARR, 31,000 Customers, Bootstrapped
Jul 24, 2019
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Linkfluence had zero US market presence before acquiring Scoop.it
“LinkFluence has been very strongly developing its revenue model in Europe and Asia, but among all of the top players in the social listening space, it didn't do anything in the U.S.”
Guillaume Decugis Jul 24, 2019 ▶ 3:30 1460 Social Listening Tool Breaks $22M in ARR Responding to RFP's
Aug 12, 2019
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Givoly: Medivisor has over 130,000 subscribers across 129 countries
“We're, by the way, helping over 130,000 subscribers. In a 129 countries, though the vast majority are in the US.”
Tal Givoly Aug 12, 2019 ▶ 10:00 1479 Are they actually better than WebMD w $500k+ in Revenue?
Aug 18, 2019 positive
Disclosure
Gremlin Social serves 300 US banks and targets adjacent verticals
“So we work with about 300 banks today, primarily in the United States, and, you know, are looking to grow via adjacency, so growing into insurance, growing into wealth management, growing into mortgage, things like that.”
Doug Wilbur Aug 18, 2019 ▶ 6:11 1485 Social Media Management For Banks Raising $1.5m on $8m Pre (4x ARR)
Sep 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Art Pappas: Bullhorn has 10,000 paying customers primarily in US and EMEA
“10,000 paying customers. Majority are in the United States and EMEA.”
Art Pappas Sep 2, 2019 ▶ 3:06 1500 BullHorn Sold 60% Early On, Now $200m in ARR, E50+
Sep 21, 2019
Assertion Supported
Nusimow: Only about 700,000 of the 1M US MD holders practice medicine
“There's about a million people with an M.D. In the United States, and only about 700,000 of those M.D.s who, you know, people in the U.S. Who have a medical degree actually practice medicine today.”
Michael Nusimow Sep 21, 2019 ▶ 5:05 1519 Health Records Company Hits $23m ARR Serving 6000 Health Customers
Oct 6, 2019
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Boomerang Commerce Employs Roughly 80 Staff Across US and India
“We're currently about 80 FTEs spread between here and India. We've got our engineering center in India where our sales, marketing, customer success, finance, and GNA is all over here.”
Guru Hariharan Oct 6, 2019 ▶ 17:58 1534 With $10m in ARR, He Left Amazon to Help F100 Brands Sell More on Amazon
Oct 17, 2019 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Radius dataset covers 8 million US businesses and up to 30M contacts
“So radius has its own proprietary B to B data set domestic only today we cover approximately eight million businesses in the U S and somewhere in the neighborhood of 25 to thirty million contacts.”
Joel Carusone Oct 17, 2019 ▶ 2:39 1545 Radius CEO on 3 Pricing Axis, 100 Customers, 150%+ Net Revenue Retention, $100m ARR by 2020?
Dec 3, 2019 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
iAdvize operates at an 18-month CAC payback period in the US
“In the U S again, it's a lot of still based on certain assumptions, but we are looking at A year and a half to get to get back the investment.”
Nicholas de Rosen Dec 3, 2019 ▶ 12:50 1592 Why This $12m ARR Company Had To Pivot Away From Just Live Chat, Rely on $100k+ ACV American Customers
Dec 17, 2019
Assertion Supported
Farrow: Wedding and event industry generates $100B in US annual sales
“It makes up a incredible a hundred billion dollars worth of annual sales in the U S and about three hundred and thirty billion dollars globally.”
Rob Farrow Dec 17, 2019 ▶ 1:31 1606 The Right Way To Use Venture Debt to Hit $320k in MRR
Jan 1, 2020
Assertion Partly supported
Scudamore: 1-800-GOT-JUNK operates in every major metro across Canada, US, Australia
“The three hundred and twelve million, that's across Canada, the United States and Australia. We are in every major Metro in all three countries.”
Brian Scudamore Jan 1, 2020 ▶ 4:31 1621 The Unique Way He Plans to Go from $312 Million to $1 Billion
Feb 26, 2020 neutral
Disclosure
Meister: Olio is aggressively cutting pricing to win US enterprise logos
“We're being very, very aggressive, much more than we have been, you know, compared to years past. Given, given the market and the competitive nature and, you know, the expansion that we're really looking to do in the U S and the focus on ensuring we're bringin…”
Jeanette Meister Feb 26, 2020 ▶ 15:01 1677 50% Of The UK Police Force Use This Recruiting Tool, $13m ARR
Apr 13, 2020 neutral
Opinion
Pompliano: US Is Not the Global Leader in AI, Ed/Health, or Crypto
“Like average to above average in all three of those buckets today. But there's a lot of room for improvement. And I don't think that we're the best at any of those.”
Anthony Pompliano Apr 13, 2020 ▶ 46:55 New podcast: Anthony Pompliano on Price of Bitcoin, Gold, Chinese Power, Corporate Bailouts and 3 Places He's Investing
Apr 13, 2020 bearish
Prediction Held up
Pompliano: COVID-19 mortality rates will be much lower in retrospect
“One of the things that I personally think we're not going to get this for probably three to five years, but we're going to look back three to five years from now. We're going to say the death rates that were originally thought are going to be nowhere near wher…”
Anthony Pompliano Apr 13, 2020 ▶ 9:41 New podcast: Anthony Pompliano on Price of Bitcoin, Gold, Chinese Power, Corporate Bailouts and 3 Places He's Investing
Apr 13, 2020 neutral
Opinion
Pompliano: Economic value cannot treat every life as equal
“Do you, can you put the same quote unquote dollar amount on a life of somebody at the end of life versus somebody who's 25 years old, right? And I tend to think that it's unlikely that you would put the same value, right? Especially economic output standpoint …”
Anthony Pompliano Apr 13, 2020 ▶ 13:02 New podcast: Anthony Pompliano on Price of Bitcoin, Gold, Chinese Power, Corporate Bailouts and 3 Places He's Investing
Apr 13, 2020 bearish
Opinion
Pompliano: US shifts to wealth redistribution while China focuses on wealth creation
“Now we're getting more from a capitalist society, switching more to socialist. We're doing more wealth redistribution than wealth creation. And what you're seeing is a lot of wealth creation and not a lot of wealth redistribution happening in China and other c…”
Anthony Pompliano Apr 13, 2020 ▶ 41:03 New podcast: Anthony Pompliano on Price of Bitcoin, Gold, Chinese Power, Corporate Bailouts and 3 Places He's Investing
Apr 13, 2020 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
Pompliano: China's demographic trajectory mirrors the US 50 years ago
“Demographically China is basically doing what the U.S. Did, you know, 50 years ago, right? They've got a much younger population and kind of the way that they're growing.”
Anthony Pompliano Apr 13, 2020 ▶ 39:52 New podcast: Anthony Pompliano on Price of Bitcoin, Gold, Chinese Power, Corporate Bailouts and 3 Places He's Investing
Apr 13, 2020 bearish
Prediction Partly held up
Pompliano: 2020 Pandemic Bailouts Will Widen US Wealth Inequality Gap
“And I think the same thing's going to happen here. Unfortunately, Is we're just going to continue to see a widening of that wealth inequality gap because the rich, right? And it's not even the top, it's like the top two percent understand how the game is playe…”
Anthony Pompliano Apr 13, 2020 ▶ 29:46 New podcast: Anthony Pompliano on Price of Bitcoin, Gold, Chinese Power, Corporate Bailouts and 3 Places He's Investing
Apr 15, 2020 negative
Assertion Supported
Yanowitz: US mortgage delay requests surged up to 1,900% in March 2020
“Request to delay mortgage payments grew by 1300% between the mark, the week of March second and the week of March 16th and another 1900% in the set in the latter two weeks of March.”
Jason Yanowitz Apr 15, 2020 ▶ 13:11 New podcast: Jason Yanowitz on Consequences of Fed Stimulus, Socialism Next, Bitcoin Halving
Apr 15, 2020 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Yanowitz: November 2020 US presidential election could be delayed
“I do wonder if we will have an election in November. I'll say that. I don't know. I w I don't think it's crazy to think that we won't have, what happens is you delay, quote unquote, you delay the election in November.”
Jason Yanowitz Apr 15, 2020 ▶ 51:43 New podcast: Jason Yanowitz on Consequences of Fed Stimulus, Socialism Next, Bitcoin Halving
Apr 15, 2020 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Yanowitz: China emerges as the geopolitical winner from the COVID-19 pandemic
“China wins. And that this was not like, this wasn't the case after nine, 11 in the financial crisis. Like after both of those, the U S stepped up, right? The U S like had everyone else's back, but this is A, like we're just feeling it's very de-globalized bec…”
Jason Yanowitz Apr 15, 2020 ▶ 45:19 New podcast: Jason Yanowitz on Consequences of Fed Stimulus, Socialism Next, Bitcoin Halving
Apr 15, 2020 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Latka: Biometric version of the Patriot Act could be proposed
“You're going to see potentially a biometric version of the Patriot Act come into place here in the States, at least be proposed by somebody.”
Nathan Latka Apr 15, 2020 ▶ 50:04 New podcast: Jason Yanowitz on Consequences of Fed Stimulus, Socialism Next, Bitcoin Halving
Apr 15, 2020 neutral
Assertion Supported
Latka: China's Debt-to-GDP Is Around 300% Versus 104-105% in US
“China over the past couple of years, you've actually seen about 300% in terms of debt to GDP ratio. We're only at called 104 105%.”
Nathan Latka Apr 15, 2020 ▶ 26:58 New podcast: Jason Yanowitz on Consequences of Fed Stimulus, Socialism Next, Bitcoin Halving
Apr 22, 2020 positive
Prediction Held up
Pysh: US direct voter payouts and UBI will continue for at least a year
“True. If I'm gonna just say true or false, true.”
Preston Pysh Apr 22, 2020 ▶ 1:20:44 Preston Pysh on Bitcoin $200,000, QE at the top, UBI at bottom, $10t+ Fed Balance Sheet?
Apr 22, 2020 negative
Assertion Supported
Pysh: Federal Reserve monetary expansion forced the 1971 gold standard exit
“The Fed was basically adjusting their money multiplier that was putting more and more money into the system, which then got to the point by 71 that if all these countries said, hey, we want our claim to gold for how much this piece of paper represents, the US …”
Preston Pysh Apr 22, 2020 ▶ 20:19 Preston Pysh on Bitcoin $200,000, QE at the top, UBI at bottom, $10t+ Fed Balance Sheet?
May 10, 2020
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kim: Sendbird's customer base is 40% US, 30% EMEA, 30% APAC
“Geo-distribution wise, we have customers in US, about 40% come from US, about 30% come from UMEA, 30% come from Apex, so it's very globally distributed.”
John Kim May 10, 2020 ▶ 8:54 1751 SendBird Messaging SDK Sitting on $100m Cash, $20m in ARR
May 18, 2020 bearish
Prediction Open · timeframe May 2025
Nathan Latka predicts US will never subsidize electricity for cryptocurrency miners
“The U S I do not think will ever give electrical subsidies to miners setting up shops in Wyoming.”
Nathan Latka May 18, 2020 ▶ 1:14:51 Jonathan Herzog: His Plan To Get 30k Votes to Beat Jerry Nadler for NY Congressional Seat, YangGang Strategy and Freedom Dividend
May 18, 2020 positive
Assertion Supported
Jonathan Herzog claims 94% of Americans would benefit from VAT-funded UBI
“If you spend less than a 120,000 dollars a year on stuff, Then you are so much better off, and that's basically 94% of all people in the United States, because there's money coming in from oxygen in the system, from all the transactions, all the production, al…”
Jonathan Herzog May 18, 2020 ▶ 1:05:05 Jonathan Herzog: His Plan To Get 30k Votes to Beat Jerry Nadler for NY Congressional Seat, YangGang Strategy and Freedom Dividend
May 18, 2020 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Herzog: A 10% VAT would generate $800B annually for US
“So if we pass a 10% value added tax, that on its own conservatively would bring in eight hundred billion annually new revenue into the system.”
Jonathan Herzog May 18, 2020 ▶ 1:02:34 Jonathan Herzog: His Plan To Get 30k Votes to Beat Jerry Nadler for NY Congressional Seat, YangGang Strategy and Freedom Dividend
May 20, 2020 neutral
Assertion Supported
Santens: A $1,000 monthly UBI for US citizens costs $3 trillion gross
“So if you do that, and then if you're going to do a thousand dollars per month per person, and you're going to go to citizens in the United States, then it's a little over three trillion dollars. That's the gross cost.”
Scott Santens May 20, 2020 ▶ 43:55 Scott Santens on UBI vs Stimulus Checks
May 20, 2020 neutral
Assertion Supported
Santens: The US spends $1.5 trillion annually on tax expenditures
“And then also I want to stress too that we do 1.5 trillion dollars in tax expenditures every year. So there's a lot of, say, welfare that's written into the tax code.”
Scott Santens May 20, 2020 ▶ 50:51 Scott Santens on UBI vs Stimulus Checks
Jun 1, 2020
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Perry: 100% of Design Pickle's 470 employees are outside the US
“470.”
Russ Perry Jun 1, 2020 ▶ 7:11 DesignPickle: Bootstrapped, $10m Revenue, Helping 3,000 Brands Get Design Work Done
Jun 2, 2020 negative
Disclosure
Trustmary paused US and European marketing after finding product too generic
“We started putting efforts on sales and marketing, for example, in the US and into Europe somewhere The more effort somewhere in the November, December, but then we didn't get a lot of results. So that's why we have been, we scaled that down for a couple of mo…”
Arttu Haho Jun 2, 2020 ▶ 11:58 TrustMary: Transition from $2m Agency to $200k SaaS
Jun 17, 2020 negative
Opinion
US infrastructure deficits stem from lack of political will, not machinery
“Mind you, we have terrible infrastructure problems in the US, but it's not because there is a lack of machinery somehow. It's because there's a lack of political will to invest in infrastructure.”
Albert Wenger Jun 17, 2020 ▶ 21:23 Albert Wenger on Work After Capital
Jul 20, 2020 bullish
Disclosure
Agrawal: Rocket aims to open 5 to 10 US offices next year
“Next year, if all things go well, I'd love to open sort of five to 10 offices in the U S because it is a local market, right? You do need to be in market to talk to customers and back to candidates.”
Abhinav Agrawal Jul 20, 2020 ▶ 15:25 GetRocket Has $1.6m In Bank, $5m 2019 Revenues, 100 Customers They Recruit For
Aug 7, 2020 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Param Solutions employs 17 people across India and the United States
“Okay, so we have six sorry, we have 17 folks. 10 are in India and five are in the US. And two other consultants.”
Anil Kasablada Aug 7, 2020 ▶ 12:39 Param Solutions hits $35k MRR helping People Get Gov Developer Jobs
Aug 24, 2020 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Jackson: US Freelancers on Braintrust Charge $100 to $200 Hourly
“Most people's market rates are between, you know, in the U S it's going to be more expensive between one and 200 dollars an hour in other places around the world. It'll be cheaper than that.”
Adam Jackson Aug 24, 2020 ▶ 4:22 BrainTrust is Fiverr Owned by The Talent via Crypto Token
Oct 12, 2020 bullish
Disclosure
Trakto plans to enter the United States market in 2021
“So we are not like selling in the U S yeah. So that's our plan for 20, 21.”
Paulo Tenório Oct 12, 2020 ▶ 8:52 Trakto Hits $30k MRR With Canva Competitor. Can They Hit $1m ARR?
Oct 14, 2020 neutral
Opinion
Islay: European product companies lack sales investment and capital
“I think in Europe in particular, there's a lot of great product companies that have you know, don't have the capital to grow and have you know, like, Generally weak. You know, don't have the investment in the sales team. And also in their home markets, it's us…”
James Isilay Oct 14, 2020 ▶ 4:51 Cognism Prospecting Tool Hits $10m Revenue, 40% Of Last Round Was Secondary
Nov 11, 2020 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Wingo: Spiffy operates 210 service trucks across the US
“We have 210 trucks across the United States.”
Scott Wingo Nov 11, 2020 ▶ 15:29 GetSpiffy Hits $20m Run Rate Cleaning 30,000 Cars Per Month, Oil Changes and More Next!
Nov 11, 2020
Assertion Supported
US consumer services are twice the size of consumer goods in GDP
“If you look at, I'm also a hobby economist and if you look at the GDP of the United States, consumer services are twice the size as consumer goods.”
Scott Wingo Nov 11, 2020 ▶ 2:39 GetSpiffy Hits $20m Run Rate Cleaning 30,000 Cars Per Month, Oil Changes and More Next!
Nov 15, 2020 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
TeamSnap: Sports rebounded 100% better in Canada due to pandemic management
“And in certain parts, it's actually over a hundred percent more Canada than the U S because they managed the crisis more effectively.”
Dave DuPont Nov 15, 2020 ▶ 3:54 TeamSnap Cut 50% Workforce, Hiring Back Now As COVID Recovery Builds
Nov 29, 2020 positive
Disclosure
Miglietti: Toucan Toco Began Raising Capital for US Expansion
“Today we just started in the end of the summer of a raising term to go into the US because half of the software is built in the US and we need a partner to go into the US.”
Charles Miglietti Nov 29, 2020 ▶ 11:49 ToucanToco Raising Right Now $10m on $50m+ Pre with $5m in Revenue
Dec 10, 2020
Assertion Supported
Adler: About 50% of US Homes Have Experienced Water Damage
“About 50% of homes throughout the country have had water damage, so once someone has experienced that, they never want it to happen again, and spending a 199 bucks to fix that problem is a pretty nominal cost.”
Eric Adler Dec 10, 2020 ▶ 12:48 FlumeWater Sells 10k Units at $200 With SaaS Upsell
Dec 20, 2020 positive
Disclosure
Chupswick: Base10 led OnCall Health's Series A to drive US expansion
“Base 10 is our series, a lead investor. They're San Francisco based and they've been amazing in terms of helping us push into the U S more.”
Nicholas Chupswick Dec 20, 2020 ▶ 4:34 OnCallHealth Grows 150% to $3m Run Rate for Virtual Patient Care HealthTech
Jan 4, 2021
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Galliette: US market comprises 500,000 potential community recreation organizations
“And just to give you the number of potential organizations in the US, it's half a million. There's a half a million of park and rec, GCC, YMC, community center, gymnastics, cheer, dance.”
Francois Galliette Jan 4, 2021 ▶ 6:00 Amilia Makes $8m/yr From Event Organizers on 3 Revenue Streams
Jan 21, 2021
Assertion Partly supported
Finimize ranks among the top grossing finance apps in US and UK
“In the US, we are usually in the top 15, top 20 highest grossing finance apps, and in the UK, typically in the top three.”
Max Rafaga Jan 21, 2021 ▶ 19:16 Finimize Uses 1m Email List to Launch API SaaS, Grows to 30% of Total Revenue
Jan 27, 2021 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Yourvexel: Pepperi US upsells outpaced new sales during 2020
“The upsell in the US were more than the new sales during the COVID.”
Ofer Yourvexel Jan 27, 2021 ▶ 8:12 How Pepperi Hit $11m Revenue Bootstrapped, Rollup Next?
Feb 7, 2021 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Regalado: The US Market Has Roughly 930,000 Total Cleaning Companies
“There's about 930,000 companies in the U.S. There is 30,000 of them are those big boys. There is 610,000 that are commercial cleaning and about three to 400,000 is that residential space.”
Ricardo Regalado Feb 7, 2021 ▶ 12:36 GetRoute Builds Cleaning Business to $10m in 2020, Now Launches Software
Mar 5, 2021
Assertion Supported
Mackin: Top 10% of US real estate agents sell 41% of homes
“The top 10% of real estate agents sell, 41% of all homes sold in the US.”
Jimmy Mackin Mar 5, 2021 ▶ 4:23 Real Estate Tool Loses $3.6m During COVID, Now Recovered to $10m Run Rate
May 12, 2021 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Weirich: RealLink reaches 500k units across 1,400 US and UK properties
“So we're actually pushing in 500,000 units now on the platform, which is great. So rolling that up on a property level, we're around 1400 individual properties using a platform between the U S and the UK.”
Matt Weirich May 12, 2021 ▶ 6:06 Virtual Leasing Tour SaaS Hits $5m Revenue, Sells 60% at $34m Valuation Bringing on New Strategic Partner
Jun 3, 2021
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Indico processes 50M mortgage documents across 3,000 US counties
“And we actually have another customer that we are processing over fifty million mortgage titles and deed documents for all 3000 counties across the United States.”
Slater Victoroff Jun 3, 2021 ▶ 4:48 Process Automation SaaS: From $600k Pivot to 300% YoY Growth, How Indico Turned the Corner
Jun 25, 2021
Assertion Supported
Schreiber: 25% of US-China Freight Moves Through Yantian, Port Down 70%
“25% of the goods that shipped from China to the U.S. Ship out of Yantian, and that port is down, its capacity is down 70% because there was an outbreak of COVID and staff got sent home.”
Zvi Schreiber Jun 25, 2021 ▶ 8:36 Freightos Grows GMV 800%, Exits COVID Stronger Than Ever
Jul 9, 2021
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Mortensen: About 10 billion formal meetings occur annually in the US
“There's about ten billion formal meetings being set up in the U.S. Alone every year.”
Dennis Mortensen Jul 9, 2021 ▶ 12:08 Did Everyone Make Money in the Bizzabo X.AI Deal?
Aug 3, 2021 positive
Assertion Supported
Lunawat: 2020 Was Best Year for U.S. Home Sales in 15 Years
“Last year you know, was the best year for residential home sales in, in, in the last 15 odd years or so.”
Kunal Lunawat Aug 3, 2021 ▶ 5:37 $500k Consulting to $45m Prop Tech VC Fund
Sep 30, 2021 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
SPIDR Tech serves over 60 police agencies across US and Canada
“We have over 60 different agencies across the United States and Canada.”
Rahul Sidhu Sep 30, 2021 ▶ 6:41 Big exit or Acquihire? SpirdTech Exits With $2m+ in ARR and $4.5m Raised
Nov 6, 2021 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Purwar: High-Quality Senior Software Engineers in India Cost $30k Yearly
“Like for instance, we, I would say, let's say, 30,000 dollars is something like, you know, you can get really, really good senior engineer. You can get senior engineers who are like coding amazing stuff for 30 grand. You get nothing in the U S for 30 grand.”
Abhilasha Purwar Nov 6, 2021 ▶ 12:30 Electric Companies Pay Them $250k To Track Forest Fires, $1.2m raised at $7m Valuation
Nov 6, 2021 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Purwar: Operating Blue Sky in India Costs $1M Annually Versus $10M in US
“So the cost of running a startup like us in the US and New York would probably like ten million a year. But for cost of running a startup like us here is about a million a year.”
Abhilasha Purwar Nov 6, 2021 ▶ 11:57 Electric Companies Pay Them $250k To Track Forest Fires, $1.2m raised at $7m Valuation
Nov 7, 2021
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Trailing zero zip code bug caused a 6% revenue drop
“And it turns out that six percent of the zip codes in the U S and in zero. So that was a six percent revenue drop.”
Christine Bodegaro Nov 7, 2021 ▶ 7:13 Resurface Is On Prem API Management for HealthCare, $5k/year per Managed Node, $2m Raised
Nov 12, 2021 negative
What-if
Sheetgo founder regrets not raising significantly more capital in the US
“I think we should have raised money in the U S I live in Europe and I'm American, so we should have raised in the U S and a lot more capital for the kind of market we're going after.”
Yannick Rolt Nov 12, 2021 ▶ 10:53 SheetGo Hits $70k in MRR Helping You Get More out of Google Sheets
Nov 25, 2021 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Medication problems are the fourth leading cause of US deaths
“Problems for medications is the fourth leading cause of death in the U S”
Ariel Efragan Nov 25, 2021 ▶ 1:59 MDIHealth Raised $8m, Moving 6 PIlots To Full Time Customers With $1m+ ACV Potential
Dec 4, 2021
Disclosure
Package.ai operates with a ten-person team across Israel and the US
“So we have seven people in Israel and three in the US today.”
Ziv Foss Dec 4, 2021 ▶ 6:18 $1.4m ARR Furniture Delivery Chatbot Company Growing 200% YoY, Raising $5m Now
Dec 13, 2021
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bindle reaches 100,000 digital wallet installs across 30 states
“We have, I think short of a 100,000 wallets installed and we're operating in 30 states in the U S and then I think two or three Canadian provinces.”
Carlos Corton Dec 13, 2021 ▶ 9:55 Can Bindle beat Clear to Handle COVID Records as NFT's?
Dec 14, 2021
Assertion Partly supported
Simons: 10M Americans are sued for debt annually; 9M lose by default
“Ten million people are sued for debt every year in the US. Nine million of them automatically lose their case because they can't figure out how to respond.”
George Simons Dec 14, 2021 ▶ 1:45 SoloSuit Makes $80k/mo Helping Consumers Fight Bank Debt Collectors
Jan 5, 2022 neutral
Insight
US SaaS adoption is faster than India despite market size differences
“You are right in one sense that the market is certainly bigger, but then educating the market and the market adapting these new services is going to take longer. Whereas in the US the market, as well as the customers who are ready to take this year is much hig…”
Chaitanya Chakareti Jan 5, 2022 ▶ 12:50 Bootstrapped to $10m in India, Now Raising to Introduce Call Center Software to US
Jan 16, 2022 positive
Assertion Supported
Munford: Trulioo provides digital identity verification across 195 countries
“And the thing that makes us unique is that we do it not only here in Canada or the US, but we do it across 195 countries, which makes it hard and makes what we do quite special.”
Steve Munford Jan 16, 2022 ▶ 1:46 Profitable SaaS Hits $100m Revenue, $1.7b Valuation in Digital Identity Space
Jan 25, 2022 neutral
Prediction Held up
Bala predicts competitor Trust & Will will add document storage features
“Trust & Will right now has been focusing on estates, on will, sorry, and trust. As they get bigger into the US, I'm sure they're going to start to build this idea of, you know, document storage and guided journeys.”
Suchin Bala Jan 25, 2022 ▶ 12:22 Life Planning SaaS Hits $5k in MRR, Raises $1m on $6m Seed Round
Mar 19, 2022 negative
Opinion
Isilay: European tech companies lack capital and sales investment compared to US and UK
“I think in Europe in particular, there's a lot of great product companies that have you know, I don't have the capital to grow and have you know, like Generally weak. You know, don't have the investment in the sales team. And also in their home markets, it's u…”
James Isilay Mar 19, 2022 ▶ 4:13 Look Back: Cognism Prospecting Tool Hits $10m Revenue, 40% Of Last Round Was Secondary
Apr 3, 2022 bearish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Fischer: Swiss pre-seed valuations trail the US by up to $8M
“The pre-seed valuations are like between two million and maybe three million, something like that, where I see when I'm watching out the US, you know, stuff like that can already be at eight, ten million.”
Nadia Fischer Apr 3, 2022 ▶ 6:20 Language Optimization SaaS Hits $23k MRR in 6 Months, 9 FTE's, $3m Valuation
May 1, 2022
Insight
Darbyshire: Ukrainian developers charge $50-$75/hr with comparable quality to US talent
“The Ukrainian folks are typically in the 50 to 75 dollar an hour rate that's their similar quality, but the U.S. Folks have a little more experience working with big data some of the more complex architecture issues that we need to solve.”
Jon Darbyshire May 1, 2022 ▶ 24:48 How he hit $1m with no FTE's (Fiverr contractors only)
May 14, 2022
Disclosure
Artial secured a US drone manufacturer customer four months after launch
“We're only four months old. We'll just establish incorporating in, in December. And we have a prominent drone manufacturer. I was from United States. And they have a really good, like a company and building the helicopters for automation. And they're like, oka…”
Igor Fali May 14, 2022 ▶ 5:18 Drone Safety Software Raises at $4m Valuation, Lands first $100k Pilot for 25 Drones
May 29, 2022 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
The US domestic laundry market is a $300 billion industry
“There's a hundred and twenty-five million households producing 50 pounds of non-stop laundry every single week. If you do the math at a dollar per pound, which is what we charge, It's a three hundred billion dollar market in the U.S. Alone.”
Mort Fertel May 29, 2022 ▶ 13:34 15 year old launches unique app, breaks $1m revenue, raises $10m
Jun 19, 2022
Assertion Supported
Sigur says $7B in fraudulent auto claims are paid annually in US
“Because in the U S alone, over seven billion dollars per year is paid out in fraudulent claims and they can use that technology to.”
Rauno Sigur Jun 19, 2022 ▶ 3:48 Pay per car scan model generates $30k MRR helping Insurers decrease fraud
Aug 28, 2022
Disclosure
HBox employs nine engineers in India, remainder in the US
“Around nine people all are in India. Our R and D team is in India, but the rest of the team what we call as a customer success and care coaches, which are medical clinical staff are all based out of us.”
Banu Prasad Aug 28, 2022 ▶ 16:34 HealthTech Hits $1.4m ARR in 12 months with genius medicare reimbursement model
Oct 16, 2022 positive
Insight
Arrigoni: Off-season Southern Europe retreats are far more cost-effective than US or UK
“The entire Southern Europe is a perfect spot for all that kind of stuff. And of course you have people flying in from different places, but especially if you do it off season you know, you can kind of make the math work and it's so much harder to make it work …”
Massimo Arrigoni Oct 16, 2022 ▶ 3:02 Team Retreat Playbook: Why We Spend $2,500 per head for our SaaS team retreats
Oct 16, 2022 positive
Disclosure
Arrigoni: Bee booked a Sicily beach resort for €70 per person nightly
“This year we're gonna go to Sicily again in Italy, and the first week in October, about 70 people for the team retreat, and the per person, this is a beautiful resort on the beach, 70 euros per night, per person. It's practically impossible to find that kind o…”
Massimo Arrigoni Oct 16, 2022 ▶ 2:34 Team Retreat Playbook: Why We Spend $2,500 per head for our SaaS team retreats
Nov 27, 2022 negative
Assertion Supported
Hamilton: US pet microchips lack universal scanner compatibility across frequencies
“See, in the States, part of the problem is not all microchips can be read by all microchip scanners because there's multiple distributors, multiple frequencies.”
Michael Hamilton Nov 27, 2022 ▶ 5:26 His chip is Inside 176,000 Dogs, $1m in Revenue, Big Help for Vets
Nov 29, 2022 positive
Opinion
Suvanto: Revenue operations is booming in the US but trailing in Europe
“I know in us, the rev ops is, is already booming in Europe. It's sort of coming few steps back.”
Pietari Suvanto Nov 29, 2022 ▶ 16:36 How they hit $12m ARR with just $4m Raised helping RevOps teams with Firmographic Data
Dec 5, 2022 positive
Insight
Ghatge: Elite Indian sales reps effectively close US software deals
“I think like five years back, the story was very different, but they've learned, they've trained themselves and the really good ones have figured it out. And of course that pool is much smaller than what you'd like it to be. But it's still much cheaper than ha…”
Shruti Ghatge Dec 5, 2022 ▶ 14:22 She hit $250k MRR in November for Partnership SaaS, 4000 Customers, approx $90m Valuation
Dec 16, 2022 bullish
Opinion
US tax complexity makes it Earner's prime expansion target
“We think the US is a really interesting market when it comes to accounting and tax, probably even way more complicated than it is here. And the fact that everybody has to do a tax return there right here is mainly still small businesses is very interesting opp…”
Enzo Ottens Dec 16, 2022 ▶ 17:10 SMB Tax App hits $20k MRR by getting 1k+ Signups and Converting 20-50% to $35/mo paid accounts
Dec 27, 2022
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tidy Employs 27 People With Its Entire Engineering Team in India
“So, so we actually have about 27 people. The advantage for us is you know, we're U.S. Headquartered most of our customers are U.S. But our entire engineering and delivery team is based out of India.”
Kieran Menon Dec 27, 2022 ▶ 13:49 He got 17 customers to pay $80k/yr up from $40k/yr 1 year ago for Employee Onboarding SaaS
Jan 10, 2023 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Aida: RevCom can reach over $40M revenue run-rate this year
“Yeah, I think it's doable in, in terms of we are expanding, you know, our you know, market, not only Japan, but also Indonesia will be in the US.”
Takeshi "TK" Aida Jan 10, 2023 ▶ 16:26 Gong of Japan Hits $20m Revenue with just $15m Raised! Prime Takeover Target?
Jan 14, 2023 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ghibli: WeWork hosted 50 to 100 private rental events weekly across US
“I would say that every week we probably had close to 50 to a hundred events across the country of folks that rented out WeWork spaces.”
Gil Ghibli Jan 14, 2023 ▶ 7:14 Why he regrets selling 30% equity in $200k pre seed round
Feb 16, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
McNamby: VizyPay earns 58 to 60 cents profit per transaction
“I'm just telling you on our end, on our profit, there's about 58 to 60 cents per transaction we make, you know, out of the millions of transactions we do a month across the United States.”
Austin McNair Feb 16, 2023 ▶ 10:35 Bootstrapped to $18m by door knocking while competing with Toast, Square, and other fintechs
Feb 16, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Austin McNamby: VizyPay serves over 10,000 clients across the US
“We have a little bit over 10,000 clients across the United States, but that doesn't count maybe like the hardware because some locations have two or three pieces at their location, right? So if you just did a baseline of 10,000, cool, but you could probably ad…”
Austin McNair Feb 16, 2023 ▶ 6:55 Bootstrapped to $18m by door knocking while competing with Toast, Square, and other fintechs
Mar 1, 2023
Assertion Supported
Radfar: US has 3.5M to 4M solo businesses earning $100K–$1M
“On the hundred K to the million side it's on the magnitude of I'd say 3.5 to four million.”
Hooman Radfar Mar 1, 2023 ▶ 11:41 Collective Raises $50m to Take on Rippling, ZenBusiness. $1m MRR Next?
Mar 23, 2023 neutral
Prediction Didn’t hold up
The US is still years away from federal privacy laws, says Barokas
“And still to this day, we don't have national data privacy legislation that has been passed. And we're probably a couple of years away”
Ben Brokus Mar 23, 2023 ▶ 12:51 Sourcepoint Hits 500 Customers for Data Privacy Product, Will "definitely hit $50m in 2024"
Apr 3, 2023 bearish
Opinion
Naluichi: Selling corporate innovation in US and UK is too aggressive
“Teaching how to do innovation in US and UK is too aggressive, and so I decided to stay in niche market but anyway, very rewarding in terms of potential market share.”
Fabio Naluichi Apr 3, 2023 ▶ 4:30 $100m All Cash Exit, Bootstrapped. Now $50m in ARR growing 100% YoY
Apr 10, 2023 negative
Insight
Rasch: US medical provider networks drive the majority of health insurance costs
“The medical provider networks in the US charge a very high price and internationally medical provider networks have chart have no price, but it's like a majority of the cost of insurance.”
Sondre Rasch Apr 10, 2023 ▶ 5:45 How SafetyWing Doubled ARR to $24m and Closed Series B at $195m Post Money Valuation
Jun 6, 2023
Assertion Contradicted
Hurt: Only three US retailers had customer reviews in 2005
“And to put that in a historical context, there were only three retailers who had customer reviews at the time in the entire United States.”
Brett Hurt Jun 6, 2023 ▶ 3:57 How Investors Bought 50% of Data.World with 2.1m free users, accounts at 31k paid seats
Jun 7, 2023
Disclosure
Careerist leverages offshore talent, keeping only 20 of 300 employees US-based
“50 engineers, and well, what's good that most people are outside of the United States so we have only about, like, 20 people in the States, and everybody else is remote”
Ivan Sabayev Jun 7, 2023 ▶ 22:39 Rare! A YC company that profits $300k/mo, $25m revenue
Oct 12, 2023
Disclosure
Avestor runs with 7 US employees and 12 in India
“There are about seven full-time folks in the U S and about a dozen in India.”
Badri Malinar Oct 12, 2023 ▶ 17:50 This SaaS For Fund Manager's Just Hit $40k of MRR charing a % of AUM Managed
Feb 15, 2024 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Prados: Review Wave is approaching 6,000 locations across US and Canada
“Were approaching the 6000 mark for locations across the U S and Canada.”
Matt Prados Feb 15, 2024 ▶ 3:05 This CEO Does $20m/year Selling Software to Chiropractic Offices
Feb 15, 2024
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Prados: Review Wave's US target customer list is nearly 100,000 accounts
“It's close, close to a 100,000 US.”
Matt Prados Feb 15, 2024 ▶ 7:35 This CEO Does $20m/year Selling Software to Chiropractic Offices
Apr 16, 2024 neutral
Insight
Nordic founders prioritize longevity over US-style growth sprints
“Often we are a little bit timid. There's a little bit of a glass ceiling in, in the Nordics. We're super good at longevity building businesses, but the burst and the window of opportunity that, that Americans see and that they cherish. And hey, I have the oppo…”
Rasmus Holst Apr 16, 2024 ▶ 6:14 This Danish CEO Hit $30m ARR using Unique 14 Hub Model Selling Software for Microsoft Ecosystem
Jul 23, 2024 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Singh: US restaurant unit growth now comes from stadiums and EV stations
“Restaurants are no longer growing in the United States, right? It's like we're over retail, we're over restaurant. And so the growth of the units of restaurants is now in stadiums. It's in convenience stores. EV charging stations. It's not going to be the net …”
Savneet Singh Jul 23, 2024 ▶ 7:38 39 Year Old Public SaaS CEO Doubles Revenue to $400m Over the Last 24 Months - His Genius M&A Playbook
Jun 10, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Zitoun: Submagic had zero US customers before its Product Hunt launch
“First of May. Third of July, someone told us like, guys, you should do a product hunt because at this time we had zero customers on the US and my co-founder and I decided to say like, we should change the strategy. We are going fully into the US.”
David Zitoun Jun 10, 2025 ▶ 17:30 How I Built my AI Tool SubMagic to $667k/Month With a Tiny Team and No Funding
Dec 31, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Nair: Skillveri generates a $1.5M ARR across 350 global customers
“Yeah, that's where we are currently at, but we're looking at, so we are only at a hundred schools in the US, two 50 other customers globally worldwide, but we're looking at, there are about 26,000 schools in the US which have a CTE program.”
Sabari Nair Dec 31, 2025 ▶ 7:07 From $500K to $1.5M ARR: Bootstrapping VR SaaS for Trade Skills
Jan 7, 2026 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Davis: Volley serves nearly 2,000 of the 18,000 US franchise auto dealerships
“So there are 18,000 in the U S we work with almost 2000 and hopefully we'll keep growing.”
Scott Davis Jan 7, 2026 ▶ 1:06 How He Scaled a Niche SaaS to $14M/Year With No Funding
Apr 8, 2026 neutral
Disclosure
Buildern hires R&D in Armenia and customer-facing roles globally
“So customer facing roles we usually hire in US, Australia, or abroad. Engineering, QA, product, we hire in Armenia.”
Mike Tigranian Apr 8, 2026 ▶ 9:34 How Buildern Reached $2M Revenue With 300 Customers | Hmayak Tigranyan
Aug 11, 2026 neutral
Disclosure
Garg: Practice by Numbers employs 80 people, including 17 software developers
“So we have about 80 people worldwide, and about 42, 43 of them are in the US, and the rest of them are in India, and engineering-wise, we have about 1817, 18 developers, and at least three or four of them are thinking about agentic workflows.”
Rohit Garg Aug 11, 2026 ▶ 16:53 How He Bootstrapped Dental Software to $16m
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