Alon Bloch

Co-Founder and CEO, K Health · 1 appearance on the record.

computed by AI from the episodes · how this works → · full disclaimer →

Allon Bloch is an entrepreneur leading K Health, an AI-driven clinical primary care platform he co-founded in 2016. He previously served as co-CEO of Wix and co-founder and CEO of online automotive retailer Vroom, both of which later went public.

9statements → 6claims → 3claims resolved → 100%fully supported → 4/5average certainty → 1.22/5average debate potential →

3 supported 0 partly supported 0 contradicted 3 not yet assessed how the 6 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

6 assertions · 2 insights · 1 disclosure · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 6 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 3 are resolved, 3 are not yet assessed. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Alon argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported

Vroom's average vehicle price point is nearly $30,000

“So, the average price point is nearly 30,000 dollars.”

Alon Bloch Feb 7, 2016 ▶ 4:28 He did $900m in sales last year on something you touch every day with Allon Bloch of Vroom

How they sound: not measured why? →

We measure speaking style by listening to the audio itself, and a fair number needs at least 2,000 words from one person on tape we have measured. There is too little of Alon Bloch on measured tape to publish a rate. This says nothing about how they speak.

What they said9 Episodes1

Everything Alon Bloch said on Top Founders that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Assertion Not publicly verifiable

Vroom and Texas Direct generated about $900M in revenue in 2015

“So our combined business, because we also acquired another company called Texas Direct, is about nine hundred million in revenue in 2015.”

Alon Bloch Feb 7, 2016 ▶ 1:48 He did $900m in sales last year on something you touch every day with Allon Bloch of Vroom

Insight

Online car retailers must operate at Amazon-like high volumes to succeed

“Most dealers are small cash rich businesses that are local because of the franchise law. So they sell a 102 102 hundred cars, you know, we're selling more than that, but way more than that in order to be successful, you know, we need to be kind of a high volum…”

Alon Bloch Feb 7, 2016 ▶ 13:28 He did $900m in sales last year on something you touch every day with Allon Bloch of Vroom

Assertion Not publicly verifiable

Vroom sold close to 5,000 vehicles in December 2015 alone

“In December alone, we sold close to 5000 vehicles.”

Alon Bloch Feb 7, 2016 ▶ 4:10 He did $900m in sales last year on something you touch every day with Allon Bloch of Vroom

Assertion Supported

Vroom's average vehicle price point is nearly $30,000

“So, the average price point is nearly 30,000 dollars.”

Alon Bloch Feb 7, 2016 ▶ 4:28 He did $900m in sales last year on something you touch every day with Allon Bloch of Vroom

Assertion Supported

Vroom raised $95M to fund the Texas Direct Auto acquisition

“In conjunction with this, we raised you know, an additional ninety-five million dollars from investors.”

Alon Bloch Feb 7, 2016 ▶ 7:07 He did $900m in sales last year on something you touch every day with Allon Bloch of Vroom

Insight

Vroom prices cars below market to maximize inventory turnover

“We sell cars below market prices because we want to turn them quickly.”

Alon Bloch Feb 7, 2016 ▶ 8:46 He did $900m in sales last year on something you touch every day with Allon Bloch of Vroom

Assertion Not publicly verifiable

Texas Direct generated more revenue than Vroom prior to the acquisition

“They were larger than us. We're not breaking that down, but they were larger than us.”

Alon Bloch Feb 7, 2016 ▶ 9:37 He did $900m in sales last year on something you touch every day with Allon Bloch of Vroom

Disclosure

Vroom raised a $12M friends and family round with founder participation

“We did a friends and family round when Emily and I joined at twelve million dollars, and we were part of that investment.”

Alon Bloch Feb 7, 2016 ▶ 15:46 He did $900m in sales last year on something you touch every day with Allon Bloch of Vroom

Assertion Supported

Vroom's combined business with Texas Direct employed about 500 people

“Combined business, about 500 employees.”

Alon Bloch Feb 7, 2016 ▶ 7:41 He did $900m in sales last year on something you touch every day with Allon Bloch of Vroom

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
He did $900m in sales last year on something you touch every day with Allon Bloch of Vroom	Feb 7, 2016	13m

Alon Bloch

The record, in short

Their most notable supported claim

How they sound: not measured why? →

Appearances (1)

Turn any episode into a week of clips.