Anand Kulkarni

Founder & CEO, CoreStory · 2 appearances on the record.

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

founderexecutivescientistengineerLinkedIn ↗corestory.ai ↗

He is the founder and CEO of CoreStory, spun out of Crowdbotics, a rapid software development platform he founded in 2017 that raised over $50 million. Previously, he was a UC Berkeley researcher who co-founded the Y Combinator-backed sales intelligence platform LeadGenius.

24statements → 14claims → 1claims resolved → 3.88/5average certainty → 1.25/5average debate potential → ≈4.0/5argument clarity, estimated → 2said about them ↓

1 supported 0 partly supported 0 contradicted 13 not checkable as stated how the 14 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

14 assertions · 4 insights · 6 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 14 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, and 13 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. 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 Anand 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
LeadGenius has raised $8M total, including a $6M Series A
“So we've raised total about eight million dollars. The last round was six million dollars from of course all of our existing investors plus Sierra Ventures who led the round.”
Anand Kulkarni Aug 29, 2016 ▶ 8:38 LeadGenius $700K MRR, 200 Customers

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 Anand Kulkarni on measured tape to publish a rate. This says nothing about how they speak.

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

Assertion Not checkable as stated
LeadGenius maintains a 10:1 LTV to CAC ratio
“LTV to CAC right now is about 10. So we are getting a pretty good return on investment.”
Anand Kulkarni Aug 29, 2016 ▶ 3:46 LeadGenius $700K MRR, 200 Customers
Insight
Open sales roles predict company purchasing frequency for sales products
“Information about the number of sales positions that are open at a company, which is a predictor of how often companies will buy sales products.”
Anand Kulkarni Aug 29, 2016 ▶ 5:11 LeadGenius $700K MRR, 200 Customers
Assertion Not checkable as stated
LeadGenius achieves net negative revenue churn every month
“Yeah, that's correct. That's roughly right on the gross level. On a net level, we're posting negative churn every month.”
Anand Kulkarni Aug 29, 2016 ▶ 5:55 LeadGenius $700K MRR, 200 Customers
Assertion Not checkable as stated
LeadGenius reports an LTV to CAC ratio of approximately 10
“LTV to CAC right now is about 10.”
Anand Kulkarni Jun 7, 2016 ▶ 5:08 He's 31, Doing $700k/mo By Automating The Sales Process WIth $8m Raised, EP 265: Anand Kulkarni
Insight
Anand Kulkarni uses open sales positions to predict who buys sales tools
“The number of sales positions that are open at a company, which is a predictor of how often companies will buy sales products.”
Anand Kulkarni Jun 7, 2016 ▶ 6:45 He's 31, Doing $700k/mo By Automating The Sales Process WIth $8m Raised, EP 265: Anand Kulkarni
Insight
Founders should ignore valuation as a scorecard and focus on business fundamentals
“I think that the companies that I would advise, I would tell them to worry a little less about the total valuation as a scorecard because it's not a scorecard. Worry more about fundamentals. Think about what that partner's bringing to the table and then decide…”
Anand Kulkarni Jun 7, 2016 ▶ 14:51 He's 31, Doing $700k/mo By Automating The Sales Process WIth $8m Raised, EP 265: Anand Kulkarni
Disclosure
LeadGenius charges from $2K to $1M per month per customer
“So we generally charge between 2000 a month all the way up to our biggest customers who give us up to a million a month.”
Anand Kulkarni Aug 29, 2016 ▶ 2:10 LeadGenius $700K MRR, 200 Customers
Assertion Not checkable as stated
LeadGenius reached around $8M annual revenue in 2015
“2015, we got up to just about eight million a year.”
Anand Kulkarni Aug 29, 2016 ▶ 2:31 LeadGenius $700K MRR, 200 Customers
Assertion Not checkable as stated
LeadGenius averages close to $40K ACV per enterprise customer
“Right now it's close to 40,000 dollars per user.”
Anand Kulkarni Aug 29, 2016 ▶ 3:09 LeadGenius $700K MRR, 200 Customers
Assertion Not checkable as stated
LeadGenius fully loaded customer acquisition cost is around $15,000
“If you bundle in full sales and marketing costs fully loaded, I'd say it's closer to 15.”
Anand Kulkarni Aug 29, 2016 ▶ 4:36 LeadGenius $700K MRR, 200 Customers
Assertion Not checkable as stated
LeadGenius employs 50 local staff and 500 global data researchers
“So we've got 50 folks locally, just shy of 50, plus a crowd of about 500 people around the world who are helping us with data acquisition.”
Anand Kulkarni Aug 29, 2016 ▶ 8:10 LeadGenius $700K MRR, 200 Customers
Assertion Supported
LeadGenius has raised $8M total, including a $6M Series A
“So we've raised total about eight million dollars. The last round was six million dollars from of course all of our existing investors plus Sierra Ventures who led the round.”
Anand Kulkarni Aug 29, 2016 ▶ 8:38 LeadGenius $700K MRR, 200 Customers
Disclosure
LeadGenius charges between $2,000 and $1,000,000 per month per customer
“So we generally charge between 2000 a month all the way up to our biggest customers who give us up to a million a month.”
Anand Kulkarni Jun 7, 2016 ▶ 3:31 He's 31, Doing $700k/mo By Automating The Sales Process WIth $8m Raised, EP 265: Anand Kulkarni
Assertion Not checkable as stated
LeadGenius reached approximately $8 million in revenue in 2015
“2015, we got up to just about eight million a year.”
Anand Kulkarni Jun 7, 2016 ▶ 3:53 He's 31, Doing $700k/mo By Automating The Sales Process WIth $8m Raised, EP 265: Anand Kulkarni
Assertion Not checkable as stated
LeadGenius's average revenue per customer is roughly $40,000 annually
“Right now it's close to 40,000 dollars per user. That's annually.”
Anand Kulkarni Jun 7, 2016 ▶ 4:31 He's 31, Doing $700k/mo By Automating The Sales Process WIth $8m Raised, EP 265: Anand Kulkarni
Assertion Not checkable as stated
LeadGenius's fully loaded CAC is closer to $15,000 per customer
“If you bundle in full sales and marketing costs fully loaded, I'd say it's closer to 15.”
Anand Kulkarni Jun 7, 2016 ▶ 5:58 He's 31, Doing $700k/mo By Automating The Sales Process WIth $8m Raised, EP 265: Anand Kulkarni
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kulkarni: LeadGenius achieves net negative revenue churn every month
“That's roughly right on the gross level. On a net level, we're posting negative churn every month.”
Anand Kulkarni Jun 7, 2016 ▶ 7:17 He's 31, Doing $700k/mo By Automating The Sales Process WIth $8m Raised, EP 265: Anand Kulkarni
Disclosure
LeadGenius generated roughly $700,000 in monthly recurring revenue in early 2016
“Let's see, we are probably close to about 700 and change. I want to double check that number first.”
Anand Kulkarni Jun 7, 2016 ▶ 9:07 He's 31, Doing $700k/mo By Automating The Sales Process WIth $8m Raised, EP 265: Anand Kulkarni
Disclosure
Kulkarni: LeadGenius operates with 50 local staff and 500 global workers
“We've got 50 folks locally, just shy of 50, plus a crowd of about 500 people around the world who are helping us with the acquisition.”
Anand Kulkarni Jun 7, 2016 ▶ 9:32 He's 31, Doing $700k/mo By Automating The Sales Process WIth $8m Raised, EP 265: Anand Kulkarni
Insight
Anand Kulkarni says keyboard shortcuts are essential for managing a large organization
“Being quick and effective using keyboard shortcuts and blasting through a lot of communication is one of the best ways to manage a large organization.”
Anand Kulkarni Jun 7, 2016 ▶ 19:27 He's 31, Doing $700k/mo By Automating The Sales Process WIth $8m Raised, EP 265: Anand Kulkarni
Assertion Not checkable as stated
LeadGenius serves over 200 enterprise customers
“We serve enterprise customers and that segment we're looking at about 200 customers and some change.”
Anand Kulkarni Aug 29, 2016 ▶ 3:00 LeadGenius $700K MRR, 200 Customers
Assertion Not checkable as stated
LeadGenius serves over 200 enterprise customers as of early 2016
“We serve enterprise customers. In that segment, we're looking at about 200 customers and some change.”
Anand Kulkarni Jun 7, 2016 ▶ 4:21 He's 31, Doing $700k/mo By Automating The Sales Process WIth $8m Raised, EP 265: Anand Kulkarni
Disclosure
Kulkarni: LeadGenius uses crowdsourced labor rather than on-site consulting teams
“We don't have any say consulting teams that we send on site. What we do have are a crowd of folks who help us get certain kinds of data that might be tricky to get using automated methods.”
Anand Kulkarni Jun 7, 2016 ▶ 6:18 He's 31, Doing $700k/mo By Automating The Sales Process WIth $8m Raised, EP 265: Anand Kulkarni
Disclosure
Kulkarni: LeadGenius Has Raised $8M Total, Including $6M Series A
“So we've raised total about eight million dollars. The last round was six million dollars from of course all of our existing investors plus Sierra Ventures.”
Anand Kulkarni Jun 7, 2016 ▶ 9:59 He's 31, Doing $700k/mo By Automating The Sales Process WIth $8m Raised, EP 265: Anand Kulkarni

The other half of the tape: Anand Kulkarni's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 2 times in 1 episode on Top Founders. every mention, with the transcript →

Who brings them up most Nathan Latka 2

Every mention by year

tap a year for its mentions
0011212016episodesmentions
0112016episodes it came up in
0010.5212016episodesmentions per episode

Appearances (2)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
LeadGenius $700K MRR, 200 Customers Aug 29, 2016 9m
He's 31, Doing $700k/mo By Automating The Sales Process WIth $8m Raised, EP 265: Anand Kul Jun 7, 2016 9m
Made with StarZero

Turn any episode into a week of clips.

This entire site, over 2,600 episodes transcribed, diarized, checked and made playable, runs on the StarZero media pipeline. Drop in your own episode and the podcast clipper finds the moments worth sharing, cuts them, captions them, and reframes them for every feed.