Arun Saigal

1 appearance on the record.

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8statements → 4claims → 1claims resolved → 3.62/5average certainty → 1.5/5average debate potential → ≈4.5/5argument clarity, estimated →

1 supported 0 partly supported 0 contradicted 3 not checkable as stated how the 4 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

1 prediction · 3 assertions · 1 opinion · 3 disclosures · every statement was checked. The prediction and assertions are the 4 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, and 3 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

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Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported

Saigal: 100,000 Yemeni Families Manage Solar Power via a Thunkable App

“So there was a young guy in Yemen who found Thunkable, built an app on us, and now there are about a 100,000 families in Yemen who manage their solar power through this app that this guy who didn't know how to code built on our product.”

Arun Saigal Oct 25, 2017 ▶ 7:51 823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

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 Arun Saigal on measured tape to publish a rate. This says nothing about how they speak.

What they said8 Episodes1

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Opinion

Saigal: 80-90% of app store apps can be built on Thunkable

“80 to 90% of those apps are pretty simple and should be able to be built on Funkable.”

Arun Saigal Oct 25, 2017 ▶ 10:54 823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

Prediction Not checkable as stated

Saigal predicts 5% to 10% of Thunkable users will convert to paying customers

“We have good indications that, you know, hopefully five to 10% of our folks will be paying us. But as you said, until we actually prove it out, it's not certain.”

Arun Saigal Oct 25, 2017 ▶ 12:22 823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Saigal: Seven million users have built apps on Thunkable's platforms

“You'll see that, you know, we already have some between our open source and proprietary stuff, some seven million people who have built apps on our platform.”

Arun Saigal Oct 25, 2017 ▶ 4:13 823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

Disclosure

Saigal: Thunkable charges high five figures annually for API integrations

“We're talking usually five figure kind of high five figures.”

Arun Saigal Oct 25, 2017 ▶ 5:57 823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

Assertion Supported

Saigal: 100,000 Yemeni Families Manage Solar Power via a Thunkable App

Arun Saigal Oct 25, 2017 ▶ 7:51 823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

Disclosure

Thunkable targets a $20 per month subscription price point

“We're targeting something around 20 bucks per month.”

Arun Saigal Oct 25, 2017 ▶ 9:25 823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

Disclosure

Thunkable aims for $10k monthly recurring revenue by December 2017

“From this model, 10,000 bucks a month. Something low, but something that proves out that people are willing to pass. That's more important to us right now than seeing, you know,”

Arun Saigal Oct 25, 2017 ▶ 12:45 823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Saigal: All 10 Thunkable Employees Were Hired Through Personal Connections

“The 10 people in the company, all of them basically came through personal connections, et cetera”

Arun Saigal Oct 25, 2017 ▶ 15:15 823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will	Oct 25, 2017	8m

Arun Saigal

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