Brian Badera

Co-Founder and CEO, Amplify Relations · 1 appearance on the record.

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

Bryan Bedera co-founded Amplify Relations, an advertising, public relations, and public affairs firm managing corporate and political campaigns. He also founded the text-to-web polling platform Vote Text and provides political commentary and polling analysis.

10statements → 5claims → 0claims resolved → 4/5average certainty → 2.4/5average debate potential → 2said about them ↓

5 not checkable as stated how the 5 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

1 prediction · 4 assertions · 1 insight · 4 disclosures · every statement was checked. The prediction and assertions are the 5 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 0 are resolved, and 5 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.

What they said10 What others said2 Episodes1

Everything Brian Badera 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

Robocalling every Florida voter costs $500k at a 90% profit margin

“But for example, to call every voter in Florida you're looking at a cost of around 500,000 dollars to the client and we're able to capture 90% of that as revenue for our, or as profit for the firm.”

Brian Badera Jun 18, 2016 ▶ 7:22 EP 329: It Costs $500k To Call Everyone in Florida, He's Behind Ted Cruz

Disclosure

Amplify Relations worked for the Koch brothers and Americans for Prosperity

“We actually did a lot of work for the Koch brothers and Americans for prosperity.”

Brian Badera Jun 18, 2016 ▶ 3:43 EP 329: It Costs $500k To Call Everyone in Florida, He's Behind Ted Cruz

Disclosure

Amplify Relations organized Glenn Beck's nationwide anti-ACA town hall tour

“No, actually what we did with Glenn Beck was a series of town hall meetings all over the country in opposition to the Affordable Care Act.”

Brian Badera Jun 18, 2016 ▶ 4:17 EP 329: It Costs $500k To Call Everyone in Florida, He's Behind Ted Cruz

Disclosure

Ted Cruz's Super PAC is an Amplify Relations client

“Ted Cruz's super PAC is actually a client. So we're doing some of that work.”

Brian Badera Jun 18, 2016 ▶ 6:45 EP 329: It Costs $500k To Call Everyone in Florida, He's Behind Ted Cruz

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Amplify Relations lost a British beer client over Republican political ties

“We actually just had a just got ruled out of a pitch with a British beer company because they said they wouldn't work with anybody who's Republican.”

Brian Badera Jun 18, 2016 ▶ 9:26 EP 329: It Costs $500k To Call Everyone in Florida, He's Behind Ted Cruz

Prediction Not checkable as stated

Pitching regional mid-size town newspapers guarantees startup media coverage

“If you want to garner real media impressions, go to regional papers in towns with a 100,000 to 500,000 people in them, and if you tell them about your product, I guarantee they'll run a story because they're desperate for content.”

Brian Badera Jun 18, 2016 ▶ 11:33 EP 329: It Costs $500k To Call Everyone in Florida, He's Behind Ted Cruz

Disclosure

Badera funded Amplify Relations entirely using his student loan money

“19 years old, we lived on student loans we used student loan money to fund the entire startup of the company.”

Brian Badera Jun 18, 2016 ▶ 4:58 EP 329: It Costs $500k To Call Everyone in Florida, He's Behind Ted Cruz

Insight

Average US Senate campaigns run $20M budgets with 2-3 direct employees

“A, you know, let's take an average United States Senate campaign, for example, probably only has two, maybe three direct employees, and then another 10 or 15 consultants and ad firms that are supporting them. And they're running a 10 or a twenty million dollar…”

Brian Badera Jun 18, 2016 ▶ 8:17 EP 329: It Costs $500k To Call Everyone in Florida, He's Behind Ted Cruz

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Amplify Relations can survey 20,000 potential customers via phone in minutes

“So in a matter of minutes, we can survey 10 or 20,000 potential customers on their, what they're looking for from your product.”

Brian Badera Jun 18, 2016 ▶ 10:36 EP 329: It Costs $500k To Call Everyone in Florida, He's Behind Ted Cruz

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Amplify Relations generated nearly $2 million in revenue in 2015

“And we'll have done, what, about, just shy of two million in revenue.”

Brian Badera Jun 18, 2016 ▶ 5:12 EP 329: It Costs $500k To Call Everyone in Florida, He's Behind Ted Cruz

The other half of the tape: Brian Badera'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

mentionsepisodesper episode tap a year for its mentions

2016 2 mentions in 1 episode

EP 328: She Bought 50% for $17k, Now Does $1M Per Year in iPhone Repairs Jun 17, 2016 · 2 mentions · from 1:02
every mention in 2016, scene by scene →

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
EP 329: It Costs $500k To Call Everyone in Florida, He's Behind Ted Cruz	Jun 18, 2016	7m

Brian Badera

Every mention by year

Appearances (1)

Turn any episode into a week of clips.