Casey Kanaan

Co-Founder and CEO, Envoy America · 1 appearance on the record.

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Karim "K. C." Kanaan co-founded Envoy America in 2015 to offer door-through-door accompanied transportation and companionship for older adults and patients. Prior to launching the company, he held management and business development roles at corporations including Intel, Seagate Technology, and Bose Corporation.

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5 assertions · 5 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 5 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, and 4 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 Casey argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted
Envoy America is the exclusive provider for Mayo Clinic in Phoenix
“We we've been able to win marquee clients like the Mayo clinic where the exclusive provider For them in Phoenix, the American Cancer Society, we're the exclusive provider.”
Casey Kanaan Feb 11, 2017 ▶ 10:16 EP 567: EnvoyAmerica Does $160k in 2016 Helping Senior Citizens Get Around with CEO KC Kanaan

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Assertion Not checkable as stated
Most Envoy America senior clients lack smartphones
“Most of them don't have smartphones. They don't have, they're not comfortable using technology, so they rely on the phone to place, to make reservations”
Casey Kanaan Feb 11, 2017 ▶ 8:25 EP 567: EnvoyAmerica Does $160k in 2016 Helping Senior Citizens Get Around with CEO KC Kanaan
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Envoy America made $22k in December and $20k in November
“In Jan, in December, we did about 22,000 dollars that month. In November, we did roughly 20.”
Casey Kanaan Feb 11, 2017 ▶ 4:23 EP 567: EnvoyAmerica Does $160k in 2016 Helping Senior Citizens Get Around with CEO KC Kanaan
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Envoy America did about $180k in revenue in 2016
“We're, we did about a 180,000 in revenue.”
Casey Kanaan Feb 11, 2017 ▶ 4:36 EP 567: EnvoyAmerica Does $160k in 2016 Helping Senior Citizens Get Around with CEO KC Kanaan
Disclosure
Envoy America founders invested over $100K and raised $210K from friends and family
“So between the two of us, we've invested over a 100,000 and then we've raised so far, we've raised 210,000 dollars from friends and family.”
Casey Kanaan Feb 11, 2017 ▶ 6:19 EP 567: EnvoyAmerica Does $160k in 2016 Helping Senior Citizens Get Around with CEO KC Kanaan
Disclosure
Envoy America plans to raise $500K on Crowdfunder via convertible notes
“No, it's convertible note. In January, in about three weeks, we are starting a crowd funding campaign with crowdfunder.com. And we're trying to raise an additional 500,000, but also convertible notes.”
Casey Kanaan Feb 11, 2017 ▶ 6:34 EP 567: EnvoyAmerica Does $160k in 2016 Helping Senior Citizens Get Around with CEO KC Kanaan
Disclosure
Envoy America pays drivers $18 per hour
“We are paying them. 18 dollars per hour.”
Casey Kanaan Feb 11, 2017 ▶ 9:35 EP 567: EnvoyAmerica Does $160k in 2016 Helping Senior Citizens Get Around with CEO KC Kanaan
Assertion Contradicted
Envoy America is the exclusive provider for Mayo Clinic in Phoenix
“We we've been able to win marquee clients like the Mayo clinic where the exclusive provider For them in Phoenix, the American Cancer Society, we're the exclusive provider.”
Casey Kanaan Feb 11, 2017 ▶ 10:16 EP 567: EnvoyAmerica Does $160k in 2016 Helping Senior Citizens Get Around with CEO KC Kanaan
Disclosure
Envoy America plans to expand to 3 to 5 states in 2017
“So today we are in Phoenix in about two weeks, less than two weeks, we will be launching in Tucson, Arizona. And depending on how fast we ramp up the operation, the plan is to expand to three to five other geographies states within 2017.”
Casey Kanaan Feb 11, 2017 ▶ 3:05 EP 567: EnvoyAmerica Does $160k in 2016 Helping Senior Citizens Get Around with CEO KC Kanaan
Disclosure
Envoy America charges $39 hourly with a one-hour minimum
“The base rate when we're driving is 39 dollars per hour, minimum one hour, and then by the minute after the first hour.”
Casey Kanaan Feb 11, 2017 ▶ 4:00 EP 567: EnvoyAmerica Does $160k in 2016 Helping Senior Citizens Get Around with CEO KC Kanaan
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Most Envoy America clients come through B2B institutional partners
“No, most of them are coming through the businesses that we serve.”
Casey Kanaan Feb 11, 2017 ▶ 11:19 EP 567: EnvoyAmerica Does $160k in 2016 Helping Senior Citizens Get Around with CEO KC Kanaan

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
EP 567: EnvoyAmerica Does $160k in 2016 Helping Senior Citizens Get Around with CEO KC Kan Feb 11, 2017 7m
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