Dave Bell

Co-founder & CEO, Gummicube · 1 appearance on the record.

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Dave Bell co-founded Gummicube in 2010, building it into an App Store Optimization and mobile intelligence platform serving enterprise brands. He led the company through its acquisition by Airship in June 2022.

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4 assertions · 3 insights · 2 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions 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.

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Assertion Supported

Gummicube Predates Sensor Tower as North America's Oldest ASO Company

“We launched Gummy Cube in 2010. We are actually the oldest ASO company in North America. We were founded three years before, you know, Sensor Tower, for example, even existed as a technology or a tool.”

Dave Bell Oct 18, 2019 ▶ 4:24 1546 $4.8M ARR, Bootstrapped, Major Media Brands and Games Use This To Optimzie App Store Apps

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Insight

Many SaaS Companies Fail by Having an Allergy to Service

“I think the failure of a lot of SAS companies is to have an allergy to service. I think that you know, at the end of the day, being able to help your customers, not just use the product, but make good decisions when they're using the product is extremely impor…”

Dave Bell Oct 18, 2019 ▶ 9:12 1546 $4.8M ARR, Bootstrapped, Major Media Brands and Games Use This To Optimzie App Store Apps

Insight

Bootstrapping Avoids Building Your Business for an Investor's Model

“I think that one of the benefits of being bootstrapped is that, you know, we really get to build the business in a way that makes sense instead of building a business for someone else's model. And so I think that's helped us grow much faster. I think it's help…”

Dave Bell Oct 18, 2019 ▶ 15:15 1546 $4.8M ARR, Bootstrapped, Major Media Brands and Games Use This To Optimzie App Store Apps

Insight

Bell: ASO Search and Conversion Data Optimizes All Marketing Channels

“A lot of this activity, when you understand what converts really well, when you understand the way users search and what they hope to find, that also translates into optimization of any of your other marketing channels, because at the end of the day, you're tr…”

Dave Bell Oct 18, 2019 ▶ 2:22 1546 $4.8M ARR, Bootstrapped, Major Media Brands and Games Use This To Optimzie App Store Apps

Assertion Supported

Gummicube Predates Sensor Tower as North America's Oldest ASO Company

Dave Bell Oct 18, 2019 ▶ 4:24 1546 $4.8M ARR, Bootstrapped, Major Media Brands and Games Use This To Optimzie App Store Apps

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Most Gummicube Customers Pay $2,500 Per App Per Month

“No, it's more than that. So most, most people that we work with are kind of at the 2500 dollars per app per month level.”

Dave Bell Oct 18, 2019 ▶ 4:06 1546 $4.8M ARR, Bootstrapped, Major Media Brands and Games Use This To Optimzie App Store Apps

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Gummicube Serves Over 150 Enterprise Customers

“Right now, you know, we serve upwards of a 150 enterprise customers.”

Dave Bell Oct 18, 2019 ▶ 5:58 1546 $4.8M ARR, Bootstrapped, Major Media Brands and Games Use This To Optimzie App Store Apps

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Gummicube Has Nearly Doubled Revenue Over the Last 18 Months

“Or realistically in the last 18 months, we've almost doubled.”

Dave Bell Oct 18, 2019 ▶ 7:13 1546 $4.8M ARR, Bootstrapped, Major Media Brands and Games Use This To Optimzie App Store Apps

Disclosure

Gummicube Does Not Use Free Trials to Acquire Customers

“We are not, you know, a company that leverages free trials or gives things away to acquire customers.”

Dave Bell Oct 18, 2019 ▶ 12:30 1546 $4.8M ARR, Bootstrapped, Major Media Brands and Games Use This To Optimzie App Store Apps

Disclosure

Dave Bell Raised Over $60M as Co-Founder of Playphone

“My last one I was a co-founder of Playfoam where we raised 60 or seventy million dollars.”

Dave Bell Oct 18, 2019 ▶ 8:07 1546 $4.8M ARR, Bootstrapped, Major Media Brands and Games Use This To Optimzie App Store Apps

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
1546 $4.8M ARR, Bootstrapped, Major Media Brands and Games Use This To Optimzie App Store	Oct 18, 2019	12m

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