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David Dunne

Founder & Vice-Chairman, Velocidi · 1 appearance on the record.

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David Dunne is the founder and vice-chairman of Velocidi. He previously served as the chief operating officer of Edelman Digital, scaling its global digital marketing practice across 26 countries.

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Assertion Supported
Edelman Digital was among the first customers for Radian6 and Buddy Media
“Companies like Buzz Metrics Radiant Six, Buddy Media, others, we were literally among their first customers.”
David Dunne Jul 23, 2017 ▶ 6:26 729: Will Edelman Digital Creator Lead New AI Marketing World?

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Disclosure
Velocity charges by data streams rather than by seats or lines
“So, so unlike a lot of the folks in the industry who charge by the line of data or by seats, we choose not to do either of those things. Instead, we charge by the data stream.”
David Dunne Jul 23, 2017 ▶ 3:41 729: Will Edelman Digital Creator Lead New AI Marketing World?
Disclosure
Velocity refuses to work with direct brand competitors simultaneously
“We're not ever going to be working with those two brands side by side.”
David Dunne Jul 23, 2017 ▶ 21:27 729: Will Edelman Digital Creator Lead New AI Marketing World?
Disclosure
Velocity pricing starts at $3,000 per month for base customers
“Customers start at about 3000 a month, and it varies greatly depending on if the customer has a global footprint.”
David Dunne Jul 23, 2017 ▶ 3:01 729: Will Edelman Digital Creator Lead New AI Marketing World?
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Velocity's average monthly revenue per user is about $6,000
“I would probably say it's about 6000 a month.”
David Dunne Jul 23, 2017 ▶ 3:24 729: Will Edelman Digital Creator Lead New AI Marketing World?
Assertion Supported
Edelman Digital was among the first customers for Radian6 and Buddy Media
“Companies like Buzz Metrics Radiant Six, Buddy Media, others, we were literally among their first customers.”
David Dunne Jul 23, 2017 ▶ 6:26 729: Will Edelman Digital Creator Lead New AI Marketing World?
Assertion Partly supported
Velocity raised $3M from friends and family before closing $12M institutionally
“We, friends and family probably put in about three million into the business in the early years, and then we just closed an institutional round for about twelve million at the end of last year, beginning of this year.”
David Dunne Jul 23, 2017 ▶ 10:53 729: Will Edelman Digital Creator Lead New AI Marketing World?
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Acquiring a global agency client costs Velocity hundreds of thousands of dollars
“If I want to acquire a new global agency client that could take a year, and it could cost, you know, a couple 100,000 dollars to go through that process.”
David Dunne Jul 23, 2017 ▶ 12:56 729: Will Edelman Digital Creator Lead New AI Marketing World?
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Velocity serves fewer than 500 customers as of July 2017
“Less than 500.”
David Dunne Jul 23, 2017 ▶ 18:43 729: Will Edelman Digital Creator Lead New AI Marketing World?
Disclosure
Velocity's top enterprise advertisers spend an order of magnitude over $6K monthly
“For a lot of the brands that we work with, the, especially with those who are on our self-serve platform, they tend to be smaller brands, mid-sized brands but we work with some of the largest advertisers in the world, and those customers spend an order of magn…”
David Dunne Jul 23, 2017 ▶ 24:13 729: Will Edelman Digital Creator Lead New AI Marketing World?

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
729: Will Edelman Digital Creator Lead New AI Marketing World? Jul 23, 2017 16m
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