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Deepak Goel

Founder, POOLit · 1 appearance on the record.

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After working as a senior technology executive at Microsoft, Coupons.com, and IndiaHomes, Deepak Goel founded KarmaCircles, a peer-to-peer professional advisory and networking platform. An alumnus of IIT Delhi and UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, he later launched POOLit, a verified community sharing and carpooling platform.

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2 assertions · 2 insights · 4 disclosures · 1 what if · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 2 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, and 1 names 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 Deepak argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Goel: KarmaCircles Targets the Same Enterprise Base as $1B Yammer
“Yammer got valued at one billion dollars. I think five years back or six years back. And that is exactly the customer base we are going after.”
Deepak Goel Aug 29, 2016 ▶ 9:58 EP 401: Quit $180k Microsoft Job to Launch Own Startup with KarmaCircles CEO Deepak Goel

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 Deepak Goel on measured tape to publish a rate. This says nothing about how they speak.

Everything Deepak Goel said on Top Founders that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Insight
Goel: The Best Advisors Do Not Charge Money For Their Advice
“We do not believe that the best advisors advise others for money.”
Deepak Goel Aug 29, 2016 ▶ 11:50 EP 401: Quit $180k Microsoft Job to Launch Own Startup with KarmaCircles CEO Deepak Goel
Insight
Goel: Leave Jobs Within Two Years Unless Receiving Two Promotions Annually
“The ground rule or the thumb rule that I would suggest is don't stay at a company for more than two years, unless you are like getting two promotions every year.”
Deepak Goel Aug 29, 2016 ▶ 17:46 EP 401: Quit $180k Microsoft Job to Launch Own Startup with KarmaCircles CEO Deepak Goel
Assertion Not checkable as stated
KarmaCircles Keeps Monthly Burn at $3K With Indian Engineering Team
“Our burn rate is around dollar 3000 per month because the engineering team is entirely in India.”
Deepak Goel Aug 29, 2016 ▶ 10:56 EP 401: Quit $180k Microsoft Job to Launch Own Startup with KarmaCircles CEO Deepak Goel
Disclosure
KarmaCircles Prices Enterprise SaaS at $2 to $3 Monthly Per User
“Yeah, that is what we are playing with dollar two to dollar three per user per month.”
Deepak Goel Aug 29, 2016 ▶ 4:07 EP 401: Quit $180k Microsoft Job to Launch Own Startup with KarmaCircles CEO Deepak Goel
What-if
Goel: KarmaCircles Has a $500M to $1B TAM If Fully Penetrated
“There are around a hundred million professionals on LinkedIn. Every one of them is part of some company or some business school or some university. So we could actually, if we get them all, we are looking at around half a billion to one billion dollar revenue …”
Deepak Goel Aug 29, 2016 ▶ 9:37 EP 401: Quit $180k Microsoft Job to Launch Own Startup with KarmaCircles CEO Deepak Goel
Assertion Supported
Goel: KarmaCircles Targets the Same Enterprise Base as $1B Yammer
“Yammer got valued at one billion dollars. I think five years back or six years back. And that is exactly the customer base we are going after.”
Deepak Goel Aug 29, 2016 ▶ 9:58 EP 401: Quit $180k Microsoft Job to Launch Own Startup with KarmaCircles CEO Deepak Goel
Disclosure
KarmaCircles Generated Zero Revenue in Its First Year
“So first year we didn't make any money because we came up with the enterprise version only this year.”
Deepak Goel Aug 29, 2016 ▶ 3:23 EP 401: Quit $180k Microsoft Job to Launch Own Startup with KarmaCircles CEO Deepak Goel
Disclosure
KarmaCircles Raised $100K Convertible Note With $3M Cap and 20% Discount
“We have raised money from six angel investors... Just a 100,000 dollars... That was a convertible note... 20% discount and a three million dollar cap.”
Deepak Goel Aug 29, 2016 ▶ 10:11 EP 401: Quit $180k Microsoft Job to Launch Own Startup with KarmaCircles CEO Deepak Goel
Disclosure
Goel: Earned Slightly Under $200K Annual Salary at Microsoft
“Little, little less than 200.”
Deepak Goel Aug 29, 2016 ▶ 18:07 EP 401: Quit $180k Microsoft Job to Launch Own Startup with KarmaCircles CEO Deepak Goel

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Appearances (1)

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EP 401: Quit $180k Microsoft Job to Launch Own Startup with KarmaCircles CEO Deepak Goel Aug 29, 2016 8m
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