Gaurav Dhillon

1 appearance on the record.

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The record, in short

What the tape says about how Gaurav 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
Dhillon: Informatica raised $13.5M in venture capital prior to IPO
“We raised 13.5 million dollars.”
Gaurav Dhillon May 7, 2017 ▶ 2:24 652: SnapLogic Raises $136M, $70M+ ARR Helping 750 Customers ($138k ACV) Connect Data Streams with CEO Gaurav Dhillon

Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted
Dhillon: SnapLogic Raised Half as Much Capital as Average Pre-IPO SaaS
“We've raised about half of what the average SaaS company does to an IPO. Half.”
Gaurav Dhillon May 7, 2017 ▶ 21:18 652: SnapLogic Raises $136M, $70M+ ARR Helping 750 Customers ($138k ACV) Connect Data Streams with CEO Gaurav Dhillon

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

Insight
Dhillon: Price modest IPOs for buyer upside before larger secondary offerings
“Look, because the IPO, you're also trying to build a brand for yourself. Nobody knows you as a company or as an executive. So if you do a modest IPO, you got to price it. So there's some wealth for the new buyers. And as they do well, they get a sense. You do …”
Gaurav Dhillon May 7, 2017 ▶ 4:48 652: SnapLogic Raises $136M, $70M+ ARR Helping 750 Customers ($138k ACV) Connect Data Streams with CEO Gaurav Dhillon
Opinion
Dhillon: SnapLogic is the enterprise equivalent of Zapier and IFTTT
“So yes, I would say we're the industrial version of some of these toys out there. And you know, we do a pretty good job on the industrial end of it.”
Gaurav Dhillon May 7, 2017 ▶ 11:42 652: SnapLogic Raises $136M, $70M+ ARR Helping 750 Customers ($138k ACV) Connect Data Streams with CEO Gaurav Dhillon
Insight
Dhillon: Enterprise startups need six-figure deals and more customers than employees
“If you do, try to do six-figure deals, and try to have more customers than employees.”
Gaurav Dhillon May 7, 2017 ▶ 19:45 652: SnapLogic Raises $136M, $70M+ ARR Helping 750 Customers ($138k ACV) Connect Data Streams with CEO Gaurav Dhillon
Assertion Contradicted
Dhillon: SnapLogic Raised Half as Much Capital as Average Pre-IPO SaaS
“We've raised about half of what the average SaaS company does to an IPO. Half.”
Gaurav Dhillon May 7, 2017 ▶ 21:18 652: SnapLogic Raises $136M, $70M+ ARR Helping 750 Customers ($138k ACV) Connect Data Streams with CEO Gaurav Dhillon
Assertion Supported
Dhillon: Informatica raised $13.5M in venture capital prior to IPO
“We raised 13.5 million dollars.”
Gaurav Dhillon May 7, 2017 ▶ 2:24 652: SnapLogic Raises $136M, $70M+ ARR Helping 750 Customers ($138k ACV) Connect Data Streams with CEO Gaurav Dhillon
Disclosure
Dhillon: Seeded SnapLogic with a $1 million convertible debt check
“The initial check was a million dollars.”
Gaurav Dhillon May 7, 2017 ▶ 7:16 652: SnapLogic Raises $136M, $70M+ ARR Helping 750 Customers ($138k ACV) Connect Data Streams with CEO Gaurav Dhillon
Assertion Supported
Dhillon: SnapLogic Has Raised $136 Million in Total Capital
“You know, we've raised one hundred and thirty six million.”
Gaurav Dhillon May 7, 2017 ▶ 8:05 652: SnapLogic Raises $136M, $70M+ ARR Helping 750 Customers ($138k ACV) Connect Data Streams with CEO Gaurav Dhillon
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Dhillon: SnapLogic averages $136,000 in annual contract value per enterprise customer
“About a 136 per year. Okay, a 136,000 dollars.”
Gaurav Dhillon May 7, 2017 ▶ 12:32 652: SnapLogic Raises $136M, $70M+ ARR Helping 750 Customers ($138k ACV) Connect Data Streams with CEO Gaurav Dhillon
Assertion Not checkable as stated
SnapLogic serves roughly 750 enterprise customers globally
“About 700. Seven 50, actually.”
Gaurav Dhillon May 7, 2017 ▶ 16:06 652: SnapLogic Raises $136M, $70M+ ARR Helping 750 Customers ($138k ACV) Connect Data Streams with CEO Gaurav Dhillon
Insight
Dhillon: Looking to invest in or acquire Quadrant 2 planning tools
“I'm looking for, if somebody wants a big check for us to buy something, I'm looking for the modern equivalent of seven habits. How do you do quadrant two time management and planning? It's really missing. We have a lot of to-do lists, a lot of noise. We need m…”
Gaurav Dhillon May 7, 2017 ▶ 23:32 652: SnapLogic Raises $136M, $70M+ ARR Helping 750 Customers ($138k ACV) Connect Data Streams with CEO Gaurav Dhillon

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EpisodeDateSpeaking time
652: SnapLogic Raises $136M, $70M+ ARR Helping 750 Customers ($138k ACV) Connect Data Stre May 7, 2017 14m
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