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Ilias Tsagklis

Founder and Managing Director, Assurgys · 1 appearance on the record.

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Ilias Tsagklis is the co-founder of Exelixis Media P.C., an online media network for software developers including Java Code Geeks, and founder of Assurgys S.M.P.C. He previously worked as a software engineer before bootstrapping digital media, publishing, and educational ventures during the Greek financial crisis.

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1 prediction · 1 assertion · 4 disclosures · every statement was checked. The prediction and assertion 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.

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Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Tsagklis: A $40K salary is high in Greece amid financial crisis
“Actually, this is pretty high, especially the last few years.”
Ilias Tsagklis Jun 15, 2016 ▶ 6:10 EP 326: Quit Job During Greece Financial Crisis to Launch Media Business

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Assertion Supported
Tsagklis: A $40K salary is high in Greece amid financial crisis
“Actually, this is pretty high, especially the last few years.”
Ilias Tsagklis Jun 15, 2016 ▶ 6:10 EP 326: Quit Job During Greece Financial Crisis to Launch Media Business
Disclosure
Tsagklis prioritized media income over software to quit his corporate job
“At the beginning, we were more oriented around building a steady income so that we can make the leap from the corporate job to something of our own. And when we established that, we actually figured out that it had great scale and some good margin.”
Ilias Tsagklis Jun 15, 2016 ▶ 7:24 EP 326: Quit Job During Greece Financial Crisis to Launch Media Business
Disclosure
Tsagklis: Excelixis Media runs at an 85% net profit margin
“It would be around 85%.”
Ilias Tsagklis Jun 15, 2016 ▶ 7:59 EP 326: Quit Job During Greece Financial Crisis to Launch Media Business
Disclosure
Tsagklis: Earned low-to-mid five figures before leaving Greek telecom job
“Yearly it was around low to mid five figures, because here in Greece, the thing is that salaries are not very high.”
Ilias Tsagklis Jun 15, 2016 ▶ 5:46 EP 326: Quit Job During Greece Financial Crisis to Launch Media Business
Disclosure
Tsagklis: Excelixis Media made mid-six figures in 2015 revenue
“I would say it was around mid six figures.”
Ilias Tsagklis Jun 15, 2016 ▶ 8:49 EP 326: Quit Job During Greece Financial Crisis to Launch Media Business
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Tsagklis: Excelixis Media projects 30% revenue growth in 2016
“We are projecting like a 30% increase from last year. If we hit that, we'll be very happy.”
Ilias Tsagklis Jun 15, 2016 ▶ 9:51 EP 326: Quit Job During Greece Financial Crisis to Launch Media Business

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
EP 326: Quit Job During Greece Financial Crisis to Launch Media Business Jun 15, 2016 6m
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