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Johnny Boufarhat

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Boufarhat: Hopin will likely be the fastest-growing company in the world
“Whereas with Hopin, I always said, we're probably going to be the fastest growing company in the world when we decide to push out, because we saw the viral effect.”
Johnny Boufarhat May 17, 2020 ▶ 4:25 1758 Funnel Analysis: Online Events Platform $0 to $1.8m in Revenue In 2 Months
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Boufarhat: Hopin reached $1.8M ARR within three weeks of public access
“And you know, it's been hard to manage it, but in that time, in about three weeks, where I think we're at now, 1.8 million ARR from the car. I mean, I, when I filled in the form with you, it was one.”
Johnny Boufarhat May 17, 2020 ▶ 14:35 1758 Funnel Analysis: Online Events Platform $0 to $1.8m in Revenue In 2 Months
Opinion
Boufarhat: Hopin's pandemic-driven hypergrowth numbers are not sustainable
“None of the numbers that are happening right now in our product are sustainable.”
Johnny Boufarhat May 17, 2020 ▶ 18:45 1758 Funnel Analysis: Online Events Platform $0 to $1.8m in Revenue In 2 Months
Disclosure
Boufarhat: Hopin raised a $7M round from Accel
“We raised a five million pounds around seven million dollars.”
Johnny Boufarhat May 17, 2020 ▶ 3:28 1758 Funnel Analysis: Online Events Platform $0 to $1.8m in Revenue In 2 Months
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Boufarhat: Hopin's fundraise began in December 2019, before the pandemic
“No, there was nothing. There was, the virus hadn't hit yet. I mean, the process began in December.”
Johnny Boufarhat May 17, 2020 ▶ 3:43 1758 Funnel Analysis: Online Events Platform $0 to $1.8m in Revenue In 2 Months
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Boufarhat: Hopin hit nearly 180,000 waitlist signups and onboarded 2,000 users
“We have this waitlist now close to a 180,000 and we've probably onboarded about 2000 of it.”
Johnny Boufarhat May 17, 2020 ▶ 7:58 1758 Funnel Analysis: Online Events Platform $0 to $1.8m in Revenue In 2 Months
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Boufarhat: 10% of Hopin beta event attendees converted into prospective users
“About a 1800 people would show up to a private, one of our early access or really deep early access events. And we were noticing that about 10% of people would go in and try and fill a form would fill the form.”
Johnny Boufarhat May 17, 2020 ▶ 15:10 1758 Funnel Analysis: Online Events Platform $0 to $1.8m in Revenue In 2 Months
Opinion
Boufarhat: Online events have 10x stronger viral acquisition funnels than Eventbrite
“I think online events like the ones we're creating has, have any way more than about 10 X, 20 X.”
Johnny Boufarhat May 17, 2020 ▶ 15:41 1758 Funnel Analysis: Online Events Platform $0 to $1.8m in Revenue In 2 Months
Disclosure
Boufarhat: Hopin's monthly revenue churn was around 11% in May 2020
“I saw the numbers actually yesterday and it looked like it was around it was around 11%.”
Johnny Boufarhat May 17, 2020 ▶ 18:31 1758 Funnel Analysis: Online Events Platform $0 to $1.8m in Revenue In 2 Months
Opinion
Boufarhat: Legacy virtual events have existed 12 years and historically suck
“You know, there's been virtual events have existed for 12 years, kind of always sucks.”
Johnny Boufarhat May 17, 2020 ▶ 1:43 1758 Funnel Analysis: Online Events Platform $0 to $1.8m in Revenue In 2 Months
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Boufarhat: Hopin reached nearly 1,200 paying customers by May 2020
“I think close to 1200 now.”
Johnny Boufarhat May 17, 2020 ▶ 7:07 1758 Funnel Analysis: Online Events Platform $0 to $1.8m in Revenue In 2 Months
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Boufarhat: 95% of Hopin's waitlist signups are prospective event organizers
“Well, it asks you if you want to be an organizer or not, and so most of them select organizers, so it, it's about 95% organizer.”
Johnny Boufarhat May 17, 2020 ▶ 8:10 1758 Funnel Analysis: Online Events Platform $0 to $1.8m in Revenue In 2 Months
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Boufarhat: Hopin receives around 1,000 inbound website leads daily
“I mean, I'm gonna have to take a look at this, but I think the number is close to the HubSpot form, sorry, the website form gets a lot you know, over a thousand, whereas the around a thousand a day, and the type form gets about 130 to 180 a day.”
Johnny Boufarhat May 17, 2020 ▶ 11:57 1758 Funnel Analysis: Online Events Platform $0 to $1.8m in Revenue In 2 Months
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Boufarhat: Hopin built an 80,000-person waitlist in nine months before COVID
“The waitlist side before COVID was around 80,000, and that was over nine months.”
Johnny Boufarhat May 17, 2020 ▶ 14:55 1758 Funnel Analysis: Online Events Platform $0 to $1.8m in Revenue In 2 Months
Disclosure
Boufarhat: Hopin's gross burn rate is close to $400,000 per month
“We're currently burning close to 400,000.”
Johnny Boufarhat May 17, 2020 ▶ 18:09 1758 Funnel Analysis: Online Events Platform $0 to $1.8m in Revenue In 2 Months
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Boufarhat: Hopin achieves early hypergrowth without running any paid advertisements
“We're not running any ads.”
Johnny Boufarhat May 17, 2020 ▶ 20:36 1758 Funnel Analysis: Online Events Platform $0 to $1.8m in Revenue In 2 Months

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1758 Funnel Analysis: Online Events Platform $0 to $1.8m in Revenue In 2 Months May 17, 2020 14m
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