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Jules Hill

Asset Manager, Arrived · 1 appearance on the record.

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Jules Hill co-founded and served as Chief Operating Officer of legal-tech startup CellBreaker, which joined 500 Startups to help consumers break mobile phone contracts. He later worked as an analytics manager for Windsor Circle and transitioned into asset management at Arrived.

7statements → 3claims → 1claims resolved → 3.86/5average certainty → 1.14/5average debate potential → 4said about them ↓

1 supported 0 partly supported 0 contradicted 2 not checkable as stated how the 3 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

3 assertions · 4 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 3 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, and 2 name 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 Jules 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
Hill: Cellbreaker joined 500 Startups and received a $100K investment
“One of the big sort of milestones we reached was getting accepted into the 500 startups program out in California. That comes with a hundred K investment as well.”
Jules Hill Mar 4, 2016 ▶ 5:02 Startup COO Leaves after 500 Accelerator, Left with 1% Equity with Jules Hill Episode 183

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 Jules Hill on measured tape to publish a rate. This says nothing about how they speak.

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

Disclosure
Jules Hill: Cellbreaker engaged in carrier partnership and M&A talks
“We were talking with cell phone carriers. We were talking with partners about, you know mergers, acquisitions, that kind of stuff. We're talking with investors”
Jules Hill Mar 4, 2016 ▶ 9:46 Startup COO Leaves after 500 Accelerator, Left with 1% Equity with Jules Hill Episode 183
Assertion Supported
Hill: Cellbreaker joined 500 Startups and received a $100K investment
“One of the big sort of milestones we reached was getting accepted into the 500 startups program out in California. That comes with a hundred K investment as well.”
Jules Hill Mar 4, 2016 ▶ 5:02 Startup COO Leaves after 500 Accelerator, Left with 1% Equity with Jules Hill Episode 183
Disclosure
Jules Hill retained roughly 1% equity in Cellbreaker upon his departure
“I, yeah, well, I guess I still have about one percent, I think is roughly what I have, if I recall correctly.”
Jules Hill Mar 4, 2016 ▶ 10:50 Startup COO Leaves after 500 Accelerator, Left with 1% Equity with Jules Hill Episode 183
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hill: Cellbreaker had raised about $50K when he joined
“Cellbreaker had raised about 50 K when I... Decided to kind of join full time.”
Jules Hill Mar 4, 2016 ▶ 1:50 Startup COO Leaves after 500 Accelerator, Left with 1% Equity with Jules Hill Episode 183
Disclosure
Hill: Started with around $20,000 a year salary at Cellbreaker
“I started off with around 20,000 a year.”
Jules Hill Mar 4, 2016 ▶ 3:48 Startup COO Leaves after 500 Accelerator, Left with 1% Equity with Jules Hill Episode 183
Disclosure
Jules Hill joined Cellbreaker with 6% equity and milestone-based compensation reviews
“We, I came on initially at six percent with the option to sort of, as the time went on, we had sort of set milestones for us to reach at which point I would be offered more or an increase in salary, basically open to discussion.”
Jules Hill Mar 4, 2016 ▶ 4:39 Startup COO Leaves after 500 Accelerator, Left with 1% Equity with Jules Hill Episode 183
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Jules Hill: Cellbreaker failed to hit aggressive internal growth milestones
“We didn't hit the milestones that I had expected. I had set some pretty aggressive milestones. We didn't hit them.”
Jules Hill Mar 4, 2016 ▶ 8:30 Startup COO Leaves after 500 Accelerator, Left with 1% Equity with Jules Hill Episode 183

The other half of the tape: Jules Hill's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 3 times in 2 episodes on Top Founders. 1 statement on the record names them. every mention, with the transcript →

Who brings them up most Nathan Latka 2John Colgan 1

Statements about Jules Hill, by other people (1)

Insight
Colgan: Founders must play the strength of their hand, not their bank account
“Play the strength of your hands, not the strength of your bank account. So basically a lot of times when you're building an early stage startup you know, your ambition outstrips your resources. And it takes a lot of courage and a lot of boldness to make the de…”
John Colgan Jan 22, 2016 ▶ 17:30 He Sue's Cell Phone Companies that Pray on You with Jon Colgan of Cellbreaker

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Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Startup COO Leaves after 500 Accelerator, Left with 1% Equity with Jules Hill Episode 183 Mar 4, 2016 9m
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