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Karan Chaudhry

Co-Founder & CPO, Comn Plus · 1 appearance on the record.

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Karan Chaudhry is an entrepreneur who founded the feedback analytics platform Dropthought and co-founded AI startup Comn Plus. Following Comn Plus's acquisition by TVFPlay, he served as President and COO of The Viral Fever.

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1 supported 0 partly supported 1 contradicted 3 not checkable as stated how the 5 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

5 assertions · 2 insights · 3 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 5 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 2 are resolved, and 3 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 Karan 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
Chaudhry: Recommendation AI competitors focus on e-commerce, not content
“These companies are doing it, but not a lot of them are targeting the content industry currently. So, you know, they're targeting like, for example, e-commerce companies, customizing it.”
Karan Chaudhry Nov 7, 2016 ▶ 13:11 EP 471: He Just Exited, Now Landds $500k Customer for New Content AI Business ComnPlus with CEO Karan Chaudhry

Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted
Chaudhry: DropThought raised over $7M in venture capital
“We raised over seven million dollars in venture money.”
Karan Chaudhry Nov 7, 2016 ▶ 3:01 EP 471: He Just Exited, Now Landds $500k Customer for New Content AI Business ComnPlus with CEO Karan Chaudhry

How they sound: not measured why? →

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

Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chaudhry: ComnPlus hits $1M ARR via $500k six-month contract
“No, we actually got a customer who has given us a half a million dollars for six months. So we already are at a million dollar ARR.”
Karan Chaudhry Nov 7, 2016 ▶ 6:39 EP 471: He Just Exited, Now Landds $500k Customer for New Content AI Business ComnPlus with CEO Karan Chaudhry
Insight
Chaudhry: AI content recommendation fails for SMBs due to insufficient data
“The reason why this won't work for SMBs too much is because you need large volumes of data for data science to be very effective. Right. Like if you only have a hundred customers, then you really can't customize too much for them. You need millions of customer…”
Karan Chaudhry Nov 7, 2016 ▶ 8:37 EP 471: He Just Exited, Now Landds $500k Customer for New Content AI Business ComnPlus with CEO Karan Chaudhry
Insight
Chaudhry: Early-stage high-growth B2B startups spend 50% to 70% on S&M
“Typically what I saw with my last B to B sale company as well was, you know, anywhere between 50 to 70% early on goes into sales and marketing for high growth.”
Karan Chaudhry Nov 7, 2016 ▶ 10:39 EP 471: He Just Exited, Now Landds $500k Customer for New Content AI Business ComnPlus with CEO Karan Chaudhry
Disclosure
Chaudhry: ComnPlus targets $500k ACV with $250k–$400k CAC
“The target is, let's put it at 500 K. Two million would be an extreme example. But let's say 500 K and we are saying we'll spend anywhere between two 50 to 400 K in sales and marketing combined on acquiring those customers.”
Karan Chaudhry Nov 7, 2016 ▶ 11:31 EP 471: He Just Exited, Now Landds $500k Customer for New Content AI Business ComnPlus with CEO Karan Chaudhry
Assertion Supported
Chaudhry: Recommendation AI competitors focus on e-commerce, not content
“These companies are doing it, but not a lot of them are targeting the content industry currently. So, you know, they're targeting like, for example, e-commerce companies, customizing it.”
Karan Chaudhry Nov 7, 2016 ▶ 13:11 EP 471: He Just Exited, Now Landds $500k Customer for New Content AI Business ComnPlus with CEO Karan Chaudhry
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chaudhry: DropThought was acquired for 2x to 3x revenue
“So basically it was around two to three X.”
Karan Chaudhry Nov 7, 2016 ▶ 5:16 EP 471: He Just Exited, Now Landds $500k Customer for New Content AI Business ComnPlus with CEO Karan Chaudhry
Disclosure
Chaudhry: The Viral Fever is ComnPlus's $500k launch customer
“So this customer is a client called TVF, the viral fever.”
Karan Chaudhry Nov 7, 2016 ▶ 6:47 EP 471: He Just Exited, Now Landds $500k Customer for New Content AI Business ComnPlus with CEO Karan Chaudhry
Disclosure
Chaudhry: ComnPlus targets $100k to $2M annual enterprise contract pricing
“And that's where, you know, our target clients would be mostly like, you know, the bigger companies. And the price point would be anywhere between hundred to 500 K on the lower end, and probably between 500 K to two million on the higher end.”
Karan Chaudhry Nov 7, 2016 ▶ 8:52 EP 471: He Just Exited, Now Landds $500k Customer for New Content AI Business ComnPlus with CEO Karan Chaudhry
Assertion Contradicted
Chaudhry: DropThought raised over $7M in venture capital
“We raised over seven million dollars in venture money.”
Karan Chaudhry Nov 7, 2016 ▶ 3:01 EP 471: He Just Exited, Now Landds $500k Customer for New Content AI Business ComnPlus with CEO Karan Chaudhry
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chaudhry: ComnPlus is bootstrapped with a five-person team
“Our company right now is bootstrap because like I said, we are only three, four months old. We are a team of five people.”
Karan Chaudhry Nov 7, 2016 ▶ 9:13 EP 471: He Just Exited, Now Landds $500k Customer for New Content AI Business ComnPlus with CEO Karan Chaudhry

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Appearances (1)

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EP 471: He Just Exited, Now Landds $500k Customer for New Content AI Business ComnPlus wit Nov 7, 2016 7m
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