Keegan Peterson

1 appearance on the record.

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6 assertions · 2 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 6 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 4 are 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 Keegan 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
Peterson: Why Incumbent Payroll Providers Can't Touch Cannabis Businesses
“So it's not only the PR aspect, but they're backed by big national banks and those banks can't touch cannabis cash and they need those banks to run payroll through. So because of that hurdle, they cannot service this clientele which leaves a big opportunity.”
Keegan Peterson Jul 29, 2017 ▶ 4:32 735: Sell Cannabis? He's Raised $3m To Be Your Payroll Management System

Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted
Peterson: Würk Is Only National Payroll HR Tech in Cannabis
“And right now we're the only national reaching payroll HR technology in this industry.”
Keegan Peterson Jul 29, 2017 ▶ 4:47 735: Sell Cannabis? He's Raised $3m To Be Your Payroll Management System

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

Assertion Supported
Peterson: Why Incumbent Payroll Providers Can't Touch Cannabis Businesses
“So it's not only the PR aspect, but they're backed by big national banks and those banks can't touch cannabis cash and they need those banks to run payroll through. So because of that hurdle, they cannot service this clientele which leaves a big opportunity.”
Keegan Peterson Jul 29, 2017 ▶ 4:32 735: Sell Cannabis? He's Raised $3m To Be Your Payroll Management System
Assertion Contradicted
Peterson: Würk Is Only National Payroll HR Tech in Cannabis
“And right now we're the only national reaching payroll HR technology in this industry.”
Keegan Peterson Jul 29, 2017 ▶ 4:47 735: Sell Cannabis? He's Raised $3m To Be Your Payroll Management System
Assertion Partly supported
Peterson: 150,000 Work in Plant-Touching Cannabis, Double in Ancillary
“There's a 150,000 employees in the space today that are touching the plant and then almost double that in the ancillary market like myself.”
Keegan Peterson Jul 29, 2017 ▶ 7:19 735: Sell Cannabis? He's Raised $3m To Be Your Payroll Management System
Assertion Partly supported
Peterson: 44 US states have legalized cannabis, 29 allowing medical and recreational
“What will blow your mind is that there's 44 legal states that have some form of cannabis in them today. 29 of them have medical and recreational.”
Keegan Peterson Jul 29, 2017 ▶ 10:34 735: Sell Cannabis? He's Raised $3m To Be Your Payroll Management System
Disclosure
Peterson: Würk Raised $3M From VCs After Nearly a Year Bootstrapping
“For the longest time, almost a year, I self-financed it. And then we, we've now raised three million of traditional funds from VCs and folks like that.”
Keegan Peterson Jul 29, 2017 ▶ 2:31 735: Sell Cannabis? He's Raised $3m To Be Your Payroll Management System
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Peterson: Würk Generates More Than $20,000 in Monthly Revenue
“We're doing more than 20,000 per month.”
Keegan Peterson Jul 29, 2017 ▶ 9:42 735: Sell Cannabis? He's Raised $3m To Be Your Payroll Management System
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Peterson: Würk Lost Only Two Customers Over Two Years
“So we've had pretty low churn. I think we've lost like two customers in two years.”
Keegan Peterson Jul 29, 2017 ▶ 11:15 735: Sell Cannabis? He's Raised $3m To Be Your Payroll Management System
Disclosure
Peterson: Würk Operates in 17 Legal Cannabis States
“The number that we share is we're in 17 legal cannabis states right now.”
Keegan Peterson Jul 29, 2017 ▶ 5:03 735: Sell Cannabis? He's Raised $3m To Be Your Payroll Management System

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Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
735: Sell Cannabis? He's Raised $3m To Be Your Payroll Management System Jul 29, 2017 6m
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