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Kurt Abrahamson

1 appearance on the record.

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13statements → 7claims → 2claims resolved → 4.08/5average certainty → 1.23/5average debate potential → ≈4.0/5argument clarity, estimated → 1said about them ↓

1 supported 0 partly supported 1 contradicted 1 not yet assessed 4 not checkable as stated how the 7 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

7 assertions · 1 opinion · 1 insight · 4 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 7 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 2 are resolved, 1 is not yet assessed, and 4 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 Kurt 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
ShareThis ranks as a top 10 digital property by tool distribution
“So it was and is a top 10 property if you just look at the distribution of the tools.”
Kurt Abrahamson Dec 14, 2017 ▶ 2:07 873 How ShareThis Is Pivoting To A B2B SaaS Data Play

Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted
Procter & Gamble reduced its ad vendor count from 500 to 50
“Procter & Gamble is a good example. They've gone from. 500 vendors to 50 vendors in the last two or three years.”
Kurt Abrahamson Dec 14, 2017 ▶ 9:12 873 How ShareThis Is Pivoting To A B2B SaaS Data Play

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 Kurt Abrahamson on measured tape to publish a rate. This says nothing about how they speak.

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

Opinion
Most 2012 social media software acquisitions failed to deliver for acquirers
“Most of those acquisitions were great for the companies that were acquired, but they, the business model did not work out the way a lot of those big companies thought.”
Kurt Abrahamson Dec 14, 2017 ▶ 22:03 873 How ShareThis Is Pivoting To A B2B SaaS Data Play
Assertion Supported
ShareThis ranks as a top 10 digital property by tool distribution
“So it was and is a top 10 property if you just look at the distribution of the tools.”
Kurt Abrahamson Dec 14, 2017 ▶ 2:07 873 How ShareThis Is Pivoting To A B2B SaaS Data Play
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
ShareThis tools are installed on over three million domains globally
“So we sit on over three million domains globally.”
Kurt Abrahamson Dec 14, 2017 ▶ 1:58 873 How ShareThis Is Pivoting To A B2B SaaS Data Play
Disclosure
ShareThis generates the majority of its revenue through data licensing
“Right now we make money mostly through licensing the data.”
Kurt Abrahamson Dec 14, 2017 ▶ 3:26 873 How ShareThis Is Pivoting To A B2B SaaS Data Play
Assertion Not checkable as stated
ShareThis tracks 30 to 40 million users sharing entertainment content
“We have, you know, 30 or forty million people who've shared content in the entertainment vertical that are interested in entertainment content.”
Kurt Abrahamson Dec 14, 2017 ▶ 5:43 873 How ShareThis Is Pivoting To A B2B SaaS Data Play
Assertion Not checkable as stated
70% of ShareThis's publishers and data originate outside the United States
“Now, the other thing that's really our moat, so to speak, is that 70% of the publishers and the data is non-US which is surprising to a lot of people, right?”
Kurt Abrahamson Dec 14, 2017 ▶ 7:12 873 How ShareThis Is Pivoting To A B2B SaaS Data Play
Disclosure
ShareThis charges its flat-fee SaaS data customers $10,000 to $15,000 monthly
“I would say the average is 10 to 15,000.”
Kurt Abrahamson Dec 14, 2017 ▶ 7:48 873 How ShareThis Is Pivoting To A B2B SaaS Data Play
Disclosure
ShareThis has raised over $50 million in total funding
“We've raised over fifty million to date.”
Kurt Abrahamson Dec 14, 2017 ▶ 8:45 873 How ShareThis Is Pivoting To A B2B SaaS Data Play
Assertion Contradicted
Procter & Gamble reduced its ad vendor count from 500 to 50
“Procter & Gamble is a good example. They've gone from. 500 vendors to 50 vendors in the last two or three years.”
Kurt Abrahamson Dec 14, 2017 ▶ 9:12 873 How ShareThis Is Pivoting To A B2B SaaS Data Play
Insight
Ad media businesses pay 40% to 50% of revenue to publishers
“Media business, you know, when you run your inventory, generally. 40 to 50% of that money goes to the publisher, so to speak, directly for that inventory. And so it's a lower margin, more capital intensive business.”
Kurt Abrahamson Dec 14, 2017 ▶ 9:36 873 How ShareThis Is Pivoting To A B2B SaaS Data Play
Assertion Not checkable as stated
ShareThis's legacy advertising media revenue significantly exceeded $10 million annually
“Significantly more than ten million.”
Kurt Abrahamson Dec 14, 2017 ▶ 16:23 873 How ShareThis Is Pivoting To A B2B SaaS Data Play
Assertion Not checkable as stated
ShareThis's B2B data licensing business maintains over 90% customer retention
“Right now it's a 90% plus.”
Kurt Abrahamson Dec 14, 2017 ▶ 20:00 873 How ShareThis Is Pivoting To A B2B SaaS Data Play
Disclosure
ShareThis has approximately 30 direct enterprise customers for data licensing
“So we have about 30 direct customers on the data”
Kurt Abrahamson Dec 14, 2017 ▶ 10:59 873 How ShareThis Is Pivoting To A B2B SaaS Data Play

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Appearances (1)

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873 How ShareThis Is Pivoting To A B2B SaaS Data Play Dec 14, 2017 13m
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