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Lauren Hall

1 appearance on the record.

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11statements → 8claims → 3claims resolved → 33%fully supported → 3.82/5average certainty → 1.09/5average debate potential → ≈4.0/5argument clarity, estimated →

1 supported 0 partly supported 2 contradicted 1 not yet assessed 4 not checkable as stated how the 8 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

8 assertions · 3 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 8 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 3 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 Lauren 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
Hall: Ivy powers event platforms globally for American Express and Flight Centre
“So what we do is we power the platforms for like American Express, Flight Center globally.”
Lauren Hall Dec 18, 2019 ▶ 2:53 1607 Why She Said No To Vista Equity Despite $10m in ARR

Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted
Hall: Top five travel management companies control over $100B in event spend
“As an example, the top five travel management companies of the world, Control over a hundred billion dollars worth of meetings and events spend because they already service the travel market for those big, large corporate customers.”
Lauren Hall Dec 18, 2019 ▶ 3:06 1607 Why She Said No To Vista Equity Despite $10m in ARR

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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 Lauren Hall on measured tape to publish a rate. This says nothing about how they speak.

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Assertion Supported
Hall: Ivy powers event platforms globally for American Express and Flight Centre
“So what we do is we power the platforms for like American Express, Flight Center globally.”
Lauren Hall Dec 18, 2019 ▶ 2:53 1607 Why She Said No To Vista Equity Despite $10m in ARR
Assertion Contradicted
Hall: Top five travel management companies control over $100B in event spend
“As an example, the top five travel management companies of the world, Control over a hundred billion dollars worth of meetings and events spend because they already service the travel market for those big, large corporate customers.”
Lauren Hall Dec 18, 2019 ▶ 3:06 1607 Why She Said No To Vista Equity Despite $10m in ARR
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hall: Ivy generates between $10M and $20M in annual revenue
“I mean, we're sitting probably closer between the 10 to twenty million in revenue a year.”
Lauren Hall Dec 18, 2019 ▶ 9:18 1607 Why She Said No To Vista Equity Despite $10m in ARR
Disclosure
Hall: Pure SaaS represents roughly 85% of Ivy's revenue
“Probably 85% is pure SaaS.”
Lauren Hall Dec 18, 2019 ▶ 2:43 1607 Why She Said No To Vista Equity Despite $10m in ARR
Disclosure
Hall: Ivy has raised nearly $26 million to date
“Well, we're now close to nearly twenty six million.”
Lauren Hall Dec 18, 2019 ▶ 6:10 1607 Why She Said No To Vista Equity Despite $10m in ARR
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Hall: Awarded 10 million from South African government for software platform
“I was awarded ten million from the government because of the national benefits”
Lauren Hall Dec 18, 2019 ▶ 6:52 1607 Why She Said No To Vista Equity Despite $10m in ARR
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hall: Ivy serves roughly 25,000 customer locations globally
“Oh, we've got about 25,000 now.”
Lauren Hall Dec 18, 2019 ▶ 7:33 1607 Why She Said No To Vista Equity Despite $10m in ARR
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hall: Ivy is growing 100% to 150% year-over-year
“You know, we've been growing anything between, you know, a hundred to a 150% year on year.”
Lauren Hall Dec 18, 2019 ▶ 11:28 1607 Why She Said No To Vista Equity Despite $10m in ARR
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hall: Ivy maintains a 96% revenue retention rate and 4% churn
“Look, one of the things that I think is really important, I think we've got a 96% retention rate, which is only a four percent churn.”
Lauren Hall Dec 18, 2019 ▶ 13:08 1607 Why She Said No To Vista Equity Despite $10m in ARR
Assertion Contradicted
Hall: Ivy recently closed a $15 million funding round
“Well, I've just completed around now for fifteen million.”
Lauren Hall Dec 18, 2019 ▶ 14:21 1607 Why She Said No To Vista Equity Despite $10m in ARR
Disclosure
Hall: Bootstrapped initial software platform with 3 million of personal cash
“I had funded that for about three million of my own cash. That was in 2008.”
Lauren Hall Dec 18, 2019 ▶ 6:32 1607 Why She Said No To Vista Equity Despite $10m in ARR

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
1607 Why She Said No To Vista Equity Despite $10m in ARR Dec 18, 2019 11m
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