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Mathilde Collin

Co-Founder & Executive Chair, Front · 2 appearances on the record.

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Mathilde Collin is the co-founder and Executive Chair of Front, a collaborative customer communication platform. She previously served as the company's CEO, scaling it to a multi-billion-dollar valuation.

38statements → 27claims → 2claims resolved → 3.79/5average certainty → 1.53/5average debate potential → ≈4.5/5argument clarity, estimated → 17said about them ↓

1 supported 0 partly supported 1 contradicted 1 not yet assessed 24 not checkable as stated how the 27 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

2 predictions · 25 assertions · 4 insights · 7 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 27 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 2 are resolved, 1 is not yet assessed, and 24 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 Mathilde 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
Collin: Front moved its entire team from France to San Francisco
“We moved everyone from France to San Francisco.”
Mathilde Collin Sep 10, 2016 ▶ 7:11 EP 413: SaaS, $242k MRR, $13 Million Raised to Re-Invent Business Email with Mathilde Collin of FrontApp

Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted
Collin: 100% of acquired email startups get shut down
“But also a hundred percent of those companies who have been acquired shut down.”
Mathilde Collin Sep 10, 2016 ▶ 17:36 EP 413: SaaS, $242k MRR, $13 Million Raised to Re-Invent Business Email with Mathilde Collin of FrontApp

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 Mathilde Collin on measured tape to publish a rate. This says nothing about how they speak.

Everything Mathilde Collin 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
Collin: Front reached $2M in revenue after two years
“And so we make two millions in revenues after two years.”
Mathilde Collin Sep 10, 2016 ▶ 2:19 EP 413: SaaS, $242k MRR, $13 Million Raised to Re-Invent Business Email with Mathilde Collin of FrontApp
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Collin: Front generated $1M in revenue in 2015
“One million.”
Mathilde Collin Sep 10, 2016 ▶ 3:38 EP 413: SaaS, $242k MRR, $13 Million Raised to Re-Invent Business Email with Mathilde Collin of FrontApp
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Mathilde Collin: Front has 1,210 paying customer companies
“1210 companies.”
Mathilde Collin Sep 10, 2016 ▶ 4:09 EP 413: SaaS, $242k MRR, $13 Million Raised to Re-Invent Business Email with Mathilde Collin of FrontApp
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Collin: Front customers pay over $200 monthly on average
“On average, 200 and something.”
Mathilde Collin Sep 10, 2016 ▶ 4:17 EP 413: SaaS, $242k MRR, $13 Million Raised to Re-Invent Business Email with Mathilde Collin of FrontApp
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Collin: Front generates roughly $242,000 in monthly revenue
“Correct.”
Mathilde Collin Sep 10, 2016 ▶ 4:46 EP 413: SaaS, $242k MRR, $13 Million Raised to Re-Invent Business Email with Mathilde Collin of FrontApp
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Collin: Front spent only one-third of seed round before Series A
“And we had spent a third of what we had raised during our seed. So we had plenty of money left.”
Mathilde Collin Sep 10, 2016 ▶ 6:07 EP 413: SaaS, $242k MRR, $13 Million Raised to Re-Invent Business Email with Mathilde Collin of FrontApp
Assertion Supported
Collin: Front moved its entire team from France to San Francisco
“We moved everyone from France to San Francisco.”
Mathilde Collin Sep 10, 2016 ▶ 7:11 EP 413: SaaS, $242k MRR, $13 Million Raised to Re-Invent Business Email with Mathilde Collin of FrontApp
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Collin: Front spends roughly $200K per month on headcount
“Probably 200.”
Mathilde Collin Sep 10, 2016 ▶ 7:20 EP 413: SaaS, $242k MRR, $13 Million Raised to Re-Invent Business Email with Mathilde Collin of FrontApp
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Collin: Front burns roughly $100K-plus in cash per month
“I'd have to check probably a hundred something.”
Mathilde Collin Sep 10, 2016 ▶ 7:38 EP 413: SaaS, $242k MRR, $13 Million Raised to Re-Invent Business Email with Mathilde Collin of FrontApp
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Collin: Front has 3% monthly gross customer churn
“So we know that our user churn is three percent monthly.”
Mathilde Collin Sep 10, 2016 ▶ 13:17 EP 413: SaaS, $242k MRR, $13 Million Raised to Re-Invent Business Email with Mathilde Collin of FrontApp
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Collin: MailChimp expanded from one team to ten on Front
“So as an example, MailChimp started to use the product when we launched two years ago with our partnerships team that had a partnerships at address with lots of incoming inquiries. And today they have 10 different teams using the product, and that's mainly how…”
Mathilde Collin Sep 10, 2016 ▶ 14:11 EP 413: SaaS, $242k MRR, $13 Million Raised to Re-Invent Business Email with Mathilde Collin of FrontApp
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Collin: 80% of Front users are on monthly plans
“Monthly is an option, and we have 80% of our users on a monthly plan.”
Mathilde Collin Sep 10, 2016 ▶ 15:20 EP 413: SaaS, $242k MRR, $13 Million Raised to Re-Invent Business Email with Mathilde Collin of FrontApp
Disclosure
Collin: Front targets 10% net MRR growth month over month
“Our goal is 10% every month net.”
Mathilde Collin Sep 10, 2016 ▶ 19:14 EP 413: SaaS, $242k MRR, $13 Million Raised to Re-Invent Business Email with Mathilde Collin of FrontApp
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Collin: Front burns roughly $250,000 per month
“Very little, 250, I think.”
Mathilde Collin Aug 2, 2017 ▶ 3:44 739: How Has She Has 3x'd Revenue to $700k MRR in Just 11 Months?

The other half of the tape: Mathilde Collin's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 16 times in 6 episodes on Top Founders. 1 statement on the record names them. every mention, with the transcript →

Who brings them up most Nathan Latka 14Olaf Matei 2

Statements about Mathilde Collin, by other people (1)

Assertion Supported
Front Reached Well Over $1.4 Million In Monthly Recurring Revenue
“She's been on three times since, like, no revenue up to, you know, well north of where she is, say, at, like, 1.4 per month, and it's been fascinating all that journey.”
Nathan Latka Nov 2, 2019 ▶ 17:32 1561 How To Get 5 Team Members Paying Personally Onto One Team Account with $5m ARR MixMax

Every mention by year

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2022 1 mention in 1 episode
2019 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2017 4 mentions in 1 episode
2016 8 mentions in 2 episodes 4 per episode

Appearances (2)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
739: How Has She Has 3x'd Revenue to $700k MRR in Just 11 Months? Aug 2, 2017 9m
EP 413: SaaS, $242k MRR, $13 Million Raised to Re-Invent Business Email with Mathilde Coll Sep 10, 2016 10m
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