Rob Rawson

Co-Founder & CEO, Time Doctor · 1 appearance on the record.

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Trained as an Australian medical doctor before moving into tech, Rawson is the co-founder of Time Doctor and Staff.com. He also co-founded Running Remote, a global conference for distributed teams, and co-authored the book Running Remote.

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1 supported 0 partly supported 0 contradicted 2 not checkable as stated how the 3 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

3 assertions · 2 opinions · 1 insight · 5 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 3 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is 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 Rob 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

Rawson: Google AdSense Arbitrage Is No Longer Viable

“It, and it was, it's not really possible anymore because Google kind of doesn't like it.”

Rob Rawson Jan 22, 2018 ▶ 9:21 912 SaaS: Internet Hacker Builds Bootstrapped Productivity Tool, Passes $2.4m in ARR

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 Rob Rawson on measured tape to publish a rate. This says nothing about how they speak.

What they said11 Episodes1

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

Opinion

Rawson: Screenshot monitoring is not the future of remote productivity

“We do have a screenshot feature similar to Upwork and the, that's great. And but I don't actually feel like that's the future. Like I say, I think the artificial intelligence part is the future because you can more accurately determine what What's actually goi…”

Rob Rawson Jan 22, 2018 ▶ 5:06 912 SaaS: Internet Hacker Builds Bootstrapped Productivity Tool, Passes $2.4m in ARR

Opinion

Rawson: SaaS Market Acquisition Multiples Are Roughly 5x Revenue

“I mean, 10 X is probably not really market price. Market price is probably like five X revenues.”

Rob Rawson Jan 22, 2018 ▶ 17:22 912 SaaS: Internet Hacker Builds Bootstrapped Productivity Tool, Passes $2.4m in ARR

Disclosure

Rawson Spent Peak of $400K in One Month on Google AdWords

“400 grand.”

Rob Rawson Jan 22, 2018 ▶ 8:54 912 SaaS: Internet Hacker Builds Bootstrapped Productivity Tool, Passes $2.4m in ARR

Assertion Supported

Rawson: Google AdSense Arbitrage Is No Longer Viable

“It, and it was, it's not really possible anymore because Google kind of doesn't like it.”

Rob Rawson Jan 22, 2018 ▶ 9:21 912 SaaS: Internet Hacker Builds Bootstrapped Productivity Tool, Passes $2.4m in ARR

Insight

Rawson: Initial Micro-Commitments Dramatically Increase Lead Form Conversions

“Once you start clicking, you're actually engaging, and then you've done the first three clicks. It's easy to now enter your email address as the next thing, and we've tested it a few times. It does work.”

Rob Rawson Jan 22, 2018 ▶ 15:55 912 SaaS: Internet Hacker Builds Bootstrapped Productivity Tool, Passes $2.4m in ARR

Disclosure

Rawson: Time Doctor employs over 50 people across 28 countries remotely

“Yeah, we have over 50 people in 28 countries all working from home, so it's completely distributed.”

Rob Rawson Jan 22, 2018 ▶ 3:14 912 SaaS: Internet Hacker Builds Bootstrapped Productivity Tool, Passes $2.4m in ARR

Disclosure

Rawson: Time Doctor has raised zero outside capital

“Well, zero, zero.”

Rob Rawson Jan 22, 2018 ▶ 3:30 912 SaaS: Internet Hacker Builds Bootstrapped Productivity Tool, Passes $2.4m in ARR

Disclosure

Rawson: Time Doctor Operates at Mostly Breakeven to Reinvest Profits

“No, actually, Time Doctor, we've been running at mostly breakeven because I'm trying to reinvest.”

Rob Rawson Jan 22, 2018 ▶ 7:41 912 SaaS: Internet Hacker Builds Bootstrapped Productivity Tool, Passes $2.4m in ARR

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Rawson: 50% of Time Doctor Homepage Visitors Engage with Questionnaire

“Out of a thousand people that are hitting it, around 50% are actually clicking yes or no.”

Rob Rawson Jan 22, 2018 ▶ 13:42 912 SaaS: Internet Hacker Builds Bootstrapped Productivity Tool, Passes $2.4m in ARR

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Rawson: 35% of Time Doctor Visitors Complete Funnel Requesting Demo

“If you count both the yes that I manage or don't manage people, then it's going right down only to about 35%. So 35% have said yes, that they want to do a demo.”

Rob Rawson Jan 22, 2018 ▶ 14:53 912 SaaS: Internet Hacker Builds Bootstrapped Productivity Tool, Passes $2.4m in ARR

Disclosure

Rawson holds majority equity over his co-founder for providing initial capital

“No, I'm, cause I started earlier and I initially invested money, like I've got a larger percentage.”

Rob Rawson Jan 22, 2018 ▶ 17:50 912 SaaS: Internet Hacker Builds Bootstrapped Productivity Tool, Passes $2.4m in ARR

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
912 SaaS: Internet Hacker Builds Bootstrapped Productivity Tool, Passes $2.4m in ARR	Jan 22, 2018	10m

Rob Rawson

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