Shannon Miles

CEO & Co-Founder, NoFo Brew Co. · 1 appearance on the record.

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In 2010, Shannon and Bryan Miles cashed out their 401(k)s to bootstrap BELAY into a remote staffing company, eventually selling a majority stake in 2021. She also co-founded craft brewery NoFo Brew Co. and authored The Third Option.

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2 assertions · 1 disclosure · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 2 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 0 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 Shannon argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

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Everything Shannon Miles 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
Shannon Miles: Belay accepts only 2% of contractor applicants
“Now, we only bring on about two percent of the resumes that we get, so we're Very selective in who we partner with because it has to check a lot of boxes.”
Shannon Miles May 23, 2018 ▶ 7:52 1033 Couple Cashes Out 401k in 2010, Now Doing $15m/Year
Disclosure
Shannon Miles: Belay was funded in 2010 by cashing out a 401(k)
“We spent our twenties getting in a lot of debt. And getting out of it and actually saving and having a four Oh one K that we used in 2010 to fund our businesses.”
Shannon Miles May 23, 2018 ▶ 2:03 1033 Couple Cashes Out 401k in 2010, Now Doing $15m/Year
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Shannon Miles: Belay employs 61 staff and roughly 500 contractors
“Yeah, we have about 500 contractors with our team right now, and about 61 employees here in the Atlanta metro area.”
Shannon Miles May 23, 2018 ▶ 7:36 1033 Couple Cashes Out 401k in 2010, Now Doing $15m/Year

The other half of the tape: Shannon Miles's own voice is left out of every number here. 1 statement on the record names them. every mention, with the transcript →

Statements about Shannon Miles, by other people (1)

Assertion Not checkable as stated
Brian Miles: Belay equity is split 51/49 in Shannon's favor
“Well, it's a 51, 49. It's not that far off, but it's majority owned by a woman.”
Brian Miles May 23, 2018 ▶ 4:54 1033 Couple Cashes Out 401k in 2010, Now Doing $15m/Year

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
1033 Couple Cashes Out 401k in 2010, Now Doing $15m/Year May 23, 2018 4m
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