Tommy Gibbons

Co-founder & COO, Hempitecture · 1 appearance on the record.

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After managing growth and operations at ed-tech startup Piper, Tommy Gibbons co-founded Hempitecture in 2018 to produce carbon-negative building materials like HempWool. In 2020, he was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in Manufacturing & Industry for his work in sustainable building products.

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9 assertions · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 9 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 2 are resolved, and 7 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 Tommy 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
Piper raised a $2.1M seed round in addition to Kickstarter capital
“We have a 2.1 million in our seed round. So that is X to 250 from Kickstarter.”
Tommy Gibbons Oct 24, 2016 ▶ 4:23 EP 457: 4000+ Units Sold Teaching Kids How To Code, $2m+ Raised with Piper

How they sound: not measured why? →

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Everything Tommy Gibbons 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
Piper Has Reached Over 4,000 Customers Since Launch
“And then we already have over 4000 customers since launching Christmas last year.”
Tommy Gibbons Oct 24, 2016 ▶ 2:15 EP 457: 4000+ Units Sold Teaching Kids How To Code, $2m+ Raised with Piper
Assertion Supported
Piper raised a $2.1M seed round in addition to Kickstarter capital
“We have a 2.1 million in our seed round. So that is X to 250 from Kickstarter.”
Tommy Gibbons Oct 24, 2016 ▶ 4:23 EP 457: 4000+ Units Sold Teaching Kids How To Code, $2m+ Raised with Piper
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Gibbons: Piper's COGS ranges between $100 and $115 per unit
“We're talking between one and one 15.”
Tommy Gibbons Oct 24, 2016 ▶ 9:36 EP 457: 4000+ Units Sold Teaching Kids How To Code, $2m+ Raised with Piper
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Gibbons: Piper's Facebook ad CAC ranges from $25 to $65
“When we're just doing straight Facebook ads it depends on seasonality. Sometimes we see 25 dollars and sometimes we see 65 dollars.”
Tommy Gibbons Oct 24, 2016 ▶ 10:00 EP 457: 4000+ Units Sold Teaching Kids How To Code, $2m+ Raised with Piper
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Gibbons: Piper resellers buy units at $240 and retail at $299
“Our resellers are willing to take a It's a pretty slim cut of margin. So we're talking like two 40 apiece, reselling at two 99.”
Tommy Gibbons Oct 24, 2016 ▶ 10:23 EP 457: 4000+ Units Sold Teaching Kids How To Code, $2m+ Raised with Piper
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Piper sold over 400 units in July and nearly 500 in August 2016
“So we did a little over 400 in July, just under 500 in August. And then as September, it looks like we'll be over 600 here.”
Tommy Gibbons Oct 24, 2016 ▶ 13:00 EP 457: 4000+ Units Sold Teaching Kids How To Code, $2m+ Raised with Piper
Assertion Supported
Piper raises over $200,000 on Kickstarter in spring 2015
“So we were one of the most successful Kickstarters of that of that quarter raised over 200,000 dollars from there.”
Tommy Gibbons Oct 24, 2016 ▶ 2:58 EP 457: 4000+ Units Sold Teaching Kids How To Code, $2m+ Raised with Piper
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Gibbons: Piper has 10 employees
“We are 10 employees.”
Tommy Gibbons Oct 24, 2016 ▶ 8:18 EP 457: 4000+ Units Sold Teaching Kids How To Code, $2m+ Raised with Piper
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Gibbons: Piper has an email list of probably over 12,000
“I mean, we've got an email list of probably over 12,000.”
Tommy Gibbons Oct 24, 2016 ▶ 14:49 EP 457: 4000+ Units Sold Teaching Kids How To Code, $2m+ Raised with Piper

The other half of the tape: Tommy Gibbons's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 1 time in 1 episode on Top Founders. every mention, with the transcript →

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Appearances (1)

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EP 457: 4000+ Units Sold Teaching Kids How To Code, $2m+ Raised with Piper Oct 24, 2016 7m
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