Troy Sultan

Co-Founder and CEO, Guide · 1 appearance on the record.

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After working in recruiting at Grooveshark and Google, Troy Sultan founded Resource, an automated sourcing platform later acquired by Gem. He subsequently co-founded and leads Guide, a candidate experience and interview scheduling platform.

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4 assertions · 1 insight · 2 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 4 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, and 3 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 Troy 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
Sultan: Grooveshark imploded after being sued for $17 billion
“They actually imploded because we got sued for seventeen billion dollars.”
Troy Sultan Jun 9, 2016 ▶ 2:07 He Quit Google To Invent Smart Way to Recruit, Doing Around $50k/mo in Sales, EP 272: Troy Sultan

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 Troy Sultan on measured tape to publish a rate. This says nothing about how they speak.

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

Insight
Sultan: Expecting unequal long-term value from co-founders is a red flag
“If you look at it over a four year period, where do we hope to all provide value? It should be more or less equal. Otherwise, I think that maybe there's a red flag in the co-founding team.”
Troy Sultan Jun 9, 2016 ▶ 7:46 He Quit Google To Invent Smart Way to Recruit, Doing Around $50k/mo in Sales, EP 272: Troy Sultan
Assertion Supported
Sultan: Grooveshark imploded after being sued for $17 billion
“They actually imploded because we got sued for seventeen billion dollars.”
Troy Sultan Jun 9, 2016 ▶ 2:07 He Quit Google To Invent Smart Way to Recruit, Doing Around $50k/mo in Sales, EP 272: Troy Sultan
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sultan: Resource generates tens of thousands per month in revenue
“We're doing tens of thousands in revenue per month operating with several customers.”
Troy Sultan Jun 9, 2016 ▶ 8:34 He Quit Google To Invent Smart Way to Recruit, Doing Around $50k/mo in Sales, EP 272: Troy Sultan
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sultan: Resource is currently operating profitably
“We're in the green. So we're operating profitably”
Troy Sultan Jun 9, 2016 ▶ 13:00 He Quit Google To Invent Smart Way to Recruit, Doing Around $50k/mo in Sales, EP 272: Troy Sultan
Disclosure
Resource has raised only $125k in outside capital from 500 Startups
“We are so the only outside capital we've taken on is about a hundred and 125 K from the accelerator.”
Troy Sultan Jun 9, 2016 ▶ 5:53 He Quit Google To Invent Smart Way to Recruit, Doing Around $50k/mo in Sales, EP 272: Troy Sultan
Disclosure
Sultan: Resource charges $5,000 to $8,500 monthly for recruiting service
“We charge between 5000 and let's say 8500 a month for our service.”
Troy Sultan Jun 9, 2016 ▶ 8:11 He Quit Google To Invent Smart Way to Recruit, Doing Around $50k/mo in Sales, EP 272: Troy Sultan
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sultan: Resource has low double-digit customer count
“In the low Low double digits.”
Troy Sultan Jun 9, 2016 ▶ 8:54 He Quit Google To Invent Smart Way to Recruit, Doing Around $50k/mo in Sales, EP 272: Troy Sultan

The other half of the tape: Troy Sultan's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 2 times in 1 episode on Top Founders. every mention, with the transcript →

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Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
He Quit Google To Invent Smart Way to Recruit, Doing Around $50k/mo in Sales, EP 272: Troy Jun 9, 2016 9m
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