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Ulrich Branner

Co-founder & CEO, SiteHub · 1 appearance on the record.

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He co-founded and served as CEO of GenieBelt, which merged with AproPlan in 2019 to create LetsBuild. He currently serves as co-founder and CEO of SiteHub, an optimization platform for the construction sector.

11statements → 9claims → 3claims resolved → 100%fully supported → 3.82/5average certainty → 1.55/5average debate potential →

3 supported 0 partly supported 0 contradicted 6 not checkable as stated how the 9 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

9 assertions · 2 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 9 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 3 are resolved, and 6 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 Ulrich 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
Construction operates at 30% efficiency primarily due to poor communication
“The construction industry has an efficiency rate of 30%. 30% of the time you'll be working. 70% of the time you won't be working. The prime reason for this is bad communication and collaboration.”
Ulrich Branner Dec 18, 2017 ▶ 14:20 877 SaaS: Construction Team Management App Passes $1m ARR Using 500 Sausages and Beer

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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 Ulrich Branner on measured tape to publish a rate. This says nothing about how they speak.

Everything Ulrich Branner 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
GenieBelt achieves 149% net revenue retention
“It's a negative with it's a 149% in, in, in negative churn.”
Ulrich Branner Dec 18, 2017 ▶ 4:53 877 SaaS: Construction Team Management App Passes $1m ARR Using 500 Sausages and Beer
Disclosure
GenieBelt co-founders split equity evenly in a 'band of brothers' approach
“Well, we have, I think we have something that is unique that we call the band of brothers which means that we're all in it for the same end game, which means that, that, that we split evenly, right?”
Ulrich Branner Dec 18, 2017 ▶ 10:45 877 SaaS: Construction Team Management App Passes $1m ARR Using 500 Sausages and Beer
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Branner: GenieBelt high-tier logo retention is 100%
“The local retention in, in the high end of this series is actually a hundred percent right now.”
Ulrich Branner Dec 18, 2017 ▶ 7:38 877 SaaS: Construction Team Management App Passes $1m ARR Using 500 Sausages and Beer
Assertion Supported
Construction operates at 30% efficiency primarily due to poor communication
“The construction industry has an efficiency rate of 30%. 30% of the time you'll be working. 70% of the time you won't be working. The prime reason for this is bad communication and collaboration.”
Ulrich Branner Dec 18, 2017 ▶ 14:20 877 SaaS: Construction Team Management App Passes $1m ARR Using 500 Sausages and Beer
Assertion Supported
Construction is the world's least digitally mature industry except for hunting
“The maturity, the digital maturity of the industry is the lowest in the world, except hunting.”
Ulrich Branner Dec 18, 2017 ▶ 15:28 877 SaaS: Construction Team Management App Passes $1m ARR Using 500 Sausages and Beer
Assertion Not checkable as stated
GenieBelt averages •500 monthly per customer on 26-month contracts
“Just around 500 euros is the average globally per month, and that's on a, an average 26 month deal.”
Ulrich Branner Dec 18, 2017 ▶ 3:46 877 SaaS: Construction Team Management App Passes $1m ARR Using 500 Sausages and Beer
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Branner: GenieBelt has close to 200 paying companies
“Yeah, there's a hundred and, in, in, in the end of the, close to 200 paying companies.”
Ulrich Branner Dec 18, 2017 ▶ 9:14 877 SaaS: Construction Team Management App Passes $1m ARR Using 500 Sausages and Beer
Assertion Supported
Branner: GenieBelt has raised just under €4 million
“And just under four million euros.”
Ulrich Branner Dec 18, 2017 ▶ 17:46 877 SaaS: Construction Team Management App Passes $1m ARR Using 500 Sausages and Beer
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Branner: GenieBelt sees customer acquisition payback in 7 to 8 months
“So we have a return of investment between seven and eight months.”
Ulrich Branner Dec 18, 2017 ▶ 18:38 877 SaaS: Construction Team Management App Passes $1m ARR Using 500 Sausages and Beer
Disclosure
Branner: GenieBelt originally targeted €70K to €72K MRR for 2017
“We were expecting to hit just around, I think 70, 72,000”
Ulrich Branner Dec 18, 2017 ▶ 21:22 877 SaaS: Construction Team Management App Passes $1m ARR Using 500 Sausages and Beer
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Branner: GenieBelt was at approximately €10K MRR in December 2016
“So December 16, we were at 10, I think.”
Ulrich Branner Dec 18, 2017 ▶ 22:18 877 SaaS: Construction Team Management App Passes $1m ARR Using 500 Sausages and Beer

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
877 SaaS: Construction Team Management App Passes $1m ARR Using 500 Sausages and Beer Dec 18, 2017 11m
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