Wayne Silberman

Co-Founder, Sortd · 1 appearance on the record.

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Wayne Silbermann is a South African entrepreneur who co-founded the Gmail-integrated productivity suite Sortd. He has launched multiple web and mobile ventures, including the recruitment platform WonderHire.

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South African VCs mostly target post-revenue Series A deals over seed
“I think you find that a lot of a lot of players in the venture space in South Africa are looking for post-revenue opportunities, you know, typically series A.”
Wayne Silberman Jan 26, 2017 ▶ 11:43 EP 551: Sortd, 200,000 users, $500k invested so far, launched2014, othe rbusness funding this that does $1m/yr. Raising $1m sortd
Disclosure
Sortd plans to monetize through industry-specific workflow power packs
“What we want to do to monetize it eventually is we're going to roll out different power packs for specific industries.”
Wayne Silberman Jan 26, 2017 ▶ 3:53 EP 551: Sortd, 200,000 users, $500k invested so far, launched2014, othe rbusness funding this that does $1m/yr. Raising $1m sortd
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Sortd has reached approximately 200,000 total users
“Probably in the region of about 200,000.”
Wayne Silberman Jan 26, 2017 ▶ 5:36 EP 551: Sortd, 200,000 users, $500k invested so far, launched2014, othe rbusness funding this that does $1m/yr. Raising $1m sortd
Disclosure
Sortd has self-invested $500K to $600K into the product
“So we've probably put in about in the region of 506 100,000 dollars, I would say.”
Wayne Silberman Jan 26, 2017 ▶ 6:38 EP 551: Sortd, 200,000 users, $500k invested so far, launched2014, othe rbusness funding this that does $1m/yr. Raising $1m sortd
Disclosure
Sortd's 200,000-user acquisition has been entirely organic
“All of our traffic has been organic, and all of our acquisition has come from user referral, things like Product Hunt, Lifehacker”
Wayne Silberman Jan 26, 2017 ▶ 6:53 EP 551: Sortd, 200,000 users, $500k invested so far, launched2014, othe rbusness funding this that does $1m/yr. Raising $1m sortd
Disclosure
Sortd is building a Slack product to capture shifting internal communications
“We're actually building a Slack product as well, because we found that a lot of internal communication within organizations is shifting that way.”
Wayne Silberman Jan 26, 2017 ▶ 8:33 EP 551: Sortd, 200,000 users, $500k invested so far, launched2014, othe rbusness funding this that does $1m/yr. Raising $1m sortd
Disclosure
Sortd is self-funded by an affiliated mobile content annuity business
“So there's another three developers on a different business, which is really a low maintenance annuity business in the mobile content space. And that is really actually what funds the development and growth of Sorted.”
Wayne Silberman Jan 26, 2017 ▶ 11:00 EP 551: Sortd, 200,000 users, $500k invested so far, launched2014, othe rbusness funding this that does $1m/yr. Raising $1m sortd
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Founders' affiliated mobile content business generated over $1M in 2015 revenue
“Yeah, like north of a million dollars.”
Wayne Silberman Jan 26, 2017 ▶ 11:28 EP 551: Sortd, 200,000 users, $500k invested so far, launched2014, othe rbusness funding this that does $1m/yr. Raising $1m sortd
Disclosure
Sortd is looking to raise approximately $1 million
“So we're looking in the region of about a million dollars.”
Wayne Silberman Jan 26, 2017 ▶ 12:48 EP 551: Sortd, 200,000 users, $500k invested so far, launched2014, othe rbusness funding this that does $1m/yr. Raising $1m sortd

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EP 551: Sortd, 200,000 users, $500k invested so far, launched2014, othe rbusness funding t Jan 26, 2017 8m
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