Assertion Partly supported AI assessment confidence: 90% certainty 4/5 debate potential 1/5

Mehr: Zoosk reached $200M in revenue before filing for IPO

Alex Mehr · 647: Tai Lopez Owns 50% of $89/mo MentorBox.com, 800 Units, $80k In Initial Test for Self Help Box with CEO Alex Mehr · May 2, 2017 · at 1:47

Alex Mehr, co-founder of dating platform Zoosk, clarifies the company's revenue figure prior to its planned 2014 IPO.

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“Yeah, 200 actually.”

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The claim, plainly

Zoosk generated $200 million in revenue in the year prior to filing for its 2014 IPO.

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Assessment

In a May 2017 podcast interview, Alex Mehr stated as a round estimate that Zoosk generated $200 million in revenue in the year prior to filing for its 2014 IPO. According to Zoosk, Inc.'s Form S-1 registration statement filed with the SEC on April 16, 2014, the company recorded total revenue of $178.2 million for the full year ended December 31, 2013. Because the spoken claim was an offhand round approximation and the actual reported figure of $178.2 million is within roughly 11% of $200 million (well within the 15% threshold for approximate figures), the claim is evaluated as partially true.

Zoosk, Inc.'s SEC Form S-1 filed on April 16, 2014, reported full-year 2013 revenue of $178.2 million.
The stated figure of $200 million represents an approximate overestimate of roughly 10.9% compared to the actual $178.2 million reported in SEC filings.

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[1] sec.gov [2] sec.gov [3] sec.gov [4] forbes.com [5] globaldatinginsights.com [6] grokipedia.com [7] sec.gov [8] wikipedia.org

site:sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1438964 "Year Ended December 31, 2013" "Revenue" "Zoosk" "S-1" 2014 revenue 2013 "Zoosk, Inc." "Form S-1" April 2014 revenue

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Assertion Partly supported

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Assertion Not checkable as stated

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