Ishveen Anand, founder and CEO of OpenSponsorship, explains her platform's dual monetization model connecting brands to athletes.
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“We charge it around 400 dollars a month. So it's not a kind of huge barrier to entry. And then when a deal is done, that is a cash deal because you can do product deals where you just gift product, you can do a royalty, like an affiliate marketing deal. But if you do do a cash deal, Then we take a percentage on the athlete side.”
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PredictionNot checkable as stated
Anand aims for OpenSponsorship to hit $2M to $3M revenue in 2016
“And, you know I would like to say that we should be at Kind of two, three million by the end of the year.”
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AssertionNot checkable as stated
OpenSponsorship claims its customer acquisition cost is around $30
“It's around 30 dollars.”
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OpenSponsorship has around 25 paying brand customers
“Around 25.”
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Disclosure
OpenSponsorship pegs minimum customer lifetime value at $1,200
“So we think that people will sign up for between three and six months ago. So we kind of peg it at the low end at 1200.”
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Disclosure
Anand reveals receiving a signed term sheet live on the podcast
“While you speak to us, we actually just got a, like a signed term sheet today from someone, so it kind of changes the game.”
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OpenSponsorship has over 700 brands signed up for its free tier
“So we actually have over 700 brands signed up to the platform, but we launched with a free marketplace, a bit like an Airbnb.”
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