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Disclosure
Brisson rejects hypothetical $500k cash buyout offer for Call Loop
“No way, Nathan, come on then.”
Chris Brisson Jun 15, 2016 ▶ 16:45 He's Making How Much from Text Message Marketing? EP 288: Chris Brisson
Disclosure
Brisson bought out inactive Call Loop co-founders in 2015
“Yeah, so I bought out my business partners last year. Which would have been 2015, yeah. Yeah, 2015, so end up buying those guys out. They were kind of silent, I would say, for maybe a year and a half, two years, so for them it was you know, it was a nice payda…”
Chris Brisson Jun 15, 2016 ▶ 4:05 He's Making How Much from Text Message Marketing? EP 288: Chris Brisson
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Brisson: Call Loop has had up to 3,000 all-time paying customers
“Or whatever, you know, whatever, you know, I mean, overall, overall there's been, 2000 to 3000 customers that have paid.”
Chris Brisson Jun 15, 2016 ▶ 13:00 He's Making How Much from Text Message Marketing? EP 288: Chris Brisson
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Brisson: Call Loop generated $385k in 2015 revenue
“Yeah, I went to three 85.”
Chris Brisson Jun 15, 2016 ▶ 10:48 He's Making How Much from Text Message Marketing? EP 288: Chris Brisson
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Brisson: Call Loop on track for up to $450k revenue in 2016
“So, so taking kind of the last three months trailing, we'll, we'll, you know, we're on track to do for 34 fifties, you know, under, under 500.”
Chris Brisson Jun 15, 2016 ▶ 12:16 He's Making How Much from Text Message Marketing? EP 288: Chris Brisson
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Brisson: Call Loop pays Twilio $0.01 per text, resells for $0.05
“It's servers, you know, the cost we use Twilio, like a lot of different platforms. So we pay a penny for text messages and resell at the high end retail for five cents. And then, you know, down below for bulk plans and that sort of thing.”
Chris Brisson Jun 15, 2016 ▶ 10:55 He's Making How Much from Text Message Marketing? EP 288: Chris Brisson
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Brisson: Spent 1.5 years and $150K on unwanted Call Loop product
“And that journey, how I lost a year and a half a time, a 150 grand working on a product no one wanted.”
Chris Brisson Nov 8, 2022 ▶ 2:47 How I Pivoted From Flat and Unhappy to $6m and High Growth
Disclosure
Brisson: Call Loop raised $90,000 in 2012
“I raised 90,000 dollars in like, 2012, and I'm like, man, I just took somebody's money, and it's not a lot of money, but this thing sucks.”
Chris Brisson Nov 8, 2022 ▶ 5:37 How I Pivoted From Flat and Unhappy to $6m and High Growth
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