The Ledger

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Assertion Contradicted
Darlison: Rise Vision launched the first digital signage SaaS product
“And we were in the, our industry, we were the first to offer a SaaS product in 2000 10 or earlier, I believe.”
Byron Darlison Aug 19, 2019 ▶ 4:47 1486 Digital Signage Management Passes $4.2M in ARR, Bootstrapped
Assertion Supported
Darlison: Financial trading floors are shutting down and decentralizing
“So the financial trading floors are starting to shut down and move to their decentralizing and there's less, less concentration of them.”
Byron Darlison Aug 19, 2019 ▶ 10:08 1486 Digital Signage Management Passes $4.2M in ARR, Bootstrapped
Disclosure
Darlison: Rise Vision is bootstrapped without venture capital
“I don't know, we're just bootstrapped.”
Byron Darlison Aug 19, 2019 ▶ 8:05 1486 Digital Signage Management Passes $4.2M in ARR, Bootstrapped
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Darlison: SaaS accounts for about 65% of Rise Vision's gross revenue
“It was a one-time service, but over the last about five years, we've been really focused on our SaaS offering, and now it's about 65% of our gross revenue.”
Byron Darlison Aug 19, 2019 ▶ 4:02 1486 Digital Signage Management Passes $4.2M in ARR, Bootstrapped
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Darlison: Rise Vision maintains a 3.18 LTV to CAC ratio
“Our ratio is 3.18 lifetime value to customer acquisition cost.”
Byron Darlison Aug 19, 2019 ▶ 10:30 1486 Digital Signage Management Passes $4.2M in ARR, Bootstrapped
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Darlison: Rise Vision has roughly 6,000 paying customers
“So we've got just a paying customer, about 6000 customers.”
Byron Darlison Aug 19, 2019 ▶ 6:56 1486 Digital Signage Management Passes $4.2M in ARR, Bootstrapped
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Rise Vision generates $350,000 in monthly revenue
“Yeah, I think it's closer to three 50.”
Byron Darlison Aug 19, 2019 ▶ 7:35 1486 Digital Signage Management Passes $4.2M in ARR, Bootstrapped
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Darlison: Rise Vision moving annual average growth is around 25%
“We track our moving annual average growth, so it's on a, on that basis, it's 25%, 24 point something.”
Byron Darlison Aug 19, 2019 ▶ 7:45 1486 Digital Signage Management Passes $4.2M in ARR, Bootstrapped
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Darlison: Rise Vision experiences 1.33% monthly logo churn and 4% gross churn
“So our gross churn or, well, our logo churn is about 1.33% monthly and gross though is about four, four and a half percent monthly.”
Byron Darlison Aug 19, 2019 ▶ 9:27 1486 Digital Signage Management Passes $4.2M in ARR, Bootstrapped
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Darlison: Rise Vision customer lifetime value is around $1,900
“About 1900 dollars.”
Byron Darlison Aug 19, 2019 ▶ 11:05 1486 Digital Signage Management Passes $4.2M in ARR, Bootstrapped
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