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Assertion Not checkable as stated
Mori's revenue grows 20-30% monthly against just 5% ad spend growth
“When you look at our growth rates on revenues, which is about 20 to 30% depending on the month, the growth on ad spend is just about five percent.”
Assertion Contradicted
Gifting drives 50% to 75% of the baby apparel market
“About 50 to 75% of the market is through gifting, and there is no way for Maureen to know our, what gifts our mother received.”
Insight
Early-stage startups should be valued on growth, not revenue multiples
“But I think the way to value our level of companies is not necessarily through a multiple of revenue. It is more on the growth rate for any startup.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Add-on items account for roughly 70% of Mori sales
“About 70% of the sales are coming from the other add-on items like the towels or the sleeping bags or the muzzens that we have.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
The average Mori customer has purchased over four times
“Our average mother, so far, have already purchased more than four times on our website.”
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Mori targets $4 million 2017 revenue on a $2 million run rate
“Currently, we are on track for a run rate of two million, but the goal for 17 is about four.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Repeat customers drive 40% of Mori's revenue and 50% of transactions
“40% of that revenues repeat customers. About 50% of the transactions are repeat.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Mori customers with over four purchases buy at least one gift
“Like, our average mother who made over four purchases, one of them was a gift, which tells us that the mothers don't only buy for their own baby, so the lifetime is actually longer than the three years that currently that we are covering.”
Disclosure
Mori recently closed a $2 million financing round
“We just closed it to a million round.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Mori has over 10,000 customers across more than 50 countries
“We have about now, I think over 10,000 customers over 50 countries globally.”
Disclosure
Mori generates most sales from direct e-commerce, not subscriptions
“Our direct, the non-substitution model regular e-commerce is what we sell on the most part.”
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Mori closed 2016 with $500,000 in top-line revenue
“Basically, 16 is our first real year, and we close, as Cam mentioned, at half a million.”
Disclosure
Mori phased out its original subscription model over the past six months
“Our current subscription model is almost phased out. That's why we have been phasing it out over the last, let's say, six months.”