why aren't all 13 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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Assertion Not checkable as stated
Obie Generates Approximately $25,000 in Monthly Revenue
“Yeah, we're doing about 25 K a month in revenue.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Obie Burns Roughly $30,000 Per Month
“We're burning about 30 K a month.”
Disclosure
Obie Raised All Capital on Convertible Notes to Maintain Control
“We've raised all of our money on notes to date, so we still retain control.”
Disclosure
Obie Co-Founders Retain About 60% Ownership
“About 60% of the company.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Obie's Monthly Customer Churn Is Below 3%
“But now we have churn really stable. It's below three percent a month.”
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95% of Obie Sales Come From Inbound Organic Channels
“What is fortunate about our model is that 95% of our sales come inbound organic.”
Disclosure
Obie Customers Pay Between $400 and $600 Per Month
“Between four and 600 dollars a month. Yeah. Depending on the size.”
Assertion Partly supported
Obie Has Raised About $750,000 in Total Capital
“We've only raised about 750 K in US.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Obie Bootstrapped for Its First Three to Four Years
“Three or four years of the company, we bootstrapped.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Obie Operates With a Team of Five People
“We're only five today.”
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Obie Has Approximately 40 Mid-Market Customers
“We have about 40 mid-market customers”
Disclosure
Obie Founders Took Zero Salary for Two Years, Scaled to 80K CAD
“We paid ourselves nothing for the first two years of the company. And then as we started generating revenue, we paid ourselves, I don't know, some poverty level salary, like 30,000 dollars a year Canadian dollars. And then it was 50, and then we got up to like…”
Disclosure
Obie Founders Recently Cut Their Salaries by 20%
“We cut our salaries recently, 20%. But we're in a position now where things look stable.”