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Telecom carriers pay FreeConferenceCall.com directly to route cross-country traffic
“Oh, so, you know, what's interesting is, is a lot of it came from actually taking the free conference call network and exposing it to, you know, the big carriers. So a lot of our connectivity now is direct. So where the carriers pay us to actually transport th…”
David Erickson Dec 30, 2017 ▶ 19:01 889 1% of Humanity Uses This Bootstrapped Tool, $100m+ Revenue
Assertion Contradicted
FreeConferenceCall.com is the third-largest US conferencing provider
“But all of the other guys had done a lot of purchases, you know, acquisitions to gain base as opposed to, but we're about, I think we're the third largest in this country.”
David Erickson Dec 30, 2017 ▶ 10:00 889 1% of Humanity Uses This Bootstrapped Tool, $100m+ Revenue
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bootstrapped FreeConferenceCall.com surpassed $100 million in top-line revenue in 2016
“In 2016, we were up over a hundred million on top line, and I'm not sharing the bottom.”
David Erickson Dec 30, 2017 ▶ 17:25 889 1% of Humanity Uses This Bootstrapped Tool, $100m+ Revenue
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FreeConferenceCall.com handles 40 million callers and one million calls daily
“We have like forty million people call into conferencing bridges over the 30 day span. So you see about, you know, a million conference calls a day, kind of a average.”
David Erickson Dec 30, 2017 ▶ 4:45 889 1% of Humanity Uses This Bootstrapped Tool, $100m+ Revenue
Assertion Not checkable as stated
FreeConferenceCall.com adds 2,000 to 3,000 new customers every day
“On an average day, we'll see anywhere between two to 3000 new customers come to free conference call on a single day.”
David Erickson Dec 30, 2017 ▶ 6:15 889 1% of Humanity Uses This Bootstrapped Tool, $100m+ Revenue
Assertion Not checkable as stated
FreeConferenceCall's average customer lifetime value is only a couple dollars
“A couple bucks.”
David Erickson Dec 30, 2017 ▶ 8:24 889 1% of Humanity Uses This Bootstrapped Tool, $100m+ Revenue
Assertion Not checkable as stated
FreeConferenceCall.com has hosted over 1.5 billion calls since 2001
“We know that it's over 1.5 billion conference calls we've done.”
David Erickson Dec 30, 2017 ▶ 12:13 889 1% of Humanity Uses This Bootstrapped Tool, $100m+ Revenue
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FreeConferenceCall.com generated $10M in revenue and $6M profit in 2006
“That's 2006 was 10 top line. And six bottom line.”
David Erickson Dec 30, 2017 ▶ 17:06 889 1% of Humanity Uses This Bootstrapped Tool, $100m+ Revenue
Assertion Not checkable as stated
FreeConferenceCall.com founder David Erickson says he has never read a book
“You're talking to a guy that's never read a book, but then we're going to put none.”
David Erickson Dec 30, 2017 ▶ 20:03 889 1% of Humanity Uses This Bootstrapped Tool, $100m+ Revenue
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