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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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Disclosure
Bluford: Acquisition offer for QuickLegal was between $12M and $15M
“It's above our current valuation, and under 15.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bluford: QuickLegal raised angel capital at a $12M valuation
“Well, right now we've had some angels invest in, and right now, our valuation's twelve million.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bluford: Clio has over 40,000 paying attorney users in California
“So they are a practice management company, and they have over 40,000 users just in California that are attorneys that pay them for their service.”
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Bluford: QuickLegal will be on the ABA Journal cover in Q1
“Yeah, so our first quarter, we're gonna be on the cover of the National ABA Journal, and that goes to about 1.2 million attorneys”
Disclosure
Bluford: QuickLegal filmed an appearance on Shark Tank
“We've done Shark Tank recently. That went very well, and we're waiting for that to air.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bluford: QuickLegal signed partnerships and non-competes with LegalZoom and Rocket Lawyer
“And then thankfully, we've actually entered into strategic partnerships with them now. So with, you know, non-compete.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bluford: Sold previous legal services startup for $425,000
“It was 425,000.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bluford: QuickLegal generates $65K monthly from 130 paying attorneys
“We have a little over a 130, which generates us about 65,000 dollars a month, and we have about a little over 700 attorneys that have signed up for our free, you know, ninety-day trial to give it a test run.”
Disclosure
Bluford: Retains more than 60% ownership of QuickLegal
“I own more than 60.”
Disclosure
Bluford: Bootstrapped QuickLegal to $600K before raising $750K
“I bootstrapped the company initially to Up to about 600,000, and then I raised about 750,000.”