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Opinion
Uber Maintains Operational Discipline Despite Unlimited Capital Access
“How he has so much discipline practices in a company that you would think can raise any amount of money they can, which they can, and their discipline would be, you know, subpar because they have all of that access, and I would, from listening to him, I would …”
Devin Wijesinghe Feb 7, 2017 ▶ 15:53 EP 563: InsightPool Near $300k MRR Helping 100 Big Brands Find Influencers with CEO Devon Wijesinghe
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Wijesinghe Sold Previous Company eVerify for Nine Figures
“It's a it was nine figures.”
Devin Wijesinghe Feb 7, 2017 ▶ 4:18 EP 563: InsightPool Near $300k MRR Helping 100 Big Brands Find Influencers with CEO Devon Wijesinghe
Insight
Incubators Become Like 'Mom's Basement' After Product-Market Fit
“Being an ATV is awesome to launch, but if you stay there too long A, the math doesn't work. And then B, it's kind of like living in your mom's basement, right? If you've hit a product market fit and you can scale the business, you should go and do something tr…”
Devin Wijesinghe Feb 7, 2017 ▶ 6:56 EP 563: InsightPool Near $300k MRR Helping 100 Big Brands Find Influencers with CEO Devon Wijesinghe
Disclosure
InsightPool ARPA Is Just Over $3,000 Per Month
“So the average ARPA, if you'd like to use SAS metrics is just over 3000 dollars a month.”
Devin Wijesinghe Feb 7, 2017 ▶ 3:12 EP 563: InsightPool Near $300k MRR Helping 100 Big Brands Find Influencers with CEO Devon Wijesinghe
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eVerify Scaled to Nearly 3,500 Field Personnel Before Sale
“We built that up to You know, almost 3500 people that were in the field for us, and it was data on individuals”
Devin Wijesinghe Feb 7, 2017 ▶ 4:26 EP 563: InsightPool Near $300k MRR Helping 100 Big Brands Find Influencers with CEO Devon Wijesinghe
Disclosure
Wijesinghe Seeded InsightPool With a $250,000 Personal Check
“Seated for 250 grand.”
Devin Wijesinghe Feb 7, 2017 ▶ 5:13 EP 563: InsightPool Near $300k MRR Helping 100 Big Brands Find Influencers with CEO Devon Wijesinghe
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InsightPool Serves Over 100 Enterprise Clients Across 200 Properties
“So it's about over a hundred different large enterprises per month. And many of them have like multiple properties that we serve. So if, you know, it's in, in, in the count of 200 plus of the properties that we serve.”
Devin Wijesinghe Feb 7, 2017 ▶ 7:23 EP 563: InsightPool Near $300k MRR Helping 100 Big Brands Find Influencers with CEO Devon Wijesinghe
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InsightPool Monthly Recurring Revenue Nears $300,000
“It's a, it's close. It's close to accurate.”
Devin Wijesinghe Feb 7, 2017 ▶ 7:52 EP 563: InsightPool Near $300k MRR Helping 100 Big Brands Find Influencers with CEO Devon Wijesinghe
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InsightPool Achieves a Four-Month CAC Payback Period
“Ours is right around four months right now.”
Devin Wijesinghe Feb 7, 2017 ▶ 9:37 EP 563: InsightPool Near $300k MRR Helping 100 Big Brands Find Influencers with CEO Devon Wijesinghe
Disclosure
InsightPool Averages 2.5% Gross Monthly Customer Churn
“It's typically, you know, averaging right around that two and a half percent... So if you take, you know, 27% or so annually”
Devin Wijesinghe Feb 7, 2017 ▶ 10:22 EP 563: InsightPool Near $300k MRR Helping 100 Big Brands Find Influencers with CEO Devon Wijesinghe
Disclosure
InsightPool Achieves a 15% Annual Customer Upsell Rate
“Annually, you know, upsell is about 15%.”
Devin Wijesinghe Feb 7, 2017 ▶ 10:45 EP 563: InsightPool Near $300k MRR Helping 100 Big Brands Find Influencers with CEO Devon Wijesinghe
Disclosure
InsightPool Has Raised Just Under $8 Million in Total Funding
“We did an A round and total invested into the company is just under eight million.”
Devin Wijesinghe Feb 7, 2017 ▶ 11:55 EP 563: InsightPool Near $300k MRR Helping 100 Big Brands Find Influencers with CEO Devon Wijesinghe
Prediction Not checkable as stated
InsightPool Forecasts 2.5x to 3x Revenue Growth in 2017
“You know, this is a, I think the market is shaping up that this is going to be a big year. So, you know, ours is about a, you know, 2.5 X forecast. But you know, if somebody said we hit three, I'm not going to cry.”
Devin Wijesinghe Feb 7, 2017 ▶ 19:25 EP 563: InsightPool Near $300k MRR Helping 100 Big Brands Find Influencers with CEO Devon Wijesinghe
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InsightPool Reaches a Headcount of Around 60 Employees
“Yeah, just around, right around 60 people today.”
Devin Wijesinghe Feb 7, 2017 ▶ 6:48 EP 563: InsightPool Near $300k MRR Helping 100 Big Brands Find Influencers with CEO Devon Wijesinghe
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