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Assertion Not checkable as stated
Wheeldon: Half of major global telcos use Purple for managed Wi-Fi
“And the fact that we have, you know, we've got half of the biggest service providers in the world, telcos, all basing their go to market around our platform.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Wheeldon: Purple WiFi drives 700% CRM record growth for venues
“You know, and we typically see a 500% increase in TripAdvisor reviews. We see six, 700% in CRM record generation.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Wheeldon predicts Purple WiFi will reach $15M ARR by 2018
“2017, I think, would probably be a push. 2018, yes.”
Assertion Supported
Wheeldon: Sold previous company for over sixty million pounds sterling
“Yeah, it was over sixty million sterling as a as a broad brush.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Wheeldon: Purple WiFi is deployed across 17,000 venues globally
“We're at 17,000. That's venues, and that ranges from a coffee shop, so like your Outback Steakhouse is all run purple through to, you know, Indiana Pacers or the whole of Navy Pier you know, places that are much bigger in scale.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Wheeldon: Purple WiFi provides coverage across about 40 live cities
“In fact, we cover entire cities, and we've probably got about, probably about 40 cities now live.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Wheeldon: Purple WiFi operates at net negative revenue churn
“Churn, we're actually, certainly from a revenue perspective, we're in negative churn.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Wheeldon: Purple WiFi gross customer churn is about 12% per year
“Gross is about it's about 12% per annum.”
Assertion Contradicted
Wheeldon: Boingo dominates airports but public Wi-Fi has no single incumbent
“There was no, or then there still is no particular single owner. You've got Boingo, who are very big in, in airports. They focus pretty much exclusively in, in that area.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Wheeldon: First business failed from confusing P&L with cash flow
“My twenty-year-old self was, ah, running my first business which failed because of my lack of understanding of the difference between a P&L and a cash flow statement.”