why aren't all 9 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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▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable
Disclosure
Gill: GoSquared rejected acquisition offers well above $2M
“No, because we've been offered a lot more than that and said no.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gill: GoSquared is currently a profitable and sustainable business
“We've always had the bootstrap mindset, like the heroes of ours are people like Basecamp and people like that, and we love the idea of building a sustainable, profitable business, which is what we are today.”
Assertion Supported
Gill: GoSquared raised about $1M before halting outside fundraising
“We raised about a million in the end but we haven't needed to go back into the venture kind of Mindset and go out and raise more money for a long time now.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gill: GoSquared currently serves approximately 1,000 customers
“We've got about a thousand now and it's getting more and more every month, which is what we like.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gill: GoSquared generates approximately $50,000 in monthly recurring revenue
“Yeah. Heading towards that. Yeah. Yeah. That's ballpark, ballpark the right area.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gill: GoSquared's Average Customer Pays Around $50 Monthly
“We have probably about 50 a month at the moment, but that's going up and up as we figure a lot more out.”
Disclosure
Gill: GoSquared spends nothing on paid marketing
“No, like we dipped our toes in the water with it in the past, but we,”
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Gill: GoSquared earned thousands of press mentions from Google downtime analysis
“We ended up getting thousands of press mentions from this.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gill: Average GoSquared customer stays well over two years
“The average customer stays with us well over two years.”