why aren't all 7 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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Shanks operates 20-person shared services team with zero North American staff
“20 teammates. Our teammates are all globally dispersed. We do not have teammates sitting in North America, as an example, but we have teammates all around the world. And 20 teammates is a kind of a shared services model between two businesses.”
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Shanks: Sales for Life averages 2.5-year retention and $80k ARPU
“The lifetime customer lifetime value will be on an average of about two and a half years now. ARPU, 80,000.”
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Shanks: Sales for Life generated $2.2M in annual revenue
“2.2 million.”
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Shanks: Pipeline Signals reached eight customers at $2,500 average MRR
“Pipeline signals right now has eight customers active. MRR ranges between 2004 thousand. The average is 2500.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Pipeline Signals targets $100K MRR within 12 to 18 months
“So our goal is in the next 12 to 18 months to be able to do a 100,000 MRR.”
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Shanks expects combined 2021 run rate to reach $3M across both businesses
“So sales for life will do two to 2.5 million dollars. Then let's say we can get this to a half a million dollar run rate at pipeline signals. You're looking at three.”
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Sales for Life grew revenue at 24% CAGR and EBITDA at 29%
“While we grew compounded growth at sales for life at about 24% CAGR over that time horizon, we grew EBITDA at 29%.”