The Ledger

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Assertion Supported
Crashlytics intentionally broke developer builds to force viral team adoption
“And when a developer, sorry, when a developer started using it, they actually put it in their app and we broke their build in the nicest way possible so that every other engineer on their team would find out about Crashlytics and then start using it.”
Jeff Seibert Feb 10, 2022 ▶ 13:09 Digits Wants to Replace Quickbooks, $30m Raised, 4 years of Building Distribution, Launch is Next
Assertion Contradicted
Twitter bought Crashlytics for 'well over' $100M, correcting $38M reports
“It was yeah, it wasn't 38. It was over a hundred, well over a hundred.”
Jeff Seibert Feb 10, 2022 ▶ 7:58 Digits Wants to Replace Quickbooks, $30m Raised, 4 years of Building Distribution, Launch is Next
Assertion Partly supported
Seibert: QuickBooks has maintained 80% market share since 1992
“Like QuickBooks has had an 80% market share since 1992.”
Jeff Seibert Feb 10, 2022 ▶ 14:01 Digits Wants to Replace Quickbooks, $30m Raised, 4 years of Building Distribution, Launch is Next
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Crashlytics grew to 300 million devices in its first 12 months
“We ended up going from zero to three hundred million devices within the first 12 months.”
Jeff Seibert Feb 10, 2022 ▶ 7:15 Digits Wants to Replace Quickbooks, $30m Raised, 4 years of Building Distribution, Launch is Next
Disclosure
Digits raised from 72 angels, including Box, GitHub, and Twitter CEOs
“We actually had 72 angels in digits. And these are the CEOs of Box, it's Aaron, of GitHub, it's Nat, of Twitter, it's Dick Costolo, et cetera.”
Jeff Seibert Feb 10, 2022 ▶ 16:51 Digits Wants to Replace Quickbooks, $30m Raised, 4 years of Building Distribution, Launch is Next
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Increo sold to Box because it lacked distribution to raise Series A
“So without question and Creo failed the re like the reason we went and got acquired by box was because we didn't have the distribution we needed to raise an a round and we didn't spend that focus.”
Jeff Seibert Feb 10, 2022 ▶ 19:47 Digits Wants to Replace Quickbooks, $30m Raised, 4 years of Building Distribution, Launch is Next
Disclosure
Seibert was a surprise prominent feature in 'The Social Dilemma'
“I sat down for a nice two hour interview in back in 2018 and had no idea I would be front and center in the trailer, in the movie, et cetera.”
Jeff Seibert Feb 10, 2022 ▶ 1:17 Digits Wants to Replace Quickbooks, $30m Raised, 4 years of Building Distribution, Launch is Next
Assertion Supported
Box acquired Increo in 2009 as Aaron Levie's first corporate acquisition
“We ended up getting acquired by Box in 2009 as the first acquisition Aaron Levy ever made.”
Jeff Seibert Feb 10, 2022 ▶ 1:49 Digits Wants to Replace Quickbooks, $30m Raised, 4 years of Building Distribution, Launch is Next
Disclosure
Seibert still holds Box shares from the 2009 Increo acquisition
“And I not only held, I still hold a lot of the shares today.”
Jeff Seibert Feb 10, 2022 ▶ 2:25 Digits Wants to Replace Quickbooks, $30m Raised, 4 years of Building Distribution, Launch is Next
Disclosure
Crashlytics raised a $1M seed round at a $5M cap in 2011
“We raised one on five. That's exactly it.”
Jeff Seibert Feb 10, 2022 ▶ 6:20 Digits Wants to Replace Quickbooks, $30m Raised, 4 years of Building Distribution, Launch is Next
Assertion Supported
Twitter acquired Crashlytics just 14 months after its initial launch
“Basically 14 months from launch to being acquired by Twitter.”
Jeff Seibert Feb 10, 2022 ▶ 6:34 Digits Wants to Replace Quickbooks, $30m Raised, 4 years of Building Distribution, Launch is Next
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