why aren't all 13 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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Assertion Not checkable as stated
ClearVoice has generated automated portfolios for 450,000 content creators
“We have 450,000 creators we've mapped and generated portfolios for.”
Opinion
Griffin: Competitor Scripted serves small businesses with $100 articles
“Scripted is a project-based marketplace designed for small businesses. So they're really good at turning out high quality, a hundred dollar articles, things like that.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
ClearVoice averages $20,000+ ACV across software and content fees
“So we're going to be, you know, 20 plus thousand dollars a year type contract value. Obviously it ranges, could be smaller than that, could be a lot bigger than that. But 20 plus a year in terms of the, any kind of software fees plus any kind of content fees.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Over 1,000 freelancers earned $100+ on ClearVoice in the past year
“Oh, I would say a thousand plus.”
Disclosure
ClearVoice indexed 250,000 publishers to algorithmically generate author portfolios
“So what we did, we build an infrastructure that goes out, indexes all the major publishers, the top 250,000 publishers,
We use some algorithms to figure out who wrote that content and then we generate portfolios for people.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Griffin predicts ClearVoice will reach $5M ARR by end of 2018
“We're getting, you know, obviously we're trying to get close to that five million dollar mark. We'll be there this year by end of year.”
Assertion Contradicted
Griffin claims over half of creative talent now works freelance
“Creative talent's going freelance. Way over half of them right now are freelance.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
ClearVoice maintains an LTV to CAC ratio over 3:1
“I could tell you that our CAC to L, our LTV lifetime value to CAC ratios are three plus in terms of our ability to acquire.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
ClearVoice CAC is between $10,000 and $20,000 for $20,000 ACV
“To acquire those customers were under 20,000, you know, to acquire those customers, probably closer to 10.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Griffin collected 90% of his Web.com earnout from 2007 agency sale
“I got about 90% of it.”
Disclosure
ClearVoice raised about $4M in total funding across Seed and Series A
“So far we've raised about four million.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
ClearVoice has scaled to roughly 150 customers
“Yeah, we got about a 150 customers.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
ClearVoice relies mostly on organic and earned media for customer acquisition
“Most of our acquisition activity is not done through paid media, it's done through organic and earned media.”