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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;
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May: Pivoting manufacturing to Asia unlocked $220,000 in Kickstarter funding
“And we, about a weekend, we changed the price of our campaign and said, okay, it's no longer made in the U S it's going to be made In Asia. And this is a new price point. And we kind of reset my campaign about seven days in and we're able to raise another 220,…”
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May: Breton sources leather from Dior and Montblanc's Italian tannery
“We get our leather from Italy from this really nice tannery who does like all the leather for like Christian Dior and Mont Blanc, all these really expensive companies.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
May: Breton generated about $400,000 in revenue in 2016
“So we did about four, oh, I had about 400,000 in revenue.”
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May: Breton's modern briefcase costs about $65 to produce
“So we're, we come at about 65 dollars to produce.”
Assertion Supported
May: Breton raised $280,000 across Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns
“So just on Kickstarter, we did 240,000. If you count our Indiegogo campaign, we got to about two 80.”
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May: Single June & January post drove 15 Breton sales within an hour
“She posted and we sold 17 like within an hour. So I know that we can kind of correlate. Well, at least like maybe one or two word didn't come from her, but you know, like seven, we could tie at least 15 to her.”
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Women represent 50% of Breton buyers despite male-dominated end users
“I think well, people who use it, I think more men than women use it, but I think we're about 50, 50 for women buying it because they're buying it. They're buying it. Yeah. For gifts or buying it for others.”