why aren't all 15 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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Louis Jonckheere: 90% of corporate marketing content is ignored by sales
“And actually, 90% of what marketing creates, like, never gets used.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Showpad's enterprise accounts expand by an average of 140% in year one
“Within the first 12 months, that customer grows on average with about a 140%.”
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Jonckheere: Showpad surpasses $20M in ARR
“We are now a bit over twenty million in ARR.”
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Showpad achieves an elite negative 35% net revenue churn rate
“Net churn, I think negative churn of about like 30, 35%, which is pretty good.”
Insight
Jonckheere: SaaS companies should generate $1 revenue per $1 spent on S&M
“The golden rule in SaaS always should be is that for every dollar you spend on, on, on sales and marketing, you should get one dollar in return in revenue.”
Insight
In-person events are by far Showpad's best-performing growth channel
“The non-digital events are still by far the best performing.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Jonckheere: Showpad's enterprise initial land deals average $50k to $60k
“If you look at enterprise and currently the average land deals are around like 50, 60 K.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Jonckheere: Showpad has 997 customers
“It's like 997. It's almost a thousand, but we say a thousand of course.”
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Jonckheere: Showpad targets $25M-$28M in ARR by December 2017
“We want to be somewhere between, let's say like 25 and then 28.”
Assertion Supported
Jonckheere: Showpad has raised $60M to $61M in total funding
“60, 61.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Jonckheere: Showpad's annual gross churn was just over 6%
“Gross churn. Last year was around a bit over six, six percent.”
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Jonckheere: Showpad's CAC payback period is under 11 months
“It's within 11 months, I think.”
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Jonckheere: Showpad operates at 85% to 86% gross margins
“8586 something.”
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Jonckheere: Showpad employs 220 people, including 30 sales reps
“The total team size is 220. We have a sales team of about 30 sales reps.”
Disclosure
Showpad charges an extra $10 per user monthly for its Salesforce integration
“A few things we've done is, is, I mean, adding new add-ons to the product that, for example, when we delivered our Salesforce integration, that's an additional 10 dollars per user a month.”