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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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Insight
Sullivan: Repeat founders make a mistake by self-funding their new startups
“I learned long ago that entrepreneurs the second time that they start a company after selling they make the mistake of funding their own company because now that they've sold a company, they're really smart. And there's a validation that you have to go through…”
Insight
Sullivan: New market categories never have just a single winner
“Well, you know, in any space, particularly a new space, there's never just one winner. And there's always a way if you really work at it to differentiate and find a place where they're not as strong as they seem.”
Opinion
Sullivan: Ryver has been the most difficult startup of his career
“By far the majority of companies struggle and river of all my startups have, has been the most difficult.”
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Sullivan: Ryver's monthly customer logo churn is under 1%
“It's slightly less than one percent of our customers.”
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Sullivan: Ryver grew almost 50% month-over-month last month
“Last month we grew almost 50%.”
Insight
Sullivan: SaaS companies begin needing enterprise features at 500 users
“The companies who need single sign-on and the enterprise features really begins around 500 users.”
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Sullivan: Ryver will break even or be profitable in 5-6 months
“I would like to think that in the next five to six months, we will be breakeven, even profitable.”
Disclosure
Sullivan: Ryver's average revenue per customer exceeds $70 per month
“Well the average revenue per customer Is just over 70 dollars. So, and most of the users are, tend to be the 99.”
Disclosure
Sullivan: Ryver Has Raised $13M Over Six Years
“We've raised actually thirteen million dollars. And that, that has been over a space of the last six years.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sullivan: Ryver has reached nearly one million users
“We have nearly a million users growing very, very fast.”
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Sullivan: Ryver has between 1,000 and 2,000 paying customers
“Oh, I'd say between a 1002 thousand at this point.”
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Sullivan: Ryver pays $17 per lead
“It cost us 17 dollars a lead.”
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Sullivan: Ryver's entire marketing budget is under $30k-$40k
“Running a single ad for sales logics was 30, 40,000 dollars. My entire budget is, is less than that.”
Assertion Contradicted
Pat Sullivan: ACT! ultimately sold more than 30 million copies
“There were times during Act which, you know, ultimately sold thirty million plus copies that we thought we were gonna fail.”
Assertion Supported
Sullivan: ACT! Sold to Symantec in 1993 and Bought Back in 1999
“We sold it to Symantec in 1993 and then after I started SalesLogix and we went public, we actually bought it back from Symantec in 1999.”