why aren't all 8 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 Contradicted
RiteKit invented auto-hashtagging technology, says founder Saul Fleischman
“Auto-hashtagging, we invented that.”
Insight
Sharing SaaS revenue publicly alienates enterprise buyers and invites copycats
“It's a mistake because whatever number you put out there is at the same time too low and too high.”
Insight
Monetizing browser extensions is tough because users expect them for free
“Conversion extremely tough. I put it to you this way. If I was addressing 10,000 people in a room and said, how many people have something, some browser extension for which you could define the product's value proposition as being delivered by the extension? I…”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
RiteKit's API business has become the company's primary revenue source
“It's actually a wild time for us because now the API is our main revenue source.”
Disclosure
RiteKit has been 100% self-funded since its inception
“Especially with us, we're a hundred percent self-funded. 100%. Always.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
RiteKit currently has zero customers on its $600 monthly API tier
“And I can tell you right now, we don't have a single customer on that.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
RiteTag converted 431,000 registrations from an estimated 25 million exposures
“It's somewhere between, I've been checked recently, but 20, twenty-five million who have familiarity with right tag, and then a tiny speck of them have completed registrations, but that tiny speck is 431,000.”
Disclosure
RiteKit operates with five employees today, down from a peak of 30
“We've been actually as high as 30. A lot of the time we've been in the teens or around 20. Right now it's five.”