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Insight
Frontline workers will not independently download work-specific messaging apps
“Nobody's looking for another messaging or communication app to put on their phone from a user perspective, right? Like even, okay, but this one's work-based. Who cares? You know, I just want to text my buddy. I'm not incented to go put a new app on my phone ju…”
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Zinc relies on outbound marketing because deskless software lacks inbound search
“And this is not a defined market, right? This is not something that's on PG&E's list to buy, right? And so, so they're not searching. They're not typing it into their Google browser. Like, we're still in heavy outbound Market awareness mode.”
Insight
Workplace communication platforms need minimal customization because basic workflows are universal
“Generally a communication platform is used in generally the same way, right? Like any given user is going to be sending texts, receiving texts, being added to groups You know, being on a conference call, it's very to use. It's easy to implement. There's not a …”
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Zinc never needed $250K deployment costs to land big enterprise deals
“250 K at this stage of a company of a cost is a really high cost. So I don't think that that, I mean, I can just tell you right out of the gate, that's probably not necessary to go land some of these big deals. We haven't had to do that.”
Disclosure
Zinc contract values range from $10k to nearly seven figures annually
“Anywhere from 10,000 dollars a year annually to close to seven figures per year annually.”
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Zinc charges $10 to $20 per user per month
“10 to 20, depending on what they want, per user, per month.”
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Zinc has raised $16 million in venture capital to date
“We've raised sixteen million to date.”
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Zinc shut down its freemium model six months after launching
“We shut off freemium probably six months after we launched as zinc and basically said, Hey, you can do a free trial.”
Assertion Supported
Zinc deployed thousands of Dish Network technicians in two weeks
“Thousands of technicians live at Dish Network in two weeks.”
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Zinc has surpassed $1 million in annual recurring revenue
“Yes, we have.”
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Zinc grew revenue between 100% and 150% over the trailing twelve months
“Between a hundred and a 150.”
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Zinc has achieved 117% net revenue retention
“17%.”
Disclosure
Zinc has about 70 enterprise customers
“Yeah, we have about 70 enterprise customers today.”
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Zinc serves between 10,000 and 100,000 user seats
“Between 10 and a hundred.”
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Zinc has a total team size of about 30 people
“We have about 30 people.”