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Mayo: Ad Revenue Will Eventually Become SpokenLayer's Largest Business Component
“In the long term, we know the growth of ad revenue will be the largest component of the business”
Will Mayo Oct 28, 2016 ▶ 4:52 EP 461: $2m Raised, SpokenLayer Turning Blogs Into Audio Content with CEO Will Mayo
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Mayo: SpokenLayer's enterprise customer acquisition is driven entirely by inbound sales
“Everything's inbound.”
Will Mayo Oct 28, 2016 ▶ 9:17 EP 461: $2m Raised, SpokenLayer Turning Blogs Into Audio Content with CEO Will Mayo
Assertion Supported
Mayo: SpokenLayer powers audio editions for about 30 media properties
“So we power spoken editions for about 30 properties or so ranging Wired, Reuters, Huffington Post, Bustle, Playboy, Skiff, Smashable, TechCrunch those are just the ones that pop off the top of my head.”
Will Mayo Oct 28, 2016 ▶ 2:55 EP 461: $2m Raised, SpokenLayer Turning Blogs Into Audio Content with CEO Will Mayo
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
SpokenLayer has raised over $2M across six years
“We've raised a bit over two million dollars over the past, ah, six years.”
Will Mayo Oct 28, 2016 ▶ 8:06 EP 461: $2m Raised, SpokenLayer Turning Blogs Into Audio Content with CEO Will Mayo
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Mayo: SpokenLayer has about 10 people on its core team
“About 10 or so on the core team.”
Will Mayo Oct 28, 2016 ▶ 14:41 EP 461: $2m Raised, SpokenLayer Turning Blogs Into Audio Content with CEO Will Mayo
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