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The model's full reasoning — Q4 2015 call → NOWe need answer YES/NO based on transcript. Need identify if management describes existing capability useful for second larger purpose, already converting with numbers barely show. Transcript: Workiva Wdesk platform originally for SEC filings. They expanded to non-SEC use cases: SOX, regulatory risk, ERM, audit management, GRC. They say "ongoing investments" but capability exists. They have existing Wdesk platform. Second use: non-SEC use cases, larger TAM from $6.8B to $10.4B. They began marketing Wdesk to broader GRC market in Q4 2015. They have real customers: MPRO, Americo Logistics, motorcycle manufacturer, New York Life, UPS, Noble Energy, global airline, Talen Energy, etc. They say 2015 39% of subscription bookings from non-SEC, expected >50% in 2016. So second use is already converting, but still early? They say "we're still in investment mode on several use cases." They say "In 2016 we expect non-SEC use cases will contribute more than 50% of subscription bookings." That suggests not barely show? But they say "The percentages I just provided are conservative because customers who bought Wdesk from our SEC sales team tell us, they also use Wdesk for management reporting..." So second use is already significant 39% of bookings. But question asks "results just reported contain little of this second use, because its contribution is early or ramping and mostly lies ahead." Here they report 39% of subscription bookings from non-SEC in 2015, expected >50% in 2016. That's not "barely show" - it's substantial. However, the question asks "SOMETHING THE COMPANY ALREADY OWNS AND ALREADY OPERATES FOR ITS EXISTING BUSINESS HAS TURNED OUT TO BE USEFUL FOR A SECOND, MUCH LARGER PURPOSE — and that the company has recently BEGUN turning that second use into real business, without having had to build a new company to do it?" The essence: built something for one reason, discovered worth more for another, just started collecting. Here Wdesk built for SEC reporting, now used for GRC, SOX, ERM, audit management. TAM expanded by 50%. They began marketing to GRC in Q4 2015. They have real customers. But is second use "much larger" than original? They say TAM increased from $6.8B to $10.4B for both public and private companies. That includes SEC? Actually TAM for Wdesk expanded by over 50% due to new use cases.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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HCKT · Q1 2024 → YESThe question is about whether management describes something the company already owns and operates that has turned out useful for a second, much larger purpose, and they've begun turning that into rea...
HUYA · Q4 2023 → YESThe question is whether management describes something the company already owns and operates that has turned out useful for a second, much larger purpose, and they've begun turning that into real busi...
SANG · Q2 2024 → YESThe question is about whether management describes something the company already owns and operates that has turned out useful for a second, much larger purpose, and they've begun turning that into rea...