Reporting the counterparty's growth as its own: management explains the company's coming year by narrating what its cust
The model's full reasoning — Q4 2017 call → NOWe need to determine if management explains where the business is going by narrating what its counterparties are themselves doing and scaling. The question asks: does a substantial part of management's forward account consist of reporting on the growth, expansion, ramp, adoption, or program build-out of specific customers, partners, licensees, distributors, payers, operators, or programs the company ALREADY SUPPLIES OR SERVES, such that the company's own coming volume is presented as a consequence of those parties' own trajectories rather than of the company's selling effort? We need to look at the transcript. Management (Josh Coates and Steve Kaminsky) discusses various customer wins, partnerships, and product launches. They talk about the Paychex partnership, which is a reseller relationship. They mention that Paychex will offer Bridge Learn to their customers. They also mention other customers like Scripps, Vivint, etc. But are they narrating the counterparties' own trajectories? For Paychex, they say it's a white label reseller relationship, and they will be able to offer the platform. But do they describe Paychex's own scaling or ramp? They mention that Paychex has over 0.5 million customers representing about 6 million users, but they don't describe Paychex's own expansion plans or how that will drive Instructure's growth over time. They just say it's a partnership with minimums. They don't talk about Paychex's own rollout phases or adoption curve. For other customers, they list wins but don't describe those customers' own trajectories. They mention that they are hopeful to expand relationships, but that's about Instructure's selling effort. The question specifically asks: "does a substantial part of management's forward account consist of reporting on the growth, expansion, ramp, adoption, or program build-out of specific customers, partners, licensees, distributors, payers, operators, or programs the company ALREADY SUPPLIES OR SERVES, such that the company's own coming volume is presented as a consequence of those parties' own trajectories rather than of the company's selling effort?" Management's forward account is mostly about their own investments, product launches, sales force expansion, and market opportunities. They talk about international expansion, but that's their own strategy.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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OOMA · Q3 2022 → YESThe question is about whether management narrates what its counterparties are doing and scaling, presenting the company's future volume as a consequence of those parties' trajectories.
MBLY · Q2 2023 → YESThe question is about whether management narrates what its counterparties are doing and scaling, presenting the company's volume as a consequence of those parties' trajectories.
ILMN · Q1 2018 → YESThe question is about whether management narrates what its counterparties are doing and scaling, presenting the company's future as a consequence of those parties' trajectories.