Form S-1 Interactive Drafting Guide

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus contains forward-looking statements about us and our industry that involve substantial risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this prospectus, including statements regarding our future results of operations or financial condition, business strategy and plans, and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “hope,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “objective,” “ongoing,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “will,” or “would” or the negative of these words or other similar terms or expressions. In particular, information appearing under “Business,” “Risk Factors,” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” includes forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning the following:

• our ability to dominate the market and successfully compete with our (barely) competitors;
• our ability to effectively manage our growth and maintain and transcend our disrupt-first, ask-questions-later culture;
• our expectations regarding our rosy future financial performance;
• our expectations regarding future operating performance, such as our future annual recurring revenue (ARR), dollar-based net retention rate, and customers;
• our anticipated investments in new products and offerings that define amazingness;
• our anticipated capital expenditures, excluding the founder’s private jet expenses, and our estimates regarding our capital requirements;
• anticipated technology trends and developments, and our ability to address those trends and developments with our products and offerings;
• the incomprehensively large size of our addressable markets, market share, category positions and market trends;
• our ability to identify, recruit and retain skilled personnel, including (but mainly) our key spiritual leaders;
• our expected exponential growth in the number of platform users, and our ability to promote our brand and attract and retain our zealous platform users;
• our ability to maintain, protect and enhance our intellectual property rights (which again, are not like real property rights);
• our ability to introduce new cash-cow products and offerings and enhance existing products and offerings;
• our ability to successfully enter into new geographies where regulatory restrictions are rather lax;
• our ability to meet the requirements of our existing debt, which we don’t want to repay when due;
• our ability to keep hackers from prowling our information technology systems;
• our ability to successfully defend litigation brought against us, which will never be material;
• our ability to “comply” with existing, modified or new laws and regulations applying to our business;
• our ability to implement and maintain a semblance of effective internal controls; and
• our use of the net proceeds from this offering.

Actual events or results may differ from those expressed in forward-looking statements. As such, you should not rely on forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. We have based the forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus primarily on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects, strategy, and financial needs. The outcome of the events described in these forward-looking statements is subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors described in the section titled “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus. Moreover, we operate in a highly competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all risks and uncertainties that could have an impact on the forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus.

The results, events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements may not be achieved or occur, and actual results, events or circumstances could differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.

In addition, statements that “we believe” and similar statements reflect our beliefs and opinions on the relevant subject. These statements are based on information available to us as of the date of this prospectus. While we believe that such information provides a reasonable basis for these statements, such information may be limited or incomplete. Our statements should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all relevant information. These statements are inherently uncertain, and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely on these statements.6

The forward-looking statements made in this prospectus relate only to events as of the date on which the statements are made. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made in this prospectus to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this prospectus or to reflect new information, actual results, revised expectations, or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law. We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions, or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements.