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why aren't all 52 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 2 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable

Assertion Not checkable as stated
Masa Son acquired Brightstar on condition Claure became Sprint CEO
“He offered to buy Brightstar with only one condition, and that condition was that I would become the CEO of Sprint.”
Marcelo Claure Aug 30, 2021 ▶ 3:52 20VC: Marcelo Claure, CEO of Softbank Group International on Lessons From Investing $1BN Per Week with Masa Son, How Softbank Could Have Up To 8 Companies Go Public in LATAM Alone Next Year & How Softbank Analyse Both Deal Pricing and Competition Today
Assertion Partly supported
Claure: Sprint Was Losing $5B Annually When He Took Over as CEO
“Sprint was losing five billion dollars a year.”
Marcelo Claure Aug 30, 2021 ▶ 5:11 20VC: Marcelo Claure, CEO of Softbank Group International on Lessons From Investing $1BN Per Week with Masa Son, How Softbank Could Have Up To 8 Companies Go Public in LATAM Alone Next Year & How Softbank Analyse Both Deal Pricing and Competition Today
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Claure: SoftBank operates 26 global teams meeting hundreds of founders weekly
“Today we have 26 investment teams all over the world that are meeting hundreds of entrepreneurs every single week”
Marcelo Claure Aug 30, 2021 ▶ 10:51 20VC: Marcelo Claure, CEO of Softbank Group International on Lessons From Investing $1BN Per Week with Masa Son, How Softbank Could Have Up To 8 Companies Go Public in LATAM Alone Next Year & How Softbank Analyse Both Deal Pricing and Competition Today
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Claure offered Sandeep Mathrani the WeWork CEO job 30 minutes into a board interview
“And in one of my board interviews, I met Sandeep. I was interviewing for a board member. And I tell you, 30 minutes into the interview, I said, let me stop. I said, you should not be a board member. You should be the CEO of WeWork.”
Marcelo Claure Aug 30, 2021 ▶ 30:33 20VC: Marcelo Claure, CEO of Softbank Group International on Lessons From Investing $1BN Per Week with Masa Son, How Softbank Could Have Up To 8 Companies Go Public in LATAM Alone Next Year & How Softbank Analyse Both Deal Pricing and Competition Today
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