The Ledger

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why aren't all 4 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 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
Rojas: Startup valuations at the seed stage have begun to rationalize
“I think that they've actually started to rationalize a little bit more.”
Peter Rojas Oct 14, 2015 ▶ 13:14 20 VC 079: BETAWORKS WEEK: East vs West Coast Investing with Peter Rojas, EIR @ Betaworks, Co-Founder @ Weblogs & Engadget
Assertion Supported
Rojas: Weblogs Inc. took investment from only Mark Cuban
“We only had one investor in Weblogs Inc. It was Mark Cuban”
Peter Rojas Oct 14, 2015 ▶ 22:21 20 VC 079: BETAWORKS WEEK: East vs West Coast Investing with Peter Rojas, EIR @ Betaworks, Co-Founder @ Weblogs & Engadget
Assertion Contradicted
Rojas: Fewer than 1,000 people were blogging in 2001
“It seemed at the time blogging was a very, very, very small space. There were maybe, at that point, I think there was probably less than a thousand people blogging.”
Peter Rojas Oct 14, 2015 ▶ 4:13 20 VC 079: BETAWORKS WEEK: East vs West Coast Investing with Peter Rojas, EIR @ Betaworks, Co-Founder @ Weblogs & Engadget
Assertion Supported
Rojas: Betaworks made 25 to 30 percent of investments on West Coast
“Now, Betaworks has done about 25, maybe 30% of its investments historically have been on the West Coast with the majority of those being pretty much in San Francisco, a handful in Silicon Valley.”
Peter Rojas Oct 14, 2015 ▶ 7:56 20 VC 079: BETAWORKS WEEK: East vs West Coast Investing with Peter Rojas, EIR @ Betaworks, Co-Founder @ Weblogs & Engadget
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