why aren't all 8 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
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sahil Bloom predicts mid-sized venture funds will face severe survival pressure
“The middle of this landscape that exists here is going to be challenged. And I think what it leads to is maybe not the death of the middle. It's going to be a survival of the fittest though, where they have to, and will be forced to figure out what their true …”
Disclosure
Sahil Bloom reveals Apple CEO Tim Cook is a financial backer
“He's become an amazing mentor. He's a backer of mine has taught me a lot”
Disclosure
Sahil Bloom announces his debut $10 million fund, SRB Ventures
“I'll be announcing my first venture fund. It's called SRB Ventures. SRB are my initials, Sahil Ready Bloom, a ten million dollar debut fund anchored by some amazing people and with participation from a bunch of people that I really really, really admire and ha…”
Opinion
Sahil Bloom calls Andreessen Horowitz the benchmark for venture media strategy
“I think Andreessen is probably the best example of a firm who has done this well. Well, you know, they created Future, which is almost like a standalone media entity, and they're trying to really, think thoughtfully about having that as a real media platform”
Assertion Supported
Sahil Bloom started posting on Twitter in May 2020
“It's actually twenty-twenty. I didn't start sharing things on Twitter until May of twenty-twenty. I had like a few hundred followers at the time”
Assertion Partly supported
Sahil Bloom gained his second 100K Twitter followers in just 45 days
“The first 100,000 took, I don't know, eight, nine months. And then I think I've grown a 100,000 in the last. 45 days or 50 days.”
Prediction Held up
SRB Ventures will write checks between $50,000 and $250,000
“50 will be the smallest I would do. I, you know, I think everything will probably fall into the 50 to two 50 range with, you know, two 50 coming at probably like series B type rounds and smaller checks into earlier higher risk things. But I think 50 will end u…”
Disclosure
SRB Ventures made an early investment in short-term rental platform Wander
“One of the companies, one of the first investments out of the fund is this business wander. QED and red point were leading the series a very cool short-term rental vertically integrated platform.”