McDonald's

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8 statements across 8 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 8 people on the record · first statement Jul 16, 2017 by Connie Chan · said 57 times in 29 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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Jul 16, 2017
Assertion Supported
Chan: McDonald's Offered Doorstep Delivery in China as Early as 2012
“In China, even five years ago, you could order McDonald's and get it delivered to your doorstep.”
Connie Chan Jul 16, 2017 ▶ 3:51 A Whirlwind Tour Through Tech Trends in China
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Johnson: Burger King's top five executive officers are aged 26 to 34
“You look at an example I was reading today, and I'm not advocating for the company, but I was reading about Burger King. And they said it's kind of being run by kids. And the top five officers are 26 to 34 years old. But they're performing really quite well. A…”
Ron Johnson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 23:51 a16z Podcast | Building Brands and Running Retail -- Ron Johnson and Tristan Walker Break It Down
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Dixon: Soylent aims to replace McDonald's, not home-cooked meals
“Soylent is not meant to replace the organic home-cooked meal with friends. It's meant to replace the, you know, the hamburger at McDonald's, which is just terrible for you.”
Chris Dixon Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:18 a16z Podcast | The Future of Food
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Hoover: McDonald's partnered with Niantic across 3,000 stores in Japan
“Today, they announced it just got released in Japan, the game for the first time, and McDonald's partnered with them, and their gym's now at nearly 3000 stores in Japan.”
Ryan Hoover Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 23:36 a16z Podcast | We Gotta Talk Pokémon Go
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Prediction Held up
Mariotti: Enterprise transition to microservices will take ten years
“At an enterprise level, you know, 99.9, they're still monolithic, so it's more a 10 years transition that we'll see, and what Netflix did, it will happen to Coca-Cola, to McDonald's, so there's a lot of value to be unlocked and to help companies doing this tra…”
Augusto Marietti Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 11:00 a16z Podcast | The API Economy -- The Why, What, and How
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Supported
Dalio: Designed the commodity hedging strategy behind McDonald's Chicken McNugget launch
“I contributed to the economic risk of being able to come out with a Chicken McNugget. Because it came out at a time when there was a lot of commodity price volatility, and McDonald's wanted to come out with a chicken McNugget, but they couldn't lock in a price…”
Ray Dalio Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:49 a16z Podcast | Principles and Algorithms for Work and Life
Apr 24, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Horowitz: 60% to 80% of McDonald's franchisees started as hourly workers
“I think at McDonald's, something like 60 or 80% of the franchisees, the owners of McDonald's restaurants started as hourly employees, so it's a, there's actually a nice progression and all that kind of thing”
Ben Horowitz Apr 24, 2024 ▶ 42:15 Startup Building: Major Shifts in Tech & Culture
Aug 4, 2025 neutral
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Patel: OpenAI makes $10B annually, less than McDonald's or Kohl's
“This thing can reason, but it's making open AI ten billion dollars a year. And McDonald's and Kohl's make more than ten billion dollars a year, right?”
Dwarkesh Patel Aug 4, 2025 ▶ 1:58 Dwarkesh Patel and Noah Smith on AGI and the Economy
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