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18 statements about Michigan, every show

Vijayavargiya: Augment Ventures sources two-thirds of founders from Bay Area
“I think I would say one third from Michigan because we are very, you know, locally connected. So every fund has at least three or four companies that we have exposure to. And then two thirds from I guess Bay area.”
Sonali Vijayavargiya Jul 7, 2026 ▶ 18:22 Transforming the Real Sector with Decision Intelligence with Sonali Vijayavargiya of Augment Ventures | The Innovators & Investors Podcast
ALL-IN Disclosure
Palihapitiya is building a Michigan battery factory to de-lever from China
“I am a person that started a business that is building a factory to make batteries in my specific example in Michigan. So to D lever away from China for the battery supply chain.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Sep 7, 2025 ▶ 35:13 Inside the White House Tech Dinner, Weak Jobs Report, Tariffs Court Challenge, Google Wins Antitrust
INNOVATORS & INVESTORS Assertion Open · timeframe Sep 2025
Rizik: Renaissance VC catalyzed $3B across 84 Michigan startups
“We've tracked about three billion of investment that's come into Michigan through our relationships. 84 companies have received investments through these relationships.”
Chris Rizik Sep 3, 2025 ▶ 7:21 Chris Rizik on Building Renaissance Venture Capital & Boosting Michigan Startups
INNOVATORS & INVESTORS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Rizik: Over half of Michigan's top startups have university backgrounds
“Yes, I mean, probably, I would say, over half of the most successful startups have some kind of university background to them.”
Chris Rizik Sep 3, 2025 ▶ 24:58 Chris Rizik on Building Renaissance Venture Capital & Boosting Michigan Startups
CATALYST Assertion Supported
Lubershain: Ford is moving ahead with $3B Michigan CATL-licensed plant
“Ford has basically said, we're moving ahead with this three billion dollar battery plant in Michigan, where they're licensing lithium iron phosphate technology from CATL, the Chinese battery giant.”
Andy Lubershane Jul 17, 2025 ▶ 15:15 Five big questions emerging from the OBBB
MORE OR LESS Disclosure
Lessin: Slow Ventures closed a $60M creator fund backed by MIT.
“We closed our creator fund, sixty million dollars of institutional capital from really serious people like MIT and Michigan and Rutgers”
Sam Lessin Feb 14, 2025 ▶ 42:27 #86: Elon’s $97B Curveball For OpenAI · More or Less Podcast
Hormozi lost 100 pounds and moved to California for a fitness career
“I ended up losing almost a hundred pounds. I moved across the country by myself from Michigan to California, and I went to go to California because I wanted to pursue a career in fitness”
Leila Hormozi Nov 15, 2024 ▶ 3:05 Leila Hormozi: From Minimum Wage Employee to $100M Net Worth By 29
ALL-IN Assertion Partly supported
Sachs: Democratic groups in Michigan and Wisconsin maneuvered against third-party candidates
“So in, in Michigan and Wisconsin, you had Democratic groups, they fought RFK Jr.'s bid to get on the ballot. Okay, they failed. Now he wants to get off the ballot, but they won't take him off now that they think that his presence hurts Trump. And at the same t…”
David Sacks Aug 30, 2024 ▶ 48:25 In conversation with Reid Hoffman & Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Ro Khanna: Democrats cannot win Rust Belt states without addressing industrial loss
“Until other people in the Democratic Party can speak to folks in places like Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, about the loss that they have felt in, ah, industry and can connect and have a real vision there, they're not going to be able to win those states.”
Ro Khanna Sep 12, 2023 ▶ 27:40 All-In Summit: Ro Khanna on China, political reform, major challenges facing the US and more
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Michael Newman: Pennsylvania and Michigan cannot tabulate votes until polls close
“Pennsylvania, unfortunately, and Michigan as well, are states that aren't allowed to start tabulating until all the polls are closed.”
Michael Newman Nov 4, 2020 ▶ 1:05:16 E11: Election Night Special featuring Phil Hellmuth, Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner & more!
ALL-IN Prediction Held up
Newman: 2020 election results in key swing states could take until weekend
“Unfortunately, all four of those states are going to probably take at least a day. Arizona, three days, I think, to count. Maybe not this year because So much of the vote was early. Maybe it'll move faster, but they are notoriously slow counters. So settle in.…”
Michael Newman Nov 4, 2020 ▶ 1:07:33 E11: Election Night Special featuring Phil Hellmuth, Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner & more!
ALL-IN Prediction Didn’t hold up
Gerstner predicts Donald Trump will win Michigan in 2020 election
“Michigan's gonna go to Trump.”
Brad Gerstner Nov 4, 2020 ▶ 2:12:04 E11: Election Night Special featuring Phil Hellmuth, Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner & more!
ALL-IN Prediction Held up
Sacks predicts 2020 election will come down to PA, MI, and courts
“This is going to come down to Pennsylvania, Michigan, and it's going to take days to do those counts and we're probably gonna end up in the courts.”
David Sacks Nov 4, 2020 ▶ 2:30:36 E11: Election Night Special featuring Phil Hellmuth, Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner & more!
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Sacks: Trump must sweep Georgia, Michigan, and Pennsylvania to win
“Trump now has to win Georgia, Michigan, and Pennsylvania in order to win the presidency. If Biden wins any one of those three states, he wins. He has to be a three for three in Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.”
David Sacks Nov 4, 2020 ▶ 2:52:33 E11: Election Night Special featuring Phil Hellmuth, Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner & more!
ALL-IN Assertion Partly supported
Gerstner: Biden wins Michigan if he matches 2016 margins in Detroit and Ann Arbor
“If Biden wins Ann Arbor and Detroit by the same percentage as 2016, that's 420,000 Biden incremental votes versus the 300,000 current Trump lead. Just apply the math and he wins Michigan.”
Brad Gerstner Nov 4, 2020 ▶ 2:53:14 E11: Election Night Special featuring Phil Hellmuth, Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner & more!
CAPITAL ALLOCATORS Assertion Partly supported
Recker: Only four US state pension plans use sole fiduciary model
“At Michigan, it's a sole fiduciary state, which is very interesting. There's only four in the United States. For the state plans. And so that means the state treasurer is basically the fiduciary and makes all the decisions.”
Tim Recker May 20, 2019 ▶ 23:44 Tim Recker - Concentration at the James Irvine Foundation (Capital Allocators, EP.100)
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Customers flying from SF to Michigan prompted Forever Labs' coastal expansion
“We started in Michigan, but then what happened is we had people flying out from San Francisco to Michigan to have the procedure done. And we realized very quickly that we needed to expand and our second market was San Francisco.”
Steven Klausnitzer Apr 3, 2018 ▶ 4:10 983 200 People Have Paid Him $2k To Live Forever
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Coastal customers bank stem cells for longevity, Midwest customers for disease treatment
“If we're in Michigan or North Carolina it's a much more pragmatic market. People signing up there are signing up in order to treat perhaps a family disease. They may have a family history of cardiovascular disease. Or osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis, wh…”
Steven Klausnitzer Apr 3, 2018 ▶ 14:23 983 200 People Have Paid Him $2k To Live Forever

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