Tai Lopez

person on 6 shows · 14 statements across 11 episodes · said 126 times in 33 episodes since 2016

Top Founders 63 the Startup Ideas Podcast 24 My First Million 18 Mixergy 17 TBPN 3 Lenny's Podcast 1

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2021 7 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode
2020 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2017 59 mentions in 8 episodes 7 per episode
2016 20 mentions in 8 episodes 3 per episode

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14 statements about Tai Lopez, every show

TBPN Assertion Supported
Coogan: Tai Lopez raised over $230M from small investors
“Lopez raised more than two hundred and thirty million dollars from hundreds of mostly small investors.”
John Coogan Feb 12, 2026 ▶ 15:16 AI Isn’t Covid, FBI probes Tai Lopez, Mistral’s $2B Sweden bet | Diet TBPN
TBPN Assertion Supported
Coogan: SEC sued Tai Lopez over alleged Ponzi scheme and $16M theft
“Last September, the SEC filed a civil lawsuit against Lopez and his partners, accusing them of running a Ponzi scheme, misleading investors, and misappropriating 16.1 million dollars.”
John Coogan Feb 12, 2026 ▶ 16:07 AI Isn’t Covid, FBI probes Tai Lopez, Mistral’s $2B Sweden bet | Diet TBPN
TBPN Opinion
Hays: Tai Lopez spawned viral wave of info-product sellers
“Tai Lopez's greatest contribution, I would say is not very great, is he inspired tens of thousands of young people to try to make their money in, in info products, which is like still perpetuating itself, because it's sort of like a, it's kind of like a virus.”
Jordi Hays Feb 12, 2026 ▶ 17:19 AI Isn’t Covid, FBI probes Tai Lopez, Mistral’s $2B Sweden bet | Diet TBPN
Lochhead: Grant Cardone and the Kardashians monetize envy by projecting superiority
“One of the things that is insidious about influencers hustle porn stars, part of the business model is creating the perception of superiority. Right. The reason Grant Cardone and Tai Lopez and all these douchebags pose in front of planes and all this garbage, …”
Christopher Lochhead Sep 17, 2023 ▶ 9:28 How to become a category pirate | Christopher Lochhead (Author of Play Bigger, Niche Down, more)
Isenberg: Tai Lopez NFT would succeed better with 300 mints
“If I was Tai Lopez, I wouldn't have created such a big collection. I think it's like 8600 or something like that. And I would have just focused on like 300. People like his odds of success would have been way higher higher if he just would have taken the club …”
Greg Isenberg Mar 24, 2022 ▶ 25:15 How to Engineer Serendipity | Matt Mullenweg, Automattic
STARTUP IDEAS Assertion Supported
Isenberg: Tai Lopez turned RadioShack into a decentralized crypto exchange
“Tai Lopez, you know, famous YouTuber has been buying up old brands and love him or hate him. He's done a good job at buying a lot of these brands and he's turned Radio Shack into a Uniswap competitor, which is Uniswap for those who don't know is basically in a…”
Greg Isenberg Feb 15, 2022 ▶ 51:53 Will Meta Bounce Back? (with Nikita Bier) | Where It Happens | Bonus Episode
Parr: Tai Lopez's MentorBox is 'incredibly scammy'
“And there's another company called mentor box that does this and Tai Lopez is one of the owners. So it's incredibly scammy. I mean, like you sign up for like 20 dollars and then it rolls into like a 400 dollar a month thing. It's like fucking stupid.”
Sam Parr Mar 12, 2020 ▶ 24:42 Nicotine Gum, Dating Apps for the Elderly & Vested Shares Tax | My First Million Podcast 03-03-2020
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gonzalez: Tai Lopez paid my agency $5,000 to gain 10,000 Instagram followers
“He paid me 5000.”
Eduardo Gonzalez Jun 5, 2017 ▶ 8:10 681: Tai Lopez, Gary V Paid Him To Grow Instagram with Classy Savant CEO Eduardo Gonzalez
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Gonzalez: Classy Savant ran early social growth campaigns for GaryVee and Tai Lopez
“So we've done movement watches. We've done Gary Vee. We've talked about Tai Lopez. We've also talked about there's a couple other brands. I worked a little bit with secret entourage.”
Eduardo Gonzalez Jun 5, 2017 ▶ 10:12 681: Tai Lopez, Gary V Paid Him To Grow Instagram with Classy Savant CEO Eduardo Gonzalez
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Mehr: Initial MentorBox test generated about $80,000 in sales
“The first test that we did the two of us, we were able to sell, I think, 80,000 dollars worth of the product.”
Alex Mehr May 2, 2017 ▶ 12:56 647: Tai Lopez Owns 50% of $89/mo MentorBox.com, 800 Units, $80k In Initial Test for Self Help Box with CEO Alex Mehr
MIXERGY Assertion Not checkable as stated
Traffic from Tai Lopez generated $4M to $6M in revenue
“Thai alone I don't want to give specific numbers just because it's private for him, but it's in between In between four and six million just from Ty's traffic.”
Sam Ovens Mar 3, 2017 ▶ 1:02:42 #1417 How Sam Ovens is helping everyday people start their own consulting businesses
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Latka: Tai Lopez Knew None of His Numbers on The Top
“So I asked numbers, and the guy just didn't know any of his numbers. I mean, it's just like, there was nothing there, except, like, an Instagram account.”
Nathan Latka Jan 31, 2016 ▶ 15:17 How To Acquire $1m+ Company For $2 Dollars with Eric Siu CEO of Single Grain
Moran: Tai Lopez built a massive audience in 18 months through aggression
“The way that he actually got himself out there was more aggressive than most people willing to do, which is why he has built a very large audience larger than most people spend their lives doing. And he did it in like 18 months.”
Ryan Moran Jan 23, 2016 ▶ 19:20 How To Launch Your First Conference with Ryan Moran of Freedom Fast Lane: Financial Freedom, Personal Growth, and Extraordinary Living
Latka claims Tai Lopez was evasive and squeamy during his interview.
“I really went for the jugular in episode number 45 when Tai Lopez came on and was so foggy. That guy was so squeamy.”
Nathan Latka Jan 22, 2016 ▶ 17:35 Amy Tells Nathan he's Wrong on Membership Sites with Amy Schmittauer of SavvySexySocial.com

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