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20VC Prediction Open · timeframe Jun 2020
Altucher in 2015: Uber will become a trillion-dollar company
“They're ultimately a logistics company where on one side are people who want to do things for money, and on the other side are people who want to pay for services. So they're going to be an entire slice of kind of the world's, you know, GDP at some point. So, …”
James Altucher Jun 4, 2015 ▶ 15:45 James Altucher: Ideas, Investing and Entrepreneurs
BIGDEAL Assertion Supported
Altucher: Jerry Seinfeld wrote NYT op-ed attacking him, Cuomo emailed it
“Even Jerry Seinfeld wrote an op-ed in the New York Times just trashing me, which then Andrew Cuomo emailed to, like, everybody in New York State”
James Altucher May 14, 2024 ▶ 34:01 If I was broke in 2024, here’s exactly what I’d do… (feat. James Altucher)
THE PITCH Prediction Not checkable as stated
Altucher: Agrawal probably won't remain CEO of Tushy past a certain scale
“And I think probably you wouldn't be CEO of this past a certain level, is my guess.”
James Altucher Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 17:17 #14 The Ghost of Startups Past: Tushy
20VC Assertion Not checkable as stated
Altucher: Students forget college lectures within 48 hours without memory training
“48 hours after you leave a college lecture, you're gonna remember nothing from that college lecture, unless you've trained yourself In memory techniques, which I don't know anybody who's really, I know maybe three people who've trained themselves in really goo…”
James Altucher Jun 4, 2015 ▶ 21:53 James Altucher: Ideas, Investing and Entrepreneurs
THE PITCH Assertion Not checkable as stated
Altucher: I threw out 99.9% of my belongings
“About a year and a half ago, I threw out all of my belongings, like, 99.99% of my belongings, anything that could fit, I only have things that could fit in my carry-on bag, and that's it.”
James Altucher Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 24:49 #16 Qleek
BIGDEAL Assertion Contradicted
Altucher: Google Manually Replaced His Post With Suicide Hotline
“There was a point where, because I wrote about this, there was a point where if you Googled, how do I kill myself, I was like the number one search result on Google, and then enough people complained that Google had to manually put in the national suicide hotl…”
James Altucher May 14, 2024 ▶ 6:06 If I was broke in 2024, here’s exactly what I’d do… (feat. James Altucher)
BIGDEAL Assertion Not checkable as stated
Altucher: Cold-emailing daily idea lists led to speaking gigs at Google, Facebook, and Airbnb
“And I've been doing this now, writing 10 ideas a day for over 20 years. I've, because I send many of them out, I've been invited to speak at Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, I spoke at Airbnb's main conference. I've been out to Quora and met, met all of them, and j…”
James Altucher May 14, 2024 ▶ 13:54 If I was broke in 2024, here’s exactly what I’d do… (feat. James Altucher)
BIGDEAL Assertion Not checkable as stated
Altucher: A hedge fund manager gave him $5M without understanding his software
“And somebody, a big hedge fund manager, I sent them my software for how I do my investing, and he said, well, I don't get your software, but I'll give you five million dollars to manage, and then I started a hedge fund out of that.”
James Altucher May 14, 2024 ▶ 14:58 If I was broke in 2024, here’s exactly what I’d do… (feat. James Altucher)
BIGDEAL Assertion Contradicted
Altucher: Anyone can become official presidential candidate on fec.gov in 10 minutes
“If you just go to fec.gov and fill out 10 minutes worth of paperwork, you too could be an official candidate for president.”
James Altucher May 14, 2024 ▶ 17:27 If I was broke in 2024, here’s exactly what I’d do… (feat. James Altucher)
20VC Assertion Not checkable as stated
Altucher secured meetings at Google, Facebook, and LinkedIn through personal writing
“I visited Google, Facebook, and LinkedIn, you know, with high up people at each company just because of my people knew me for my writing.”
James Altucher Jun 4, 2015 ▶ 4:06 James Altucher: Ideas, Investing and Entrepreneurs
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