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Eddie Margain

Founder & CEO, Pixiu Investments · 1 appearance on the record.

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Eddie Margain is an entrepreneur and investor who co-founded Major League Soccer’s Austin FC and leads Pixiu Investments. Originally an internet and telecom entrepreneur in Monterrey, Mexico, he relocated to Texas, where he also co-founded Austin Capital Partners and serves as president of the Greater Austin Crime Commission.

11statements → 5claims → 3claims resolved → 67%fully supported → 4.09/5average certainty → 1.91/5average debate potential →

2 supported 0 partly supported 1 contradicted 2 not checkable as stated how the 5 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

5 assertions · 3 opinions · 3 insights · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 5 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 3 are resolved, and 2 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Eddie argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Margain: Austin FC Received Zero City Funding for Q2 Stadium
“We didn't get a dollar from the city. Zero.”
Eddie Margain Jun 22, 2023 ▶ 16:12 Ep 63: Eddie Margain on Fleeing Mexico and Building Austin FC · Joe Lonsdale

Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted
Margain: Company Created First Character Phone with Hello Kitty
“We came up with the first character phone. So we created a Hello Kitty phone.”
Eddie Margain Jun 22, 2023 ▶ 3:11 Ep 63: Eddie Margain on Fleeing Mexico and Building Austin FC · Joe Lonsdale

Expressed certainty vs assessment result

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weighted support: a fully supported claim counts one, a partly supported claim counts half. Each filled bar is clickable and opens exactly those claims; "none yet" means nothing said at that certainty level has resolved yet

Everything Eddie Margain said on American Optimist that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Opinion
Margain: The US is the best country because its system rewards doing the right thing
“That's what makes The United States, the best country in the world. It's basically that we have a system that incentivates more people to do the right thing and be successful and be rewarded for it.”
Eddie Margain Jun 22, 2023 ▶ 11:31 Ep 63: Eddie Margain on Fleeing Mexico and Building Austin FC · Joe Lonsdale
Assertion Supported
Margain: Austin FC Received Zero City Funding for Q2 Stadium
“We didn't get a dollar from the city. Zero.”
Eddie Margain Jun 22, 2023 ▶ 16:12 Ep 63: Eddie Margain on Fleeing Mexico and Building Austin FC · Joe Lonsdale
Opinion
Margain: Sports must not be politicized so fans can escape daily stress
“Going back to soccer, Like, that's why when they've tried to start, try to make it political in a way, or use it as a platform, it's like, I don't know, please, like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, bring it back, leave it alone, because this is what gives people …”
Eddie Margain Jun 22, 2023 ▶ 24:22 Ep 63: Eddie Margain on Fleeing Mexico and Building Austin FC · Joe Lonsdale
Opinion
Margain: Mexican Capital Access Is Controlled by a Small Elite
“Well, I mean, access to capital is different. Over there, it's super limited. So basically, there's a segment that basically control what's going on and what's, what can be done.”
Eddie Margain Jun 22, 2023 ▶ 5:10 Ep 63: Eddie Margain on Fleeing Mexico and Building Austin FC · Joe Lonsdale
Insight
Margain: US Capital Abundance Drives Business Collaboration
“Here in the US, we have way more access, we're way more collective, because there's more opportunities, we collaborate more.”
Eddie Margain Jun 22, 2023 ▶ 5:31 Ep 63: Eddie Margain on Fleeing Mexico and Building Austin FC · Joe Lonsdale
Insight
Eddie Margain: U.S. Rule of Law and 911 Reliability Will Fade If Unprotected
“We sometimes give it for granted here in the U.S. That you can just dial nine one, and someone that, someone will answer the call, and someone that you can trust, and that is going to come for help. And that's not true in many other countries. Like, we're bles…”
Eddie Margain Jun 22, 2023 ▶ 7:32 Ep 63: Eddie Margain on Fleeing Mexico and Building Austin FC · Joe Lonsdale
Insight
Margain: Pro sports teams build better communities by inspiring youth discipline
“When you have professional athletes in your community, they become the professional heroes of many kids, thousands of kids. So the thesis was, if you have those professional heroes, and you have 30, 40,000 kids wanting to be like them from year 10 to 20, ok, a…”
Eddie Margain Jun 22, 2023 ▶ 13:08 Ep 63: Eddie Margain on Fleeing Mexico and Building Austin FC · Joe Lonsdale
Assertion Supported
Margain: MLS is the most diverse sports league in the world
“In fact, MLS is the most diverse league in the world.”
Eddie Margain Jun 22, 2023 ▶ 14:05 Ep 63: Eddie Margain on Fleeing Mexico and Building Austin FC · Joe Lonsdale
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Margain had never seen or attended an MLS game before co-founding Austin FC
“Before we did the MLS project, the soccer team, Austin FC, I hadn't seen or been to an MLS game ever. Zero. Had never been to one.”
Eddie Margain Jun 22, 2023 ▶ 20:02 Ep 63: Eddie Margain on Fleeing Mexico and Building Austin FC · Joe Lonsdale
Assertion Contradicted
Margain: Company Created First Character Phone with Hello Kitty
“We came up with the first character phone. So we created a Hello Kitty phone.”
Eddie Margain Jun 22, 2023 ▶ 3:11 Ep 63: Eddie Margain on Fleeing Mexico and Building Austin FC · Joe Lonsdale
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Margain: Initial Hello Kitty Phone Order Sold Out in Mexico in 10 Days
“First order and said, like, ok, this will last us for a year, maybe two years. Kids and stuff, and like, in a week and a half, gone. Only in Mexico. All of the phones, gone.”
Eddie Margain Jun 22, 2023 ▶ 4:35 Ep 63: Eddie Margain on Fleeing Mexico and Building Austin FC · Joe Lonsdale

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Ep 63: Eddie Margain on Fleeing Mexico and Building Austin FC · Joe Lonsdale Jun 22, 2023 14m
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