| $500B | “five hundred billion dollars” | Swanson: Only 1-2% of venture capital comes from active founders | Jonathan Swanson | Jan 24, 2023 | — |
| $200B | “two hundred billion dollars” | Pujji: SVB Deposits Surged From $60B to ~$200B in Under Two Years | Jesse Pujji | Mar 13, 2023 | Supported |
| $200B | “two hundred billion dollars” | Pinduoduo grew to a $200B market cap in just six years | Alex Lieberman | Apr 2, 2021 | Supported |
| $67B | “sixty seven billion dollars” | Lieberman: Costco ranks as sixth largest global retailer with $167B revenue | Alex Lieberman | Sep 17, 2021 | Supported |
| $60B | “sixty billion dollars” | Pujji: SVB Deposits Surged From $60B to ~$200B in Under Two Years | Jesse Pujji | Mar 13, 2023 | Supported |
| $50B | “fifty billion dollars” | Lieberman: Microsoft Learned of Altman's Ouster One Minute Before Announcement | Alex Lieberman | Nov 20, 2023 | Supported |
| $48B | “forty eight billion dollars” | Costco carries just 3,700 SKUs compared to Walmart's 100,000 | Alex Lieberman | Sep 17, 2021 | Supported |
| $35B | “thirty five billion dollars” | Lieberman: Andreessen Horowitz Grew to World's Largest VC With $35B AUM | Alex Lieberman | Mar 8, 2024 | Supported |
| $28B | “twenty-eight billion dollars” | Tokyo Olympics cost $28 billion against $6.7 billion in projected revenue | Alex Lieberman | Jul 30, 2021 | Supported |
| $26B | “twenty six billion dollars” | Lieberman: Twitter will not 5x revenue to $26.4B by 2028 | Alex Lieberman | Dec 6, 2022 | Open |
| $17.5B | “17.5 billion dollars” | Lieberman: Digital music streaming represents 84% of industry revenue at $17.5B | Alex Lieberman | Mar 8, 2024 | Partly supported |
| $12B | “twelve billion dollars” | Deel reached $800M ARR and profitability at a $12B valuation | Alex Lieberman | Mar 19, 2025 | Supported |
| $12B | “twelve billion dollars” | Lieberman: Red Ventures is roughly valued at $12 billion | Alex Lieberman | Jan 31, 2023 | Supported |
| $12B | “twelve billion dollars” | Mailchimp's $12B Intuit sale is the largest private bootstrapped acquisition ever | Alex Lieberman | Sep 20, 2021 | Supported |
| $11.7B | “11.7 billion dollars” | Mailchimp Founders Split $11.7B in Intuit Deal While Employees Received $500M | Alex Lieberman | Sep 20, 2021 | Supported |
| $8.5B | “8.5 billion dollars” | Pinduoduo reached $8.5B in 2020 revenue, taking 14% of China's e-commerce | Alex Lieberman | Apr 2, 2021 | Supported |
| $7.4B | “7.4 billion dollars” | Tokyo Olympic costs ballooned from $7.4 billion to over $28 billion | Alex Lieberman | Jul 30, 2021 | Supported |
| $7B | “seven billion dollars” | Lieberman: Kickstarter has raised $7B and engaged 22M project backers | Alex Lieberman | Feb 7, 2023 | Supported |
| $6.7B | “6.7 billion dollars” | Tokyo Olympics cost $28 billion against $6.7 billion in projected revenue | Alex Lieberman | Jul 30, 2021 | Supported |
| $6B | “six billion dollars” | Kajabi powered $2 billion in creator revenue in 2023 alone | Ahad Khan | Oct 13, 2023 | — |
| $5.3B | “5.3 billion dollars” | Lieberman: United MileagePlus Generated $1.8B in Profit in June 2020 | Alex Lieberman | Dec 13, 2022 | Supported |
| $5B | “five billion dollars” | Bilt reached over $5B in annualized rent processing within 12 months | Ankur Jain | Apr 4, 2023 | — |
| $5B | “five billion dollars” | Mailchimp Founders Split $11.7B in Intuit Deal While Employees Received $500M | Alex Lieberman | Sep 20, 2021 | Supported |
| $4.6B | “4.6 billion dollars” | Lieberman: Digital music streaming represents 84% of industry revenue at $17.5B | Alex Lieberman | Mar 8, 2024 | Partly supported |
| $4B | “four billion dollars” | Energy trader John Arnold retired at 38 with $4 billion | Alex Lieberman | Mar 29, 2023 | Partly supported |
| $3.7B | “3.7 billion dollars” | Creator economy startups raised $3.7 billion in 2021 | Alex Lieberman | Mar 7, 2022 | Partly supported |
| $3.6B | “3.6 billion dollars” | Beijing and London Olympics lost tens of billions of dollars | Alex Lieberman | Jul 30, 2021 | Supported |
| $3.5B | “3.5 billion dollars” | Airbnb generated $3.5B in free cash flow across 5,300 employees in 2022 | Alex Lieberman | May 18, 2023 | Partly supported |
| $3.2B | “3.2 billion dollars” | Lieberman: Skims generated $275M in 2021 and was valued at $3.2B | Alex Lieberman | Apr 22, 2022 | Supported |
| $2.4B | “2.4 billion dollars” | Data Domain returned $2.4B to shareholders on just $28M in net capital | Alex Lieberman | Mar 1, 2024 | Partly supported |
| $2B | “two billion dollars” | ServiceNow reached $1B in revenue having raised only $6.5M in external funding | Alex Lieberman | Mar 1, 2024 | Partly supported |
| $2B | “two billion dollars” | Kajabi powered $2 billion in creator revenue in 2023 alone | Ahad Khan | Oct 13, 2023 | — |
| $2B | “two billion dollars” | Jain: Rhino has returned $2 billion in security deposits to renters | Ankur Jain | Apr 4, 2023 | — |
| $2B | “two billion dollars” | Lieberman: Founders in a single group chat pulled $2B from SVB | Alex Lieberman | Mar 13, 2023 | — |
| $1.8B | “1.8 billion dollars” | Lieberman: $1.6B of Rihanna's $1.8B net worth comes from Fenty businesses | Alex Lieberman | Feb 21, 2023 | Supported |
| $1.8B | “1.8 billion dollars” | Lieberman: United MileagePlus Generated $1.8B in Profit in June 2020 | Alex Lieberman | Dec 13, 2022 | Supported |
| $1.6B | “1.6 billion dollars” | Lieberman: Starbucks keeps $160 million annually from unredeemed customer deposits | Alex Lieberman | Dec 13, 2022 | Partly supported |
| $1.5B | “a half billion dollars” | Membership fees allow Costco to sell its products near cost | Alex Lieberman | Sep 17, 2021 | Supported |
| $1.5B | “a half billion dollars” | Pinduoduo grew revenue 119x from $71M to $8.5B in six years | Alex Lieberman | Apr 2, 2021 | Supported |
| $1.4B | “1.4 billion dollars” | Hoka reached $1.4B in annual sales, up from $153M in 2018 | Alex Lieberman | Aug 25, 2023 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | ServiceNow reached $1B in revenue having raised only $6.5M in external funding | Alex Lieberman | Mar 1, 2024 | Partly supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Siroker: Rewind received 20 funding offers at $1B valuation or higher | Dan Siroker | Nov 29, 2023 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Lieberman: Blue Apron was bought for $40M after a $1B valuation | Alex Lieberman | Oct 9, 2023 | Partly supported |
| $900M | “nine hundred million dollars” | Sanchez: Reese Witherspoon sold Hello Sunshine for $900 million | Codie Sanchez | Nov 22, 2022 | Supported |
| $800M | “eight hundred million dollars” | Blockbuster Made $800M in Late Fees in 2000 | Alex Lieberman | Mar 4, 2024 | Supported |
| $800M | “eight hundred million dollars” | Lieberman: Webvan lost $800M and went bankrupt in 2001 | Alex Lieberman | Mar 8, 2024 | Supported |
| $800M | “eight hundred million dollars” | By 2021, Mailchimp had 13 million users and neared $1B revenue | Alex Lieberman | Sep 20, 2021 | Supported |
| $550M | “five hundred fifty million dollars” | Lieberman: Fenty Beauty hit $550M revenue and $2.8B valuation in 2018 | Alex Lieberman | Feb 21, 2023 | Partly supported |
| $500M | “five hundred million dollars” | Mailchimp Founders Split $11.7B in Intuit Deal While Employees Received $500M | Alex Lieberman | Sep 20, 2021 | Supported |
| $400M | “four hundred million dollars” | Amoruso turned down a $400 million buyout offer for Nasty Gal | Sophia Amoruso | Dec 6, 2022 | — |
| $395M | “three hundred ninety five million dollars” | Lieberman: Informa's events business generated $395M revenue in 2022 | Alex Lieberman | Mar 28, 2023 | Partly supported |
| $350M | “three hundred fifty million dollars” | Rob Dyrdek grew his net worth to $350 million in seven years | Alex Lieberman | Jun 21, 2023 | — |
| $300M | “Three hundred million dollars” | Mailchimp Founders Split $11.7B in Intuit Deal While Employees Received $500M | Alex Lieberman | Sep 20, 2021 | Supported |
| $230M | “two hundred thirty million dollars” | Lieberman: Pebble raised $10M on Kickstarter and hit $230M in sales | Alex Lieberman | Feb 7, 2023 | Supported |
| $202M | “two hundred two million dollars” | Allbirds raised $202 million total, peaking at a $1.7 billion valuation | Alex Lieberman | Sep 3, 2021 | Supported |
| $200M | “two hundred million dollars” | Spirit Halloween generates $200 million in revenue in just three weeks | Alex Lieberman | Apr 30, 2024 | Contradicted |
| $200M | “two hundred million dollars” | Mailchimp Founders Split $11.7B in Intuit Deal While Employees Received $500M | Alex Lieberman | Sep 20, 2021 | Supported |
| $153M | “a hundred fifty three million dollars” | Hoka reached $1.4B in annual sales, up from $153M in 2018 | Alex Lieberman | Aug 25, 2023 | Supported |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Only 30,000 out of 34.8 million US businesses reach $100M revenue | Alex Lieberman | Apr 28, 2025 | Supported |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Deel reached $800M ARR and profitability at a $12B valuation | Alex Lieberman | Mar 19, 2025 | Supported |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Cursor reached $100M ARR in under a year at a $10B valuation | Alex Lieberman | Mar 10, 2025 | Partly supported |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Parr validates business models using audience size and advertising rate arithmetic | Sam Parr | May 7, 2024 | — |
| $100M | “one hundred million dollars” | Michael Girdley's holding company of 12 businesses generates $100M annually | Alex Lieberman | Nov 27, 2023 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Lieberman: Brett Adcock Invested First Exit Proceeds Into Archer and $100M Into Figure | Alex Lieberman | Nov 6, 2023 | Supported |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Kajabi is profitable and has surpassed $100 million in ARR | Ahad Khan | Oct 13, 2023 | Supported |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Lieberman: Nick Huber raised over 95% of self-storage capital via Twitter | Alex Lieberman | Mar 30, 2023 | Supported |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Lieberman: Pebble missed 2015 sales forecast, stranding $18M in inventory | Alex Lieberman | Feb 7, 2023 | Partly supported |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Pujji: Ampush spent $50M-$100M annually managing Uber driver acquisition | Jesse Pujji | Jan 31, 2023 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Swanson: Google Capital Gave Thumbtack $100M Term Sheet in Five Days | Jonathan Swanson | Jan 24, 2023 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Lieberman: Facebook acquired TBH for $100M just three months after its founding | Alex Lieberman | Oct 25, 2022 | Partly supported |
| $82M | “eighty two million dollars” | Lieberman: Pebble missed 2015 sales forecast, stranding $18M in inventory | Alex Lieberman | Feb 7, 2023 | Partly supported |
| $80M | “eighty million dollars” | StackCommerce generated $80M in revenue the year TPG acquired it | Alex Lieberman | Apr 28, 2025 | Partly supported |
| $76M | “seventy six million dollars” | Salesforce reached $176M in revenue within five years | Alex Lieberman | Apr 16, 2021 | Supported |
| $75M | “seventy five million dollars” | Morning Brew scaled from $3M to $75M in revenue using EOS | Alex Lieberman | Nov 27, 2023 | — |
| $75M | “seventy five million dollars” | Lieberman: Ascential generated $375M in 2017 from events like Cannes Lions | Alex Lieberman | Mar 28, 2023 | Partly supported |
| $75M | “seventy-five million dollars” | Lieberman reveals Morning Brew will generate $75 million in 2022 revenue | Alex Lieberman | Dec 6, 2022 | Supported |
| $71M | “seventy one million dollars” | Pinduoduo grew revenue 119x from $71M to $8.5B in six years | Alex Lieberman | Apr 2, 2021 | Supported |
| $70M | “seventy million dollars” | Lieberman: Morning Brew reached 300 employees and $70M in revenue | Alex Lieberman | May 5, 2025 | Supported |
| $70M | “seventy million dollars” | Morning Brew scaled to $70M in revenue as Lieberman lost motivation | Alex Lieberman | Mar 17, 2025 | Supported |
| $69M | “sixty-nine million dollars” | Lieberman: Digital artist Beeple sold an NFT for over $69M | Alex Lieberman | Aug 6, 2021 | Supported |
| $65M | “sixty-five million dollars” | AppSumo generates $65M annually, with over 50% of revenue from email marketing | Alex Lieberman | Mar 11, 2024 | — |
| $60M | “sixty million dollars” | Gumroad generates $160 million annual GMV and $8 million net income | Sahil Lavingia | Jan 22, 2024 | Supported |
| $60M | “sixty million dollars” | Lieberman: Notarize Valued at $760M After $130M Series D | Alex Lieberman | Oct 6, 2021 | Supported |
| $50M | “fifty million dollars” | Wilkinson Grew MetaLab To $40M-$50M Revenue And $20M Profit | Alex Lieberman | Mar 15, 2024 | Partly supported |
| $50M | “fifty million dollars” | Amoruso: Index Ventures built Nasty Gal's pitch deck for $50M investment | Sophia Amoruso | Oct 18, 2022 | — |
| $47M | “forty-seven million dollars” | Lieberman: Amazon Grew 1997 Revenue by 838% to $147 Million | Alex Lieberman | Jan 17, 2024 | Supported |
| $45M | “forty-five million dollars” | Best Self Co. generated $45 million in sales prior to acquisition | Alex Lieberman | Jun 21, 2023 | Supported |
| $41M | “forty-one million dollars” | Lieberman: Brandon Sanderson's $41M campaign is Kickstarter's largest ever | Alex Lieberman | Feb 7, 2023 | Supported |
| $40M | “forty million dollars” | Lieberman: Blue Apron was bought for $40M after a $1B valuation | Alex Lieberman | Oct 9, 2023 | Partly supported |
| $40M | “forty million dollars” | Lieberman: Ascential acquired Money20/20 for $100M when it generated $40M annually | Alex Lieberman | Mar 28, 2023 | Supported |
| $40M | “forty million dollars” | FinancialForce built a $140M revenue business entirely on Salesforce's AppExchange | Alex Lieberman | Apr 16, 2021 | Supported |
| $30M | “thirty million dollars” | Lieberman: Toastmasters did over $30M in 2022 and is undermonetized | Alex Lieberman | Sep 15, 2023 | Partly supported |
| $30M | “thirty million dollars” | Andrew Huberman podcast ads scaled Momentous Protein to $30 million annually | Alex Lieberman | Jun 21, 2023 | — |
| $28M | “twenty-eight million dollars” | Data Domain returned $2.4B to shareholders on just $28M in net capital | Alex Lieberman | Mar 1, 2024 | Partly supported |
| $25M | “twenty five million dollars” | Jesse Pujji: Confident Scaling to $25M, Uncertain About $250M+ | Jesse Pujji | Apr 25, 2023 | — |
| $25M | “twenty five million dollars” | Lieberman: SXSW generated $325M economic impact for Austin in 2017 | Alex Lieberman | Mar 28, 2023 | Contradicted |
| $20M | “twenty million dollars” | Sadeghi: 23andMe Used Microarrays Because Genome Sequencing Cost $20M in 2006 | Kian Sadeghi | May 28, 2024 | Supported |
| $20M | “twenty million dollars” | Sam Parr set a $20M net worth goal before launching The Hustle | Sam Parr | Aug 11, 2023 | — |
| $20M | “twenty million dollars” | Amoruso turned down a $400 million buyout offer for Nasty Gal | Sophia Amoruso | Dec 6, 2022 | — |
| $15M | “fifteen million dollars” | Lieberman: Constructing a new ski lift costs $15 million | Alex Lieberman | Jun 21, 2023 | Partly supported |
| $15M | “fifteen million dollars” | Rob Dyrdek grew his net worth to $350 million in seven years | Alex Lieberman | Jun 21, 2023 | — |
| $11M | “eleven million dollars” | Energy trader John Arnold retired at 38 with $4 billion | Alex Lieberman | Mar 29, 2023 | Partly supported |
| $10M | “ten million dollars” | Morning Brew scaled to $70M in revenue as Lieberman lost motivation | Alex Lieberman | Mar 17, 2025 | Supported |
| $10M | “ten million dollars” | Lieberman: beehiiv is nearing $10M in ARR after 26 months | Alex Lieberman | Mar 22, 2024 | Supported |
| $10M | “ten million dollars” | Wilkinson Burned Over $10M And 12 Years Competing With Asana | Alex Lieberman | Mar 15, 2024 | — |
| $10M | “ten million dollars” | Nagpal: QSBS exempts up to $10M in capital gains from federal and state taxes | Ankur Nagpal | Nov 15, 2023 | Supported |
| $10M | “ten million dollars” | Growth Assistant Hits $10M Run-Rate With 350 Philippines Employees | Jesse Poogee | Oct 16, 2023 | — |
| $10M | “ten million dollars” | Kajabi creators can earn over $10M with zero take rate | Ahad Khan | Oct 13, 2023 | — |
| $10M | “ten million dollars” | European Wax Center did $910M in systemwide revenue across 978 stores | Alex Lieberman | Jun 23, 2023 | Supported |
| $10M | “ten million dollars” | Lieberman: StoryArb can become a $10M per year ghostwriting agency | Alex Lieberman | Jun 14, 2023 | — |
| $10M | “ten million dollars” | Lieberman generated 50 qualified agency leads from a single validation tweet | Alex Lieberman | Apr 11, 2023 | — |
| $10M | “ten million dollars” | Lieberman: Pebble raised $10M on Kickstarter and hit $230M in sales | Alex Lieberman | Feb 7, 2023 | Supported |
| $8M | “eight million dollars” | YouTuber MeganPlays scaled from $400 monthly to an $8M gaming studio | Alex Lieberman | Feb 9, 2024 | — |
| $8M | “eight million dollars” | Gumroad generates $160 million annual GMV and $8 million net income | Sahil Lavingia | Jan 22, 2024 | Supported |
| $6.5M | “6.5 million dollars” | ServiceNow reached $1B in revenue having raised only $6.5M in external funding | Alex Lieberman | Mar 1, 2024 | Partly supported |
| $5M | “five million dollars” | Lieberman predicts StoryArb will reach a $5M revenue run rate by July | Alex Lieberman | Mar 11, 2024 | — |
| $5M | “five million dollars” | Lieberman: Justin Welsh Makes $5 Million Annually as a Solo Creator | Alex Lieberman | Sep 6, 2023 | — |
| $4M | “4008 thousand dollars” | Lieberman: Ghostwriting clients pay $4,000 to $8,000 monthly for initial services | Alex Lieberman | May 30, 2023 | — |
| $3M | “three million dollars” | Flow Reached A Peak Of Approximately $3 Million In ARR | Alex Lieberman | Mar 15, 2024 | — |
| $3M | “three million dollars” | Morning Brew scaled from $3M to $75M in revenue using EOS | Alex Lieberman | Nov 27, 2023 | — |
| $3M | “three million dollars” | Deckers acquired Hoka for a reported $1M in 2012 | Alex Lieberman | Aug 25, 2023 | Supported |
| $3M | “three million dollars” | Hoka reached $1.4B in annual sales, up from $153M in 2018 | Alex Lieberman | Aug 25, 2023 | Supported |
| $2.7M | “2.7 million dollars” | Lieberman: Pieter Levels to make $2.7M in 2022 with 94% margin | Alex Lieberman | Dec 27, 2022 | Supported |
| $2M | “two million dollars” | Nagpal: Carry raised $2M from 200 angels as one cap table line | Ankur Nagpal | Dec 15, 2023 | Supported |
| $2M | “two million dollars” | Pujji: The Plunge could be a $10M business generating $2M annual profit | Jesse Pujji | May 9, 2023 | — |
| $1.5M | “1.5 million dollars” | Lieberman: StoryArb hit over $1.5M annualized revenue in six months | Alex Lieberman | Dec 29, 2023 | — |
| $1.5M | “a half million dollars” | Amoruso: Invested in Liquid Death at an $8.5M valuation | Sophia Amoruso | Oct 11, 2022 | — |
| $1.3M | “1.3 million dollars” | Zapier reached a multi-billion valuation on only $1.3M raised | Alex Lieberman | Apr 28, 2025 | Supported |
| $1.3M | “a quarter million dollars” | Pujji: Committed $250,000 to Launch Supplement Brand Unbloat | Jesse Pujji | Feb 7, 2023 | — |
| $1.1M | “1.1 million dollars” | Alex Lieberman is raising a $1.1 million funding round for Distro | Alex Lieberman | May 28, 2025 | — |
| $1.1M | “1.1 million dollars” | European Wax Center did $910M in systemwide revenue across 978 stores | Alex Lieberman | Jun 23, 2023 | Supported |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Hampton generated $1M in the bank before launching a website or posting | Sam Parr | May 7, 2024 | — |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Lieberman: StoryArb reached $1.2M-$1.3M run rate in first three months | Alex Lieberman | Apr 23, 2024 | — |
| $1M | “one million dollars” | Pseudonymous account Bored Elon Musk made $1M selling NFTs in one month | Alex Lieberman | Feb 9, 2024 | Not publicly verifiable |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Lieberman: StoryArb Generates Approximately $1M in Annualized Revenue | Alex Lieberman | Sep 20, 2023 | — |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Lieberman: Agency target is 28 clients for $1 million in annual profit | Alex Lieberman | May 30, 2023 | — |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Pujji: McKinsey charges $600K to $1M per due diligence project | Jesse Pujji | May 16, 2023 | — |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Pujji: Generating $1M SaaS ARR is as hard as $1M services EBITDA | Jesse Pujji | May 9, 2023 | — |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Lieberman: An executive content agency needs only 27 clients for $1M cash flow | Alex Lieberman | Mar 30, 2023 | — |
| $1M | “A million dollars” | Lieberman: MrBeast's Feastables generates $1M a month in Walmart alone | Alex Lieberman | Jan 10, 2023 | — |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Amoruso: Business Class generated over $1M in its first fall 2020 launch | Sophia Amoruso | Oct 11, 2022 | — |
| $1K | “a thousand dollars” | Lieberman: StoryArb offers $5,000 top prize for internal LinkedIn competition | Alex Lieberman | Apr 30, 2025 | — |
| $1K | “a thousand dollars” | Pujji spent $500 to $1,000 in ad tests to validate 'Unbloat' name | Jesse Pujji | Feb 21, 2023 | — |
| $1K | “a thousand dollars” | Alex Lieberman launched Morning Brew in 2015 for under $1,000 | Alex Lieberman | Jul 21, 2021 | — |
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