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Timmer: Equity rally driven by P/E expansion is ending
“If that earnings pivot comes and that earnings recovery happens, then the market can continue to advance on the basis of rising earnings, but the phase where it rises purely on the P.E. Going up, that, I think, is, is now ending, and I think, you know, in the …”
Urien Timmer Sep 12, 2023 ▶ 19:11 An Investor’s Briefing
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Medeiros: Mini Katana will reach one billion monthly views in 2023
“What we're doing is we're going to get to a billion views a month this year, but we're optimizing that to be converting track, like converting views.”
Isaac Medeiros Feb 28, 2023 ▶ 37:32 How a 26-Year Old With Autism Built a $10 Million Samurai Sword Business
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Lieberman: TikTok will be sold to a US company
“Tick tock is sold to a U S company.”
Alex Lieberman Jan 10, 2023 ▶ 27:57 Our 2023 Predictions, from AI to the Creator Economy
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Lieberman: Creator economy venture funding will dry up in 2023
“Creator economy, economy funding is going to dry up this year.”
Alex Lieberman Jan 10, 2023 ▶ 22:39 Our 2023 Predictions, from AI to the Creator Economy
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Lieberman: AI Will Enable Testing New Businesses From a 20-Minute Quiz
“I ultimately think within entrepreneurship generative AI is going to make entrepreneurship significantly faster, meaning that the speed to be able to start and test a business is gonna go down, like, by multiples. So I think the cost of entrepreneurship came d…”
Alex Lieberman Nov 8, 2022 ▶ 21:32 What Generative AI Means for Startups and Are Executive Coaches Worth It?
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Lieberman: Pre-recorded courses will remain the dominant online education format
“And so I think asynchronous education or prerecorded courses are not going away and they'll actually continue to be the most common way that people learn online.”
Alex Lieberman Jun 21, 2023 ▶ 9:10 Why Successful Business Minds Have Paranoid Brains
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Pujji predicts SVB uninsured depositors won't see funds for 3-6 years
“People have told me three to six years, like, we're not going to see that money for three to six years.”
Jesse Pujji Mar 13, 2023 ▶ 20:32 Silicon Valley Bank: What Happened and Why
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Pujji: Sam Bankman-Fried will go to jail
“And it's a good strategy. It's also like incompetence versus, versus shadiness or fraud. And I think it's a good, it's just a good angle, but he is going to go to jail.”
Jesse Pujji Dec 6, 2022 ▶ 48:57 The Genius of Spotify Wrapped and How to Copy It, and How to Sell Your Business for 9 Figures
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Codie Sanchez predicts a double-dip recession with rising inflation
“Well, I think we're in the first part of a recession. That'll probably be a double-dip recession and we'll actually see inflation come back up again. That's my assertion.”
Codie Sanchez Nov 22, 2022 ▶ 26:57 How Codie Sanchez Built a $50 Million Portfolio of Boring Businesses, and the #1 Skill to Learn in a Recession
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Lieberman: Fewer than 10% of Twitter users will pay for Twitter Blue
“I think it's gonna be less than 10%, but it's also all a function of like what's actually bundled in the product that Makes it worth the time.”
Alex Lieberman Nov 3, 2022 ▶ 9:03 Can Elon Turn the Twitter Ship Around?
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Lieberman: Food influencers will evolve into digital restaurants via ghost kitchens
“I think where food influence, so anyone on Instagram, TikTok, et cetera, who is building personality and doing so in the food category, where it is going is I think these people are going to become restaurants in their own right.”
Alex Lieberman Aug 2, 2021 ▶ 14:04 Founder's Mailbox
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Startups and small businesses will be created faster than ever before
“Those eight reasons are why I believe entrepreneurship is in a golden age and is why I believe you will see more startups and small businesses created at a faster rate than ever before.”
Alex Lieberman Jul 21, 2021 ▶ 13:34 The Golden Age of Entrepreneurship
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