U.S.

also referred to as: the u.s.

30 statements across 29 episodes · 12 bullish · 2 bearish · 20 people on the record · first statement Feb 13, 2017 by John Zimmer · across every show →

Everything said about U.S., oldest first

Feb 13, 2017
Assertion Supported
US cars sit parked 96% of the time, costing households $9,000 annually
“The average American household spends over 9000 dollars every year on owning and operating a car. This equates to over two trillion dollars annually in the U.S., and the car sits parked 96% of the time.”
John Zimmer Feb 13, 2017 ▶ 15:25 Lyft: John Zimmer
Jul 17, 2017
Assertion Supported
Moya-Jones: Muslin Swaddle Blankets Did Not Exist in the US Market
“It was mind-blowing to me when I went looking for them in the U.S., That they didn't actually exist.”
Raegan Moya-Jones Jul 17, 2017 ▶ 7:01 Aden + Anais: Raegan Moya-Jones
Oct 30, 2017 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Raz: Chipotle expanded from 20 stores in 2000 to 2,300 worldwide
“On the eve of the millennium, the company had just a bit more than 20 stores. And today, Chipotle has nearly 2300 locations across the U.S. And in four other countries.”
Guy Raz Oct 30, 2017 ▶ 1:51 Chipotle: Steve Ells
Dec 28, 2017 positive
Assertion Supported
Raz: Home Depot reached $40 billion revenue faster than any US company
“Home Depot went from zero revenue in 1979 to seven hundred million in 1985, the fastest company in U.S. History to hit 40 Billion dollars in revenue.”
Guy Raz Dec 28, 2017 ▶ 21:52 Live Episode! The Home Depot: Arthur Blank
Jun 25, 2018
Assertion Partly supported
Zimmer: US cars sit parked 96% of the time, costing $9,000 annually
“The average American household spends over 9000 dollars every year on owning and operating a car. This equates to over two trillion dollars annually in the U.S., and the car sits parked 96% of the time.”
John Zimmer Jun 25, 2018 ▶ 16:25 Lyft: John Zimmer (2017)
Nov 12, 2018 bullish
Assertion Partly supported
DoorDash was the largest delivery service for 60% of Americans in 2018
“We've been the fastest growing service in the space for the past year, and we're actually the biggest service in about 60% of the population in the U.S.”
Tony Xu Nov 12, 2018 ▶ 41:00 DoorDash: Tony Xu
May 13, 2019 positive
Insight
Pairing domestic and offshore manufacturing gave Belkin an early competitive advantage
“We were still doing the bulk of the manufacturing in the U.S., and that gave us very rapid turnaround, but now we could also do high volume things at as low a cost as anyone else was doing anywhere. So, because we were a little bit early there, it was an advan…”
Chet Pipkin May 13, 2019 ▶ 33:37 Belkin International: Chet Pipkin
Jun 17, 2019 neutral
Assertion Supported
China lacked domestic home fragrance and chemical compounding facilities in the 1990s
“I was frustrated because at that time, China did not have a home fragrance industry. To produce that kind of oil, you need a chemical compounding facility, and they were not used to that. They used to sell their cinnamons and their jasms overseas. The French a…”
Mei Xu Jun 17, 2019 ▶ 24:38 Chesapeake Bay Candle: Mei Xu (2017)
Aug 19, 2019 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Stonyfield Holds Roughly 80% of the US Organic Yogurt Market
“And, you know, while we're not the leader in Greek, we are the leader in organic. I mean, I think we're something like 80% of organic yogurt in the U.S., so.”
Gary Hirshberg Aug 19, 2019 ▶ 50:58 Stonyfield Yogurt: Gary Hirshberg (2017)
May 25, 2020
Assertion Supported
Luis von Ahn: Only 20% of Duolingo users are in the US
“Only 20% of our users are in the U.S.”
Luis von Ahn May 25, 2020 ▶ 1:00:54 reCAPTCHA and Duolingo: Luis von Ahn
Mar 15, 2021 positive
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Siete Family Foods reached $200M in US retail sales in 2020
“In 2020, Siete hit two hundred million dollars in total retail sales in the U.S.”
Guy Raz Mar 15, 2021 ▶ 1:17:11 Siete Family Foods: Miguel and Veronica Garza
Jul 5, 2021 positive
Assertion Supported
Raz: US Tea Market Grew from Under $2B to Over $13B
“But even though coffee is king in the U.S., the domestic tea market has grown from under two billion dollars in 1990 to more than thirteen billion dollars today.”
Guy Raz Jul 5, 2021 ▶ 1:46 Numi Organic Tea: Reem Hassani and Ahmed Rahim
Jul 5, 2021 neutral
Assertion Supported
Raz: Roughly 80% of US Tea Consumption Is Iced Tea
“And unlike the rest of the world, about 80% of the tea consumed in the U.S. Is iced tea.”
Guy Raz Jul 5, 2021 ▶ 1:38 Numi Organic Tea: Reem Hassani and Ahmed Rahim
Jul 22, 2021 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chen predicts corporate governance will become the primary differentiator for companies
“I mean, at the organizational governance level, the corporate governance level, I think that's a big thing that people are going to start paying more and more attention to. We've been running so much on this kind of totally profit-centric system in the U.S., a…”
Perry Chen Jul 22, 2021 ▶ 38:52 Live From HIBT Summit: Payal Kadakia, Tristan Walker, and Perry Chen on Innovation
Jan 24, 2022
Assertion Partly supported
Pre-toasted coconut was not commercially available in the US before Dang
“Now, you can't buy toasted coconut in the U.S., but what you can do is go buy shredded coconut And toast it yourself.”
Vincent Kitirattragarn Jan 24, 2022 ▶ 17:32 Dang Foods: Vincent and Andrew Kitirattragarn
Aug 11, 2022 bullish
Assertion Contradicted
Veksler: US inclusive-size apparel market is about $100 billion
“It's about a hundred billion dollar market, and that's just in the U.S. Just in the U.S.”
Polina Veksler Aug 11, 2022 ▶ 16:25 HIBT Lab! Universal Standard: Polina Veksler
Oct 6, 2022 neutral
Assertion Supported
Raz: About 3 million people in the U.S. experience IBD symptoms
“This condition is, is, is part of sort of a, I guess, like the umbrella term is inflammatory bowel disease, and like three million people in the U.S. Experience this, have symptoms of these conditions.”
Guy Raz Oct 6, 2022 ▶ 6:51 HIBT Lab! Against All Grain: Danielle Walker
Nov 14, 2022 neutral
Assertion Supported
Guy Raz: Chobani Holds 20% to 22% of US Yogurt Market
“Today, you know, roughly Chobani's got about 20, 22% of the yogurt market in the U.S.”
Guy Raz Nov 14, 2022 ▶ 1:26:58 Chobani: Hamdi Ulukaya
Dec 8, 2022 negative
Assertion Supported
Menker: Basic food prices surged up to 1900 percent globally since 2020
“The price of a basket of basic products in Sudan is up 1900%. In Syria, it's up 700%. In Ethiopia, it's up 175%. In Argentina, it's up 300%. Even in the U.S., it's up 67%. Europe, 80%.”
Sara Menker Dec 8, 2022 ▶ 25:48 HIBT Lab! Gro Intelligence: Sara Menker
Mar 16, 2023
Assertion Supported
Allyson Felix's leap from high school to professional track was unprecedented.
“It was something that in the U.S., to my understanding, no one had done before, and so, you know, people had all their thoughts on it.”
Allyson Felix Mar 16, 2023 ▶ 2:27 HIBT Lab! Saysh: Wes and Allyson Felix
May 15, 2023 positive
Assertion Supported
Mielle Organics products are sold in over 100,000 US retail stores
“Myel products are now sold in over a 100,000 retail outlets in the U.S., And in over 80 countries around the world.”
Guy Raz May 15, 2023 ▶ 1:09:51 Mielle Organics: Monique Rodriguez
Jul 6, 2023
Assertion Supported
Raz: Only about 35% of US waste is currently recycled
“Only about 35% of waste is recycled in the U.S., Even though much more of it is recyclable.”
Guy Raz Jul 6, 2023 ▶ 4:37 When robots recycle with Matanya Horowitz of AMP Robotics
Oct 23, 2023
Assertion Contradicted
Mark Ramadan: Restaurants Account for 70% of US Ketchup Volume
“70% of ketchup by volume is consumed on premise in the U.S. At restaurants.”
Mark Ramadan Oct 23, 2023 ▶ 47:37 Sir Kensington's: Scott Norton and Mark Ramadan
Jan 22, 2024 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Cessario: Liquid Death Transatlantic Shipping Costs Surged From $3,500 to $12,000
“Literally over the course of two months, ocean freight costs went up like five X or something insane. And all of a sudden we started getting killed on ocean freight costs in the back half of 2021 where, you know, we might have been spending You know, 3500 doll…”
Mike Cessario Jan 22, 2024 ▶ 1:04:05 Liquid Death: Mike Cessario
Mar 11, 2024
Assertion Supported
The US mayonnaise market is $2.5 billion annually, dwarfing ketchup
“Like it has a two and a half billion dollar a year market share in the U.S., and ketchup is far behind at a billion.”
Mark Sisson Mar 11, 2024 ▶ 1:05:46 Primal Kitchen: Mark Sisson
Nov 17, 2025 positive
Assertion Open · timeframe Nov 2025
The United States now generates the majority of the UK-based Gymshark's revenue
“I know the U.S. So the U.S. Is now, the U.S. Is now the majority of the business.”
Ben Francis Nov 17, 2025 ▶ 1:09:03 Gymshark: Ben Francis. From pizza delivery to billion-dollar fitness brand.
Feb 5, 2026 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Chewy Sells More Pet Supplies in the United States Than Amazon
“I think it's the biggest distributor of pet supplies. I think it's bigger than Amazon when it comes to pet supplies in the U.S.”
Guy Raz Feb 5, 2026 ▶ 39:18 Advice Line with Jon Stein of Betterment
May 18, 2026 neutral
Opinion
Huang is less concerned than most about a hot conflict over Taiwan
“If you ask me, am I concerned about a hot conflict? I'm less concerned than most. But depending on the actions of the leaders, We may cause the hot conflict, and so I am of the opinion that we all must be more long-term minded if we can. We ought to have a mor…”
Jensen Huang May 18, 2026 ▶ 53:33 NVIDIA: Jensen Huang. From near collapse to becoming the world’s biggest company
Jun 29, 2026
Assertion Not checkable as stated
e.l.f. shipped 192,000 direct-to-consumer orders from China to fulfill 2006 spike
“And it took about six to eight weeks, and I, we shipped a 192,000 orders from China, direct to customers in the U.S., and then that really, you know, that year we were projected to do two million dollars for the year.”
Joey Shamah Jun 29, 2026 ▶ 46:38 e.l.f. Cosmetics: Joey Shamah. The Dollar Store Formula That Built a Cosmetics Giant
Aug 17, 2026
Assertion Supported
Modi: Perrigo is the only non-integrated infant formula manufacturer in the US
“Perigo was the only, it is the only manufacturer of infant formula here in the U.S. Outside of the vertically integrated.”
Laura Modi Aug 17, 2026 ▶ 45:03 Bobbie: Laura Modi. How a Baby Formula Startup Took Market Share From Two Industry Giants
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