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United States

also referred to as: u s · us · usa

146 statements across 113 episodes · 41 bullish · 27 bearish · 89 people on the record · first statement Sep 26, 2016 by Cathy Hughes · said 3,436 times in 667 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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brought up most by Guy Raz (1752), Jim Koch (26), José Andrés (20), Fawn Weaver (20), Miles Copeland (19), Larry Liu (19), Bobby Trussell (19), Troy Carter (18)

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Everything said about United States, oldest first

Sep 26, 2016 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Hughes: No Black women worked in 1950s Midwestern radio
“There are no black people in radio, particularly no black women, because again, remember, we're isolated in the middle of the United States.”
Cathy Hughes Sep 26, 2016 ▶ 2:50 Radio One: Cathy Hughes
Sep 26, 2016
Assertion Supported
One company owned 11% of US radio stations post-deregulation
“With the deregulation, 11% of all radio stations in the United States of America were owned by one company.”
Cathy Hughes Sep 26, 2016 ▶ 25:45 Radio One: Cathy Hughes
Oct 31, 2016
Assertion Supported
Koch: Boston Beer holds just over 1% of the US beer market
“A little over one percent.”
Jim Koch Oct 31, 2016 ▶ 27:59 Samuel Adams: Jim Koch
Oct 31, 2016
Assertion Partly supported
Koch: US breweries fell from 1,000 in 1948 to 50 by 1984
“So he got out of brewmaster school in 1948, and there were a thousand breweries all over the U.S. 36 years later, when I started Sam Adams, that thousand Had dwindled down to 50”
Jim Koch Oct 31, 2016 ▶ 2:32 Samuel Adams: Jim Koch
Nov 21, 2016 positive
Assertion Supported
Southwest maintained low costs despite being America's most unionized airline
“We were the most heavily unionized carrier in the United States. Our low costs were not due to being a non-union carrier, since we were more unionized than our competitors were.”
Herb Kelleher Nov 21, 2016 ▶ 14:49 Southwest Airlines: Herb Kelleher
Nov 21, 2016
Assertion Supported
Cost barriers prevented most US adults from flying in the 1960s
“Most of the adults The United States of America haven't been able to fly because of the cost barrier.”
Herb Kelleher Nov 21, 2016 ▶ 4:36 Southwest Airlines: Herb Kelleher
Feb 20, 2017
Insight
Gordon Segal: Crate & Barrel needed massive scale for exclusive distribution
“Well, we reached a different era where it was important to have scale to do the things we had to do with buying merchandise. So you had a guarantee to a factory you'd buy a certain amount of a product to make sure we were the only people in the United States t…”
Gordon Segal Feb 20, 2017 ▶ 17:57 Crate & Barrel: Gordon Segal
Mar 6, 2017 neutral
Assertion Supported
Mei Xu: China Lacked Domestic Home Fragrance Industry in the 1990s
“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 and the U.S. Will then tur…”
Mei Xu Mar 6, 2017 ▶ 24:03 Chesapeake Bay Candle: Mei Xu
Jun 5, 2017
Assertion Contradicted
Five Guys sold 3,500 U.S. franchise locations within two years
“And I think within a year and a half, or two years, we sold 3500. We sold the whole United States.”
Jerry Murrell Jun 5, 2017 ▶ 22:16 Five Guys: Jerry Murrell
Jul 24, 2017 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Jim Koch: US breweries fell from 1,000 in 1948 to 50 by 1984
“So he got out of brewmaster school in 1948, and there were a thousand breweries all over the U.S. 36 years later, when I started Sam Adams, that thousand had dwindled down to 50.”
Jim Koch Jul 24, 2017 ▶ 2:58 Samuel Adams: Jim Koch (2017)
Jul 24, 2017
Assertion Supported
Koch: Boston Beer holds just over 1% of the US beer market
“A little over one percent.”
Jim Koch Jul 24, 2017 ▶ 28:28 Samuel Adams: Jim Koch (2017)
Aug 14, 2017 neutral
Assertion Supported
Hughes: One company owned 11% of all US radio stations after deregulation
“With the deregulation, 11% of all radio stations in the United States of America were owned by one company.”
Cathy Hughes Aug 14, 2017 ▶ 25:57 Radio One: Cathy Hughes (2017)
Aug 14, 2017 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Hughes: There were no Black people in Midwestern radio in the 1950s
“I mean, there are no black people in radio, particularly no black women, because again, remember, we're isolated in the middle of the United States.”
Cathy Hughes Aug 14, 2017 ▶ 3:03 Radio One: Cathy Hughes (2017)
Aug 31, 2017 bullish
Assertion Supported
Ohanian: 300 million people visit Reddit each month
“Consider three hundred million people will visit Reddit this month. That's almost as big as the population in the United States.”
Alexis Ohanian Aug 31, 2017 ▶ 43:55 Live Episode! Reddit: Alexis Ohanian & Steve Huffman
Sep 25, 2017
Assertion Supported
Kelleher: Southwest kept low costs despite being the most unionized US airline
“Yeah, we were the most heavily unionized carrier in the United States. Our low costs were not due to being a non-union carrier, since we were more unionized than our competitors were.”
Herb Kelleher Sep 25, 2017 ▶ 15:13 Southwest Airlines: Herb Kelleher (2016)
Oct 2, 2017 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Hirshberg: Stonyfield controls 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 Oct 2, 2017 ▶ 49:50 Stonyfield Yogurt: Gary Hirshberg
Apr 16, 2018 positive
Assertion Supported
Shah: US segment is 90% of Wayfair and profitable for five quarters
“In our case, the United States has been profitable. You know, if you look, read our financials and we break out the adjusted EBITDA for the US and international. Yeah. So US is 90% of our business and that's been profitable for the last five quarters.”
Niraj Shah Apr 16, 2018 ▶ 37:37 Wayfair: Niraj Shah & Steve Conine
Jun 25, 2018 negative
Assertion Supported
Zimmer: US bus fares only cover about 30% of transit operating costs
“Across the country, when you pay to get on the bus, you're really only covering about 30% of the operating cost. So what that means is a three dollar bus fare actually costs the government 10.”
John Zimmer Jun 25, 2018 ▶ 6:01 Lyft: John Zimmer (2017)
Sep 10, 2018
Assertion Supported
Jordan: New Belgium Was First US Brewery Specializing in Belgian-Style Beers
“We were the first brewery in the United States to specialize in Belgian-style beers.”
Kim Jordan Sep 10, 2018 ▶ 29:58 Live Episode! New Belgium Brewing Company: Kim Jordan
Nov 12, 2018
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Xu's mother worked 12 years as waitress before reopening medical clinic
“She was a doctor, and she effectively had to give up her credentials, because when she emigrated to the U.S., no institution in the U.S. Would recognize her credentials from China, and so as a result, she Kind of had to go backwards. So she worked as a waitres…”
Tony Xu Nov 12, 2018 ▶ 7:43 DoorDash: Tony Xu
Nov 12, 2018 positive
Assertion Supported
DoorDash surpassed 100 million total deliveries by November 2018
“DoorDash has now delivered more than a hundred million orders in cities across the United States.”
Guy Raz Nov 12, 2018 ▶ 43:54 DoorDash: Tony Xu
Nov 19, 2018 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Mackey: Whole Foods created much of US demand for organic food
“I mean, we didn't do it by ourselves, obviously, but because you have farmers, but we created much of the demand for natural and organic in the United States.”
John Mackey Nov 19, 2018 ▶ 30:27 Whole Foods Market: John Mackey (2018)
Nov 19, 2018 neutral
Assertion Supported
Mackey: Whole Foods holds about 1.5% to 2% of US grocery market
“I think it's about one and a half to two percent.”
John Mackey Nov 19, 2018 ▶ 31:02 Whole Foods Market: John Mackey (2018)
Nov 29, 2018
Assertion Supported
Zimmer: US vehicles sit parked 96% of the time
“There are, ah, two hundred and fifty million vehicles in the United States, I believe, and they're used, each car is used four percent of the time. 96% of the time it's parked.”
John Zimmer Nov 29, 2018 ▶ 1:50 Lyft's John Zimmer At The HIBT Summit
Nov 29, 2018 neutral
Disclosure
Zimmer: Lyft prioritized US coverage over food delivery and global expansion
“We've chosen to be careful about international launches. We've chosen not to go into food delivery, but we did think having coverage in the United States for every American is a critical factor.”
John Zimmer Nov 29, 2018 ▶ 12:19 Lyft's John Zimmer At The HIBT Summit
Jan 4, 2019 neutral
Assertion Supported
Kelleher: Southwest was the most heavily unionized carrier in the US
“We were the most heavily unionized carrier in the United States. Our low costs were not due to being a non-union carrier, since we were more unionized than our competitors were.”
Herb Kelleher Jan 4, 2019 ▶ 15:29 Remembering Herb Kelleher
Jan 14, 2019
Assertion Contradicted
Murrell: Five Guys sold 3,500 U.S. franchises within two years
“And I think within a year and a half, or two years, we sold 3500. We sold the whole United States.”
Jerry Murrell Jan 14, 2019 ▶ 23:12 Five Guys: Jerry Murrell (2019)
Jan 14, 2019
Assertion Supported
Murrell: Five Guys has built ~1,400 stores and sold out all US territory
“We've got about 1400 of them built out now, but all the territory in the United States is gone.”
Jerry Murrell Jan 14, 2019 ▶ 25:00 Five Guys: Jerry Murrell (2019)
Feb 4, 2019 negative
Opinion
Neeleman: Class Mobility in Brazil Is Virtually Impossible
“In Brazil, it's virtually impossible to do that, and it made me very resentful, and you know, I really, in, in that, you know, I got tucked away in my mind that I would, I wanted to come back to Brazil, and I wanted to do something to help these people at some…”
David Neeleman Feb 4, 2019 ▶ 9:15 JetBlue Airways: David Neeleman
Feb 4, 2019 neutral
Assertion Supported
Neeleman: Brazilian airfares were double US airfares prior to Azul
“Fares were really high. They were about double where they were in the United States.”
David Neeleman Feb 4, 2019 ▶ 56:54 JetBlue Airways: David Neeleman
Apr 8, 2019 negative
Opinion
Waters: US agriculture prioritized yield and shippability over flavor
“Well, I always thought we were a country that didn't have deep roots in agriculture, growing food for taste. We always grew it for quantity and shipability, but never flavor. And we never had a strong sense of the table As a place of conversation and pleasure,…”
Alice Waters Apr 8, 2019 ▶ 4:42 Chez Panisse: Alice Waters
Jun 10, 2019
Assertion Supported
Zwillinger: 20 billion shoes made annually; Americans buy eight pairs yearly
“There's twenty billion pairs of shoes that are made every year. And in the U.S. Alone, the average American, kid, woman, man, they buy eight pairs per year.”
Joey Zwillinger Jun 10, 2019 ▶ 40:01 Allbirds: Tim Brown & Joey Zwillinger
Sep 23, 2019 positive
Opinion
Pierson: US Optimism Makes It Superior to UK for Ambitious Startups
“I think in the UK, you speak to someone about an idea, and they'll give you a thousand reasons why you can't do it, and I think in America, you say the same idea, and they go, there's a thousand reasons why it'll work, and have you thought about making it bigg…”
Rich Pierson Sep 23, 2019 ▶ 50:47 Headspace: Andy Puddicombe and Rich Pierson
Oct 7, 2019
Assertion Partly supported
The average US wedding costs $35,000 and takes a year to plan
“Average wedding in the US now costs 35,000 dollars, and the planning for it takes between nine months and a year.”
Guy Raz Oct 7, 2019 ▶ 1:56 The Knot: Carley Roney & David Liu (2018)
Dec 2, 2019 bullish
Assertion Supported
OtterBox controls 40% of the US mobile device protective case market
“I mean, today, Otter owns 40% of the case market in the United States.”
Curt Richardson Dec 2, 2019 ▶ 41:16 Live Episode! OtterBox: Curt Richardson
Dec 2, 2019 positive
Opinion
Curt Richardson claims OtterBox runs one of America's best supply chains
“I mean, today I would say Otter probably does supply chain better than just about any business in the United States.”
Curt Richardson Dec 2, 2019 ▶ 37:08 Live Episode! OtterBox: Curt Richardson
Jan 20, 2020 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Visram: Only three North American facilities could fill baby food pouches
“There were two options in the United States and one in Canada, and when you notice something that's disruptive and groundbreaking in the market, your competitors notice it too.”
Shazi Visram Jan 20, 2020 ▶ 50:26 Happy Family Organics: Shazi Visram
Apr 23, 2020 negative
Assertion Supported
Sinek: Annualized mass layoffs to meet projections didn't exist pre-1980s
“The use of mass layoffs on an annualized basis to meet arbitrary projections did not exist in the United States prior to the 19 eighties.”
Simon Sinek Apr 23, 2020 ▶ 6:40 How I Built Resilience: Live with Simon Sinek
Jun 6, 2020 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Troy Carter: America will never achieve true racial reconciliation
“So we're still reminded of our place in, in, in this country, so you'll never get to reconciliation. We all know the truth, but we'll never get to reconciliation.”
Troy Carter Jun 6, 2020 ▶ 10:56 How I Built Resilience: Live with Troy Carter
Jun 13, 2020 negative
Assertion Supported
Raz: Black-owned US banks declined from 60 in 1985 to 23 today
“In 1985, there were 60 black-owned banks in the United States. Today, there are only 23. In the 19 eighties, there were 50 black owned insurance companies. Today, only two remain.”
Guy Raz Jun 13, 2020 ▶ 17:02 How I Built Resilience: Live with Y-Vonne Hutchinson
Jun 13, 2020 negative
Insight
American workplaces are built on historically segregated, inherently biased systems
“I think if you look at the history of work in this country, it's always been segregated, right? It's always been segmented, and so we're working within systems that weren't designed to be inclusive. So even if we have the best intentions, the organizations tha…”
Y-Vonne Hutchinson Jun 13, 2020 ▶ 4:42 How I Built Resilience: Live with Y-Vonne Hutchinson
Jun 18, 2020 negative
Opinion
Hughes: Corporate consolidation and big-box retailers drove the 30-year decline in entrepreneurship
“Because of consolidation, because of the big boxes. Because of these major corporations buying out everybody and putting them all under one umbrella. It has been an incredible decline.”
Cathy Hughes Jun 18, 2020 ▶ 16:14 How I Built Resilience: Live with Cathy Hughes
Jun 20, 2020
Assertion Supported
Guy Raz: Barre3 has around 160 studios across the US
“The company has around 160 studios across the United States, most of which are still closed.”
Guy Raz Jun 20, 2020 ▶ 0:27 How I Built Resilience: Live with Sadie Lincoln
Jul 13, 2020 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Shiseido Struggled to Expand Beyond Chinatown After Two Decades in U.S.
“Shiseido had been in the U.S. For over two decades and had not been able to really make it beyond Chinatown.”
Vicky Tsai Jul 13, 2020 ▶ 40:53 Tatcha: Vicky Tsai
Jul 13, 2020 negative
Disclosure
Agencies Rejected Tatcha Claiming Asian Beauty Lacked Demand in the U.S.
“PR agents, even, I couldn't even give people money to take me as a client. And then retailers were not interested at all. So, and everybody also told me at the time, too, that there is no demand or interest in Asian beauty in the U.S. Because it's not aspirati…”
Vicky Tsai Jul 13, 2020 ▶ 40:37 Tatcha: Vicky Tsai
Jul 16, 2020
Assertion Supported
Hartz: Two-thirds of Eventbrite's business is in the United States
“And we started to pay really close attention to how COVID could impact, particularly the United States, where two-thirds of our business is produced.”
Julia Hartz Jul 16, 2020 ▶ 1:07 How I Built Resilience: Live with Julia Hartz
Sep 3, 2020
Assertion Partly supported
Luke Holden: 70% of US seafood is consumed in restaurants
“So in the U.S., about 70% of the seafood is consumed within restaurants, and so when you completely take that out of the supply chain, you're left with a complete imbalance, and we knew that heading into this.”
Luke Holden Sep 3, 2020 ▶ 5:35 How I Built Resilience: Luke Holden and Ben Conniff of Luke's Lobster
Oct 8, 2020
Disclosure
Bossy Cosmetics rebranded after discovering 20 other companies used the name
“We are in the process of rebranding the company because it's impossible to get a trademark with the word bossy now in the United States because, you know, there are at least 20 companies that use the word bossy, and of course, being a former banker, I understa…”
Aishetu Dozie Oct 8, 2020 ▶ 13:44 How I Built Resilience: Aishetu Dozie of Bossy Cosmetics
Nov 16, 2020
Assertion Supported
Cole: US department store chains shrank from 70-80 to 15-20
“When I started my business, there was maybe 70 or 80 department store chains in the United States. All of a sudden, 10 years later, there's maybe 15 or 20.”
Kenneth Cole Nov 16, 2020 ▶ 44:47 Kenneth Cole: Kenneth Cole
Nov 23, 2020 negative
Assertion Supported
Butler: Black women launch businesses fastest in US but lack funding
“Black women are starting businesses faster than any other group of people in this country, but we're not getting funding, and also, because we're not getting funding, we can't really grow our ideas, so if we really wanna, like, reduce the wealth gap in this co…”
Melissa Butler Nov 23, 2020 ▶ 1:07:48 The Lip Bar: Melissa Butler
Nov 25, 2020 neutral
Assertion Supported
Abuzeid: US national annual nursing turnover rate is around 17%
“So usually it's at 17% is a national annual turnover right now.”
Dr. Iman Abuzeid Nov 25, 2020 ▶ 7:39 How I Built Resilience: Dr. Iman Abuzeid of Incredible Health
Nov 25, 2020 bearish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Abuzeid: US will be 1 million nurses short by 2024
“Like by 20, 24, we're going to be one million nurses short. And that shortage just keeps getting worse and worse.”
Dr. Iman Abuzeid Nov 25, 2020 ▶ 2:35 How I Built Resilience: Dr. Iman Abuzeid of Incredible Health
Dec 14, 2020 neutral
Disclosure
Beck: Riot Decided to Self-Publish in US and Partner Internationally
“So we decided we would publish internationally if we could find a great publisher with a third party, but in the US we'd publish ourselves.”
Brandon Beck Dec 14, 2020 ▶ 41:40 Riot Games: Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill
Feb 18, 2021 negative
Opinion
Guy Raz: The United States has too many elections and unwieldy ballots
“I think some people might totally disagree with me and want to, you know, bring up their pitchforks, but I think we have too many elections. I mean, I live in California And if you look at the ballot in California, it's really, really unwieldy. I mean, there a…”
Guy Raz Feb 18, 2021 ▶ 19:48 How I Built Resilience: Beverly Leon of Local Civics
Feb 25, 2021 negative
Opinion
Troy Carter: America will never reach true racial reconciliation
“So we're still reminded of our place in, in, in this country, so you'll never get to reconciliation. We all know the truth, but we'll never get to reconciliation.”
Troy Carter Feb 25, 2021 ▶ 11:07 How I Built Resilience: Troy Carter of Q&A (June, 2020)
Mar 8, 2021 bullish
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Rick Steves held 25 of the top 30 US Europe guidebook spots
“Before COVID hit, my publisher was so excited. He showed me the sales chart, and 25 of the top 30 guidebooks published in the United States for Europe had Rick Steves on the cover.”
Rick Steves Mar 8, 2021 ▶ 1:16:35 Rick Steves' Europe: Rick Steves
Mar 8, 2021 positive
Opinion
Steves: Society should fund a gap year abroad for every American child
“If the world was smart, they would establish a fund and give every American kid a little gap year trip, and it seems extravagant, but it'd be a small price to pay. To get Americans out of their home and into the rest of the world and realize this world's a bea…”
Rick Steves Mar 8, 2021 ▶ 16:23 Rick Steves' Europe: Rick Steves
Mar 29, 2021 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bob Monahan: US Stroller Market Was Stagnant and Dominated by Licensed Brands
“Back in the day, there was Bugaboo, and the stroller was kind of, in the United States, it was kind of stagnant, and you had various licenses that you put on. It was like you had a plane stroller with a NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt's, like, number on the side, and i…”
Bob Monahan Mar 29, 2021 ▶ 14:25 UPPAbaby: Bob and Lauren Monahan
Apr 1, 2021 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hint manufactures and sources entirely in the US without using China
“We do everything in the U.S., A lot of companies buy cans. A lot of the can manufacturers are in China. We don't do any of that. We do everything locally.”
Kara Goldin Apr 1, 2021 ▶ 12:40 How I Built Resilience: Kara Goldin of Hint
Apr 22, 2021 positive
Disclosure
Winthrop: American Giant supply chain is 99% US-made
“We do basically everything domestic from the cotton up. That's just a good guiding principle that keeps us committed to what we're trying to do here, and it's not, we're not total purists about it, but we're 99% pure about it, I would say.”
Bayard Winthrop Apr 22, 2021 ▶ 10:33 How I Built Resilience: Bayard Winthrop of American Giant
Apr 22, 2021 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Winthrop: The US is competitive in manufacturing T-shirts domestically
“There's a lot of things in, in, in the short term that people could shift domestic T-shirts. The U S is actually quite competitive in those categories.”
Bayard Winthrop Apr 22, 2021 ▶ 13:14 How I Built Resilience: Bayard Winthrop of American Giant
May 18, 2021
Assertion Partly supported
Atlan: The Navajo Nation faces an 81% obesity and diabetes rate
“The United States has about a 9.4% diabetes rate, and the Navajo nation has a 81% obesity and diabetes rate”
Mark Atlan May 18, 2021 ▶ 1:31 Meet The HIBT Fellows: Mark Atlan & Zach Correa
May 20, 2021 positive
Opinion
New US parents prefer support services over physical baby gear
“Parents in the United States and this next generation of parents are waking up to the fact that their needs are different from their parents. They don't have or want big houses filled with stuff. They don't want thousands of dollars of baby gear. They want imp…”
Kaitlin McGreyes May 20, 2021 ▶ 1:12 Meet The HIBT Fellows: Kaitlin McGreyes & Nicole Argüelles
Jun 7, 2021 positive
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Bionaturae became the top-selling organic pasta in the US
“And so, it took, I'm not sure how many years, but BioNature became the number one organic selling pasta in the United States.”
Carla Bartolucci Jun 7, 2021 ▶ 37:08 Jovial Foods: Carla Bartolucci
Sep 13, 2021 neutral
Assertion Supported
Guy Raz: The average US first-time founder is 41 years old
“Actually, the average age in the United States is 41, I believe, for the, for a first time founder. And generally, the outcomes are better the older you are when you start a business.”
Guy Raz Sep 13, 2021 ▶ 11:50 inov-8: Wayne Edy
Jan 3, 2022 positive
Opinion
Pierson: The US Possesses A Uniquely Supportive Culture For Ambitious Startups
“I think in the UK, you speak to someone about an idea, and they'll give you a thousand reasons why you can't do it, and I think in America, you say the same idea, and they go, there's a thousand reasons why it'll work, and have you thought about making it bigg…”
Rich Pierson Jan 3, 2022 ▶ 51:23 Headspace: Andy Puddicombe and Rich Pierson (2019)
Mar 14, 2022
Disclosure
The 1984 anti-Sikh riots prompted the Singh family to leave India
“And the riots were a tipping thing, but the main thing why we came to the U.S. Was that the kids, children would have a better education and a better future in the U.S. So we decided to just take the plunge and move.”
Sukhi Singh Mar 14, 2022 ▶ 13:13 Sukhi’s Gourmet Indian Food: Sukhi Singh and Dalbir Singh
Apr 28, 2022 negative
Opinion
US lacks the manufacturing supply chain infrastructure of China and Taiwan
“They have that infrastructure in place in, in places like China and Taiwan that we just don't have here anymore. And so it is so hard for us to be actually successful because we do not have the infrastructure to actually make stuff anymore.”
Lloyd Armbrust Apr 28, 2022 ▶ 26:30 HIBT Lab! Armbrust American: Lloyd Armbrust
Apr 28, 2022 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
Pre-pandemic meltblown fabric cost $10,000 per ton in China
“And at the time before the pandemic, you would pay probably about, I would say, 10,000 dollars a ton in China for that Melbourne layer, you would pay about 17,000 dollars in the United States for that Melbourne layer.”
Lloyd Armbrust Apr 28, 2022 ▶ 14:31 HIBT Lab! Armbrust American: Lloyd Armbrust
Apr 28, 2022
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Many US-assembled air filters rely on overseas-manufactured fabric
“A lot of filters are actually surprisingly they're formed here in the United States, but the fabric is made overseas.”
Lloyd Armbrust Apr 28, 2022 ▶ 24:34 HIBT Lab! Armbrust American: Lloyd Armbrust
Apr 28, 2022 neutral
Disclosure
Armbrust relies on Japanese robotics and pneumatics despite domestic manufacturing goals
“Even though we are sort of like supply chain proof, and that's something we talk about a lot, we're not really because of some of our parts, like our robotics, like our pneumatics are all Japanese. So what happens if we can't get our Japanese parts? Like they …”
Lloyd Armbrust Apr 28, 2022 ▶ 27:19 HIBT Lab! Armbrust American: Lloyd Armbrust
Apr 28, 2022 negative
Opinion
US lacks specialized industrial talent like sonic welding technicians, Armbrust says
“I had to become an expert in sonic welding because there just aren't any experts in sonic welding where you could go in China or you could go in Taiwan. And like, there would be just like, there's people that, you know, are experts in plumbing. They're experts…”
Lloyd Armbrust Apr 28, 2022 ▶ 27:49 HIBT Lab! Armbrust American: Lloyd Armbrust
May 16, 2022 neutral
Disclosure
Liedtke: US apparel manufacturing requires milling domestic cotton in Korea
“Cotton is the cotton we're sourcing for our cut and sew is grown in North Carolina. It is then unfortunately having to ship to Korea to be milled because there's no more mills in America. And then it's brought back to America where we can do the cut and sew an…”
Eric Liedtke May 16, 2022 ▶ 23:30 HIBT Lab! UNLESS Collective: Eric Liedtke
Jun 2, 2022 positive
Assertion Supported
Elfenbein: Skin-to-stem-cell reprogramming bypassed ethical hurdles in biology
“Prior to that, there was a moratorium on research in the United States on stem cells, and the future of understanding how these incredible cells grow, develop, and communicate with each other was really in question because of this, and so this incredible disco…”
Aryé Elfenbein Jun 2, 2022 ▶ 5:58 HIBT Lab! Wildtype: Aryé Elfenbein and Justin Kolbeck
Jul 7, 2022
Assertion Supported
Baird: Buildings account for 30% of US and 67% of NYC emissions
“30%. Of the United States CO two emissions. Wow. And in New York City, where I am, buildings are 67%.”
Donnel Baird Jul 7, 2022 ▶ 9:06 HIBT Lab! BlocPower: Donnel Baird
Jul 7, 2022 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Baird: Decarbonizing America's 125M buildings will cost $5 trillion
“Greening buildings in America is going to cost like Five trillion dollars. There's a hundred and twenty-five million buildings in America.”
Donnel Baird Jul 7, 2022 ▶ 16:42 HIBT Lab! BlocPower: Donnel Baird
Jul 11, 2022 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Solivan: TaskRabbit had 1 million users and 60,000 taskers during direct-booking pivot
“Now we need to take a million people in the US and 60,000 taskers that are on the platform, and we need to transition them to a completely new way of working.”
Leah Solivan Jul 11, 2022 ▶ 1:07:06 TaskRabbit: Leah Solivan
Jul 25, 2022 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Clifford: Samsonite was a dominant, more upscale brand in Europe than US
“They were dominant player in Europe, and they were considered to be a more upscale brand in Europe than in the US.”
Charlie Clifford Jul 25, 2022 ▶ 30:34 Tumi & Roam Luggage: Charlie Clifford
Aug 15, 2022 positive
Assertion Supported
Raz: Three in four US kids aged 9-12 play Roblox
“It's estimated that in the United States, three out of four children between nine and 12 years old play Roblox.”
Guy Raz Aug 15, 2022 ▶ 1:50 Roblox: David Baszucki
Sep 15, 2022 neutral
Assertion Supported
Raz: 15% of US homes use wells; a fifth fail quality tests
“About 15% of U.S. Homes rely on water from wells. I know I've got one. And apparently about a fifth of people who have well water, that water would fail a water quality test.”
Guy Raz Sep 15, 2022 ▶ 5:04 HIBT Lab! SOURCE Global: Cody Friesen
Sep 22, 2022 neutral
Prediction Open · timeframe Sep 2037
Lore: Rolling Wonder out across the US will take 10 to 15 years
“It's going to take probably, you know, 10 to 15 years to roll it out across the country. It's not something you do in just a couple years.”
Marc Lore Sep 22, 2022 ▶ 25:49 HIBT Lab! Wonder: Marc Lore
Oct 3, 2022 neutral
Assertion Supported
Grass-fed beef accounts for only about 2% of US beef production
“To date, there's not a lot of beef Raised in the United States that's grass-fed. It's about two percent of the overall beef.”
Mike Salguero Oct 3, 2022 ▶ 47:57 ButcherBox: Mike Salguero
Nov 7, 2022
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tapaninaho: 40% of early Ooni Kickstarter orders originated from the US
“I think maybe about 40% were from the US.”
Kristian Tapaninaho Nov 7, 2022 ▶ 35:58 Ooni Pizza Ovens: Darina Garland and Kristian Tapaninaho
Nov 14, 2022 negative
Opinion
Ulukaya: Pre-Chobani American yogurt was ten times worse than Turkish yogurt
“But compared to what it was here, the yogurt was 10 times worse. It was literally horrible. Like, it was awful stuff.”
Hamdi Ulukaya Nov 14, 2022 ▶ 47:37 Chobani: Hamdi Ulukaya
Nov 24, 2022
Assertion Supported
The US wastes 80 billion pounds of food annually, says Crowe-Houston
“It's true. And that equates to about eighty billion pounds of food.”
Jasmine Crowe-Houston Nov 24, 2022 ▶ 7:31 HIBT Lab! Goodr: Jasmine Crowe-Houston
Nov 28, 2022
Assertion Supported
Between 75% and 85% of US tea is consumed cold
“You know, statistically in the United States, it's like 75 or 85% of tea is consumed cold.”
Chris Mann Nov 28, 2022 ▶ 45:50 Guayakí Yerba Mate: David Karr and Chris Mann
Jan 9, 2023 bullish
Assertion Supported
Raz: US kombucha market projected to reach nearly $2B in 2020
“In fact, in 2020, the market for kombucha in the US is expected to be close to two billion dollars.”
Guy Raz Jan 9, 2023 ▶ 3:24 Health-Ade Kombucha: Daina Trout (2020)
Jan 19, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Ferguson: Over 20 million Americans live in food deserts
“Over twenty million people in the US live in food deserts, which we think we can make a significant dent in if we're able to provide this service across all across all neighborhoods and cities.”
Dave Ferguson Jan 19, 2023 ▶ 19:41 HIBT Lab! Nuro: Dave Ferguson
Jan 23, 2023
Assertion Contradicted
Sephora was not yet in the US when Tarte launched
“No, so Sephora wasn't even in the United States yet at that point.”
Maureen Kelly Jan 23, 2023 ▶ 25:16 Tarte Cosmetics: Maureen Kelly
Feb 9, 2023 positive
Assertion Supported
Biobot monitors wastewater in over 400 US communities for the CDC
“Through our work with the CDC, we're working in over 400 communities across the country.”
Newsha Ghaeli Feb 9, 2023 ▶ 20:01 HIBT Lab! Biobot Analytics: Mariana Matus and Newsha Ghaeli
Mar 2, 2023 negative
Assertion Supported
Lewis notes only 4% of US psychiatrists are African American
“When you think about four percent of psychiatrists are African Americans in the United States.”
Lorenzo Lewis Mar 2, 2023 ▶ 11:11 HIBT Lab! The Confess Project: Lorenzo Lewis
Mar 9, 2023 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Basch: Too Good To Go reached 12,000 US stores and 4M meals saved
“Today, you know, just a couple of years later, we are in 12,000 stores in the U.S. 12,000 stores. Yeah, so we've already saved more than four million meals in the U.S.”
Lucie Basch Mar 9, 2023 ▶ 27:46 HIBT Lab! Too Good To Go: Lucie Basch
Mar 9, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Raz: Commercial food services generate 60% of US food waste
“So about 60% of all food waste in the U.S. Comes from restaurants, hotels, grocery stores, and food service companies. That's according to the nonprofit Feeding America.”
Guy Raz Mar 9, 2023 ▶ 0:05 HIBT Lab! Too Good To Go: Lucie Basch
Apr 17, 2023
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Halo Top became America's best-selling ice cream pint with 50% brand awareness
“Our brand awareness at that point when we became the best-selling ice cream, our brand awareness was just over 50%.”
Justin Woolverton Apr 17, 2023 ▶ 54:52 Halo Top Ice Cream: Justin Woolverton
Apr 20, 2023
Assertion Contradicted
The U.S. propulsion base shrank from 15 companies to one by 2005
“If you look back to 1995, we probably had 15 companies providing Everything from small missile motors to small aircraft engines to rocket engines. Now circa 2005, we had one.”
Joe Laurienti Apr 20, 2023 ▶ 9:37 HIBT Lab! Ursa Major: Joe Laurienti
Jun 8, 2023
Disclosure
Hannun: Dandelion Imported Swedish Drilling Rigs for US Geothermal Installations
“We've imported most of that back to the United States and really adopted the same rigs they use over there.”
Kathy Hannun Jun 8, 2023 ▶ 9:34 Tapping the heat beneath your feet with Kathy Hannun of Dandelion Energy
Jul 3, 2023 negative
Assertion Supported
Black women start U.S. businesses fastest but receive disproportionately low venture funding
“The reality is, guy, black women are starting businesses faster than any other group of people in this country, but we're not getting funding, and also, because we're not getting funding, we can't really grow our ideas, so if we really wanna, like, reduce the …”
Melissa Butler Jul 3, 2023 ▶ 1:00:50 The Lip Bar (TLB): Melissa Butler (2020)
Jul 13, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Cliffton: Multiple countries Zipline operates in have better cell service than the US
“And obviously now, you know, a lot of the countries we operate in have better cell service than the United States does.”
Keller Rinaudo Cliffton Jul 13, 2023 ▶ 13:27 Delivering the future in drones with Keller Rinaudo Cliffton of Zipline
Jul 24, 2023
Disclosure
Scott Svenson: Seattle Coffee Company explored US acquisitions to rival Starbucks
“We had signed up with partners in the Middle East, and South Africa, and Southeast Asia, and had plans to go to Northern Europe, and actually had had conversations with several brands in the U.S., Well-known brands about us acquiring them to create a, an entre…”
Scott Svenson Jul 24, 2023 ▶ 38:26 MOD Pizza & Seattle Coffee Company: Scott and Ally Svenson
Jul 24, 2023
Assertion Supported
Scott Svenson: MOD Pizza was US fastest-growing restaurant brand for 3-4 years
“Yeah, we were the fastest growing restaurant brand in the country for, I believe, four years. Three or four years.”
Scott Svenson Jul 24, 2023 ▶ 1:11:17 MOD Pizza & Seattle Coffee Company: Scott and Ally Svenson
Jul 31, 2023 positive
Insight
Rogers realized video games would be imported globally like movies and music
“So I started traveling around the world looking for games to bring to Japan, because at the time, movies were coming from other countries, and music was coming from other countries. So I could see that all this culture was being imported from a lot of from the…”
Henk Rogers Jul 31, 2023 ▶ 11:23 The Tetris Company: Henk Rogers
Sep 28, 2023 bullish
Disclosure
Ben-Shitrit: Redefine Meat will launch European retail rollout by late 2024
“Somewhere next year, a year from now, we'll start rolling out to more retailers in Europe with the products including our steaks, and then gradually grow until we reach also to the USA and then follow the same path.”
Eshchar Ben-Shitrit Sep 28, 2023 ▶ 33:29 When your dinner is printed with Eshchar Ben-Shitrit of Redefine Meat
Sep 28, 2023 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Ben-Shitrit: Redefine Meat will dominate European food service in five years
“In five years from now, we're already a big meat company. We have a presence in Europe in basically every restaurant that you can imagine, because food service is a market that we dominate, and we are in all the nationwide retailers with our means range and ou…”
Eshchar Ben-Shitrit Sep 28, 2023 ▶ 36:24 When your dinner is printed with Eshchar Ben-Shitrit of Redefine Meat
Oct 5, 2023 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Biofire CEO: Suicides and Accidents Drive Two-Thirds of US Gun Deaths
“While mass shootings and other kind of violent crime like that, obviously, something that we hear about a lot in the news, they actually make up a very small percentage of gun deaths where two-thirds of gun deaths in the United States are the result of suicide…”
Kai Kloepfer Oct 5, 2023 ▶ 2:36 A biometric smart gun with Kai Kloepfer of Biofire
Oct 9, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Morris: Refrigerated pet food did not exist in US in 2006
“No, it didn't exist at all in the U.S. There was some raw food in the U.S., like what was originally done in Australia but it was frozen”
Scott Morris Oct 9, 2023 ▶ 17:27 Freshpet: Scott Morris
Oct 12, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Swaminathan: Only 3% of the 79,000 US dams generate electricity
“What we had really understood through the process of you know, and advancing this hydro kinetics business plan was that there's 79,000 dams in the United States, and only three percent of them have power.”
Ramya Swaminathan Oct 12, 2023 ▶ 3:27 Unlocking the renewable energy revolution with Ramya Swaminathan of Malta Inc.
Oct 26, 2023 negative
Opinion
Wolfe Herd: Low confidence is the biggest barrier to human connection
“And I think that is our biggest issue in this country right now when it comes to connection is self hatred, low confidence.”
Whitney Wolfe Herd Oct 26, 2023 ▶ 30:46 Love’s next chapter with Whitney Wolfe Herd of Bumble
Dec 7, 2023 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Lacy: US spends $130B annually on late-stage cancer drugs
“We spend a hundred and thirty billion dollars on late stage cancer drugs every year, let alone the obviously huge impact of people Passing away from this horrible disease.”
Andrew Lacy Dec 7, 2023 ▶ 39:25 Full body preventive health care with Andrew Lacy of Prenuvo
Dec 7, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lacy: Scanning every American biennially for cancer would cost ~$60B
“In fact, to just screen for cancer in the U.S. Using the techniques that we use, probably to scan every person in the U.S. Every two years would cost something like sixty billion dollars.”
Andrew Lacy Dec 7, 2023 ▶ 39:13 Full body preventive health care with Andrew Lacy of Prenuvo
Dec 11, 2023 neutral
Opinion
Raz: US managers today would not recommend accent coaching to employees
“And I think in the United States today, no boss would ever give somebody this advice. They would not give this advice because it would be considered to be toxic.”
Guy Raz Dec 11, 2023 ▶ 12:32 Wondery: Hernan Lopez
Jan 25, 2024
Assertion Supported
Jim Koch: Hard cider outsold beer in America before the Civil War
“Beer was not always the number one alcoholic beverage in the United States. Before the Civil War, then, the number one alcoholic beverage was hard cider. And beer displaced it, you know, after the Civil War for a bunch of reasons.”
Jim Koch Jan 25, 2024 ▶ 24:56 Brewing creativity with Jim Koch of Boston Beer Company
Jan 25, 2024
Assertion Partly supported
Jim Koch: Angry Orchard imports European apples because America lacks cider apples
“So we still bring in apples from Normandy and From Northern Italy, because true cider apples are not grown in the US anymore, and we wanted to make this from true cider apples, not grocery store apples.”
Jim Koch Jan 25, 2024 ▶ 25:50 Brewing creativity with Jim Koch of Boston Beer Company
Feb 29, 2024 positive
Opinion
Harris: The US-China AI race is about responsible deployment, not speed
“The U S has to lead and say, we need to set the terms of the race. And it's actually a race to the responsible and conscious deployment of technology that in its effect strengthens your society relative to other ones. That's the true competition.”
Tristan Harris Feb 29, 2024 ▶ 9:50 The peril (and promise) of AI with Tristan Harris: Part 2
Mar 7, 2024 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Berdichevsky: Silicon anodes can give the US battery dominance like fracking did
“In the lead for 21st century energy, you know, it'll take 10 years, but just like we got there with oil and gas through technologies like fracking, we should get there in batteries through technologies like silicon anodes and others.”
Gene Berdachevsky Mar 7, 2024 ▶ 35:15 Supercharging Lithium-Ion Batteries with Gene Berdichevsky of Sila Nanotechnologies
Mar 25, 2024
Disclosure
Larian: ABC International launched via Sony Walkman arbitrage from Asia
“Literally, I would get the yellow pages from those cities and go look for electronic retailers, and then I would buy from them because they were selling them cheaper in Japan than they were selling it in the USA. And I would import those 10, 12 pieces at a tim…”
Isaac Larian Mar 25, 2024 ▶ 14:55 MGA Entertainment: Isaac Larian
Jul 1, 2024 bullish
What-if
American Giant Could Produce a High-Quality 100% Domestic Cotton T-Shirt for $15
“I mean, I could produce a great quality, hundred percent cotton t-shirt that you would love. That would retail for 15 bucks or less.”
Bayard Winthrop Jul 1, 2024 ▶ 1:16:30 American Giant: Bayard Winthrop
Jul 1, 2024 neutral
Insight
Winthrop: US manufacturing will always cost more than China, but volume narrows gap
“There's an inherent cost structure by making the United States that is forever going to make it more expensive than, let's say, Manufacturing in China, but you can close the gap down massively if there was volume and commitment there.”
Bayard Winthrop Jul 1, 2024 ▶ 1:00:48 American Giant: Bayard Winthrop
Jul 1, 2024 negative
Assertion Contradicted
American Apparel Brands Must Rebuild Fragmented Domestic Supply Chains From Scratch
“If you go to China today and you and I want to launch a, let's say, a jacket business, we can go order a 100,000 jackets in pink and 250,000 jackets with a hood in orange, and we can do a turnkey, just write the order. You can't do that domestically. Couldn't …”
Bayard Winthrop Jul 1, 2024 ▶ 32:48 American Giant: Bayard Winthrop
Jul 1, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Winthrop: US manufacturing has far stronger legal protections than Bangladesh or China
“And to be clear, if you make stuff in the United States, you get the human rights benefits, the environmental benefits, the worker safety benefits that are baked into domestic law in a way that if you make it somewhere else, like Bangladesh or China, there are…”
Bayard Winthrop Jul 1, 2024 ▶ 1:17:50 American Giant: Bayard Winthrop
Jul 29, 2024 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Quality European bikes were scarce in the US in the early 1970s
“What I discovered as I started getting into bikes, there was like the basic bikes that were made in America, you know, swim bikes and other things that were not very inspirational. And then there were bikes from Europe that were to dream about. And there weren…”
Mike Sinyard Jul 29, 2024 ▶ 8:40 Specialized Bicycle Components: Mike Sinyard
Aug 12, 2024
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Nick Green: 50% of Americans lack driving-distance access to Whole Foods
“50% of people in this country don't live within driving distance of a Whole Foods, and even more of them can't afford the premiums, even if they do.”
Nick Green Aug 12, 2024 ▶ 27:00 Thrive Market: Nick Green
Sep 2, 2024
Assertion Supported
Goodwin: Soda is a $42B US industry with 97% household penetration
“It's a forty two billion dollar industry with 97% household penetration. It's an absolute legacy product in the United States.”
Ben Goodwin Sep 2, 2024 ▶ 34:13 Olipop: Ben Goodwin
Oct 24, 2024
Assertion Partly supported
Weinberg: There Are 16 to 17 Million US Pickleball Players
“I think currently six, 16 to seventeen million players in the US.”
Todd Weinberg Oct 24, 2024 ▶ 9:19 Advice Line with Michael Preysman of Everlane
Oct 25, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Banza is the fifth best-selling pasta brand in the US
“You, your brand has become the fifth best-selling pasta brand in the United States, which is extraordinary.”
Guy Raz Oct 25, 2024 ▶ 22:31 What It Really Takes To Build a Food Business: Part 2
Nov 25, 2024
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Thomae: Queensland Yogurt agreed to licensing and investment on a handshake
“They essentially said, look, yeah, we think there is an opportunity in the U.S., so We'd happily license to you. We'd want to invest in the business, and we'd be happy to bring, like, a yogurt maker over and just help with the initial startup of the business. …”
Koel Thomae Nov 25, 2024 ▶ 13:22 Noosa Yoghurt: Koel Thomae
Feb 27, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Priority Bicycles built US awareness through boutique and chain hotel partnerships
“Their whole strategy was to work with hotels. There are hotels all over the United States That have priority bicycles. You know, when you want to borrow a bike, they've got like six of them. And so that's how they built awareness.”
Guy Raz Feb 27, 2025 ▶ 26:31 Advice Line with Lyndon Cormack of Herschel Supply Co.
Mar 17, 2025
Assertion Supported
Zennström: Copyright Lawsuits Kept Me Out of the US for Five Years
“We were happy to get out of U.S., and that was, like, the last time I was in the U.S. Until 2000 and six, I think.”
Niklas Zennström Mar 17, 2025 ▶ 28:12 Skype and Kazaa: Niklas Zennström
Mar 31, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Online Shopping Accounts for Only 12% to 13% of US Grocery Spend
“The stats are a trillion dollars a year in the U S of grocery spend of that trillion dollars, 12 to 13% is online today.”
Abhi Ramesh Mar 31, 2025 ▶ 1:01:41 Misfits Market: Abhi Ramesh
May 29, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Goba Sports Group aggressively loaded US inventory ahead of expected tariffs
“We had enough cash that we loaded the U S market with product. So much so we were bursting at the seams and everybody was saying to me, are you nuts? Do you know how much inventory we have? I said, we don't have enough. Keep shoving it in. And so we got a lot …”
Steve Holmes May 29, 2025 ▶ 4:17 Advice Line with Steve Holmes of goba Sports Group
Jun 30, 2025 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hochschuler: US gelato was limited to mom-and-pop shops in the early 2000s
“And especially at the time, you could buy gelato in places that had one or two stores, kind of a mom-and-pop type style, but it was pretty new. It was like cutting edge. At the time.”
Josh Hochschuler Jun 30, 2025 ▶ 15:35 Talenti: Josh Hochschuler
Jul 7, 2025 positive
Opinion
Rick Steves: Subsidizing gap-year travel for young Americans is worth the cost
“If the world was smart, they would establish a fund and give every American kid a little Gap your trip, and it seems extravagant, but it'd be a small price to pay to get Americans out of their home and into the rest of the world and realize this world's a bea…”
Rick Steves Jul 7, 2025 ▶ 16:57 Rick Steves' Europe: Rick Steves (2021)
Jul 7, 2025 positive
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Pre-COVID, 25 of the top 30 US European guidebooks were Rick Steves
“Before COVID hit, my publisher was so excited. He showed me the sales chart, and 25 of the top 30 guidebooks published in the United States for Europe had Rick Steves on the cover.”
Rick Steves Jul 7, 2025 ▶ 1:11:39 Rick Steves' Europe: Rick Steves (2021)
Jul 14, 2025 negative
Opinion
American yogurt was awful and ten times worse than Turkish yogurt
“But compared to what it was here, the yogurt was 10 times worse. It was literally horrible. Like, it was awful stuff.”
Hamdi Ulukaya Jul 14, 2025 ▶ 45:36 Chobani: Hamdi Ulukaya (2022)
Jul 14, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Raz: Chobani controls roughly 22% of the US yogurt market
“Today, you know, roughly Chobani's got about 22% of the yogurt market in the US.”
Guy Raz Jul 14, 2025 ▶ 1:24:57 Chobani: Hamdi Ulukaya (2022)
Jul 28, 2025 bullish
Disclosure
Rypka: Torchy's aims to expand into most or all 50 states
“I mean, immediately, I think we'd like to be a national brand in most, if not all, 50 states. International, that's probably above my pay grade at this point but definitely, definitely nationally we definitely want to expand more up and down the east and west …”
Mike Rypka Jul 28, 2025 ▶ 1:18:57 Torchy's Tacos: Mike Rypka
Nov 6, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
DeLeon predicts Filipino cuisine will be US mainstream by 2030
“We believe in five years, Filipino cuisine will be pretty mainstream.”
Jake DeLeon Nov 6, 2025 ▶ 10:21 Advice Line with Tariq Farid of Edible Arrangements
Jan 26, 2026
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bob Taylor: Small-scale US guitar manufacturing was virtually nonexistent in 1973
“There were actually very few people that were making guitars on a small scale. Now, if you went to Spain, there's a guitar maker on every single corner, 100,000 of them. But in the U.S., it wasn't a thing.”
Bob Taylor Jan 26, 2026 ▶ 5:49 Taylor Guitars: Kurt Listug and Bob Taylor. From $3,700 Shop to Global Icon
Jan 29, 2026 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Cost Plus Drugs manufactures generic pills cheaper domestically than in Asia
“And so we can make generic pills here in the United States cheaper than what we can buy them for from India or China.”
Mark Cuban Jan 29, 2026 ▶ 3:33 Advice Line with Serial Entrepreneur Mark Cuban
Jun 1, 2026 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Brian Smith: Lack of Prior Use Enabled US Trademark Registration for UGG
“And I did a search of the world, especially the US, to see if there'd been any prior use of the trade name Ugg, and they had not. So, That opened up the gate for me to do the registration of the trademark.”
Brian Smith Jun 1, 2026 ▶ 20:21 UGG: Brian Smith. How an epiphany, surfers, and $500 launched an iconic sheepskin footwear company.
Jun 25, 2026
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Shipping From Barbados to US Cheaper Than Neighboring Caribbean Islands
“I think the challenge is, the real challenge is it's actually, it's cheaper and easier for me to send goods to United States, the UK, and Europe than to get it to an island that's 30 minutes next to us.”
Dominic Wyndham-Giddens Jun 25, 2026 ▶ 38:44 Advice Line with Susan Griffin-Black of EO Products
Jul 16, 2026 neutral
Assertion Supported
Cole: The US had 70 to 80 department store chains in the 1980s
“When I started my business, there was maybe 70 or 80 department store chains in the United States.”
Kenneth Cole Jul 16, 2026 ▶ 43:28 Advice Line with Kenneth Cole
Jul 27, 2026
Assertion Supported
Sweetwater Can Reach 38% of the US in One-Day Shipping
“And the other thing about being in Indiana, we can reach 38% of the United States in one day.”
Chuck Surack Jul 27, 2026 ▶ 58:49 Sweetwater: Chuck Surack. How a Customer Service Strategy Built a Billion Dollar Online Pro Audio and Music Company.
Aug 10, 2026
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
MadeGood Is Second in Canada and Sixth in the US Market
“In Canada, we're the number two brand. In the US, we are number six and the fastest growing brand in the category, whereas, you know, we have ambition to get to number two.”
Nima Fotovat Aug 10, 2026 ▶ 1:02:58 MadeGood: Salma and Nima Fotovat Lost Their First Business. They Grew Their Next One Into a Snack Giant.
Aug 17, 2026 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Modi: US infant formula standards had not been updated since the 1980s
“The European nutritional standards that were governed by the EC were updating those standards every four to five years. And then I did the comparison to that over here in the US, and I realized the last time that the US updated their nutritional standards was …”
Laura Modi Aug 17, 2026 ▶ 19:25 Bobbie: Laura Modi. How a Baby Formula Startup Took Market Share From Two Industry Giants
Aug 17, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
Modi: European regulations mandate higher DHA levels than US formulas provide
“DHA was not just mandatory in Europe, but there was a level that was higher than any formula was choosing to do here in the US.”
Laura Modi Aug 17, 2026 ▶ 21:43 Bobbie: Laura Modi. How a Baby Formula Startup Took Market Share From Two Industry Giants
Aug 17, 2026 neutral
Assertion Supported
Modi: 50% of US babies on formula rely on WIC
“And the fact that 50% of babies born in this country are choosing a formula under WIC, which means they are limited by choice, huge opportunity to reform this program, but it starts with”
Laura Modi Aug 17, 2026 ▶ 1:07:09 Bobbie: Laura Modi. How a Baby Formula Startup Took Market Share From Two Industry Giants
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