| 30M | “thirty million” | O'Hayer: Roughly half of US laying hens are now cage-free | Matt O'Hayer | Mar 23, 2026 | Supported |
| 8% | “eight percent” | O'Hayer: Roughly half of US laying hens are now cage-free | Matt O'Hayer | Mar 23, 2026 | Supported |
| 13M | “a twelve million” | O'Hayer: Blue Zone Kitchens hit $12M run rate by year two | Matt O'Hayer | Mar 23, 2026 | — |
| 9% | “nine percent” | Krause's Father Loaned Him $8,000 at 9% Interest to Lease Detailing Shop | Aaron Krause | Mar 16, 2026 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Krause: Dedication to Detail reached $1M-$1.5M in sales by 1998 | Aaron Krause | Mar 16, 2026 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Krause bought out 50% partner in Innovative Accessory Products for Scrub Daddy | Aaron Krause | Mar 16, 2026 | Supported |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Scrub Daddy generated $1M in sales the night Shark Tank aired | Aaron Krause | Mar 16, 2026 | Contradicted |
| 10% | “10%” | Krause: Scrub Mommy outsells Scrub Daddy by about 10% in every retailer | Aaron Krause | Mar 16, 2026 | — |
| 15× | “15 times” | Krause: I have appeared on Shark Tank almost 15 times | Aaron Krause | Mar 16, 2026 | Contradicted |
| 5M | “five million” | Krause: Scrub Daddy has nearly 5M TikTok and 1M Instagram followers | Aaron Krause | Mar 16, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Krause: Scrub Daddy has nearly 5M TikTok and 1M Instagram followers | Aaron Krause | Mar 16, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 20M | “twenty million” | Krause: Scrub Daddy has nearly 5M TikTok and 1M Instagram followers | Aaron Krause | Mar 16, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 700M | “seven hundred million” | Lopez: YouTube logs 700 million hours of video podcast viewing monthly | Hernan Lopez | Mar 12, 2026 | Supported |
| 10M | “ten million” | Heather Sloan: Healy Medical is on track for $10M in revenue | Heather Sloan | Mar 12, 2026 | — |
| $8M | “eight million dollars” | Bobo's generated $8M in annual sales in 2015 | Guy Raz | Mar 9, 2026 | Partly supported |
| $75B | “seventy-five billion dollars” | Jenski: Unmanaged workplace grief costs employers $75B+ annually | Melissa Jenski | Mar 5, 2026 | Supported |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Healy: Kettle Foods reached $100M in sales before selling minority stake | Cameron Healy | Mar 2, 2026 | Supported |
| 50% | “50%” | Healy: Kettle Foods grew 50% under Catterton before Lion Capital buyout | Cameron Healy | Mar 2, 2026 | Supported |
| $1K | “a thousand dollars” | McKelvey maintained a $1,000-per-day production rule as a glassblower | Jim McKelvey | Feb 23, 2026 | — |
| 2.2M | “2.2 million” | Bonder: Noble Pies generated $2.2M retail and $200K wholesale in 2025 | Zachary Bonder | Feb 19, 2026 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Schrenko: Achigan Brand grew purely through organic Instagram marketing without paid ads | Josh Schrenko | Feb 19, 2026 | — |
| 20M | “twenty million” | Maldonado: Co-founder Rashid Ali stayed part-time until Chomps hit $20M revenue | Pete Maldonado | Feb 19, 2026 | — |
| 1.1M | “1.1 million” | Maldonado: Chomps once received a single purchase order for 1.1 million sticks | Pete Maldonado | Feb 19, 2026 | — |
| $6M | “six million dollars” | Osher: Arcade Basketball drove $6M in sales and $1.5M profit | John Osher | Feb 16, 2026 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 1M | “a million” | Osher: Arcade Basketball drove $6M in sales and $1.5M profit | John Osher | Feb 16, 2026 | Not publicly verifiable |
| $50M | “fifty million dollars” | Osher: Cap Toys generated $40M to $50M from interactive candy | John Osher | Feb 16, 2026 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Osher: Scale reduced novelty battery costs to 12 cents per unit | John Osher | Feb 16, 2026 | — |
| $1.5M | “half a million dollars” | Osher: Spinbrush scrapped 400K defective units and raised $500K for redesign | John Osher | Feb 16, 2026 | — |
| 44M | “forty four million” | Osher: Spinbrush drove $21M profit on $44M revenue in first 8 months | John Osher | Feb 16, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 22M | “a twenty one million” | Osher: Spinbrush drove $21M profit on $44M revenue in first 8 months | John Osher | Feb 16, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Osher: Spinbrush bought 1M batteries daily, trailing only Walmart | John Osher | Feb 16, 2026 | — |
| $120M | “a hundred twenty million dollars” | Osher: P&G forecasted $120M in Spinbrush sales but cleared $300M | John Osher | Feb 16, 2026 | — |
| 1M | “A million” | Osher: P&G forecasted $120M in Spinbrush sales but cleared $300M | John Osher | Feb 16, 2026 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Osher: P&G divested Spinbrush to clear Gillette antitrust hurdles | John Osher | Feb 16, 2026 | Supported |
| $10M | “ten million dollars” | Osher: Offered $10M to buy back Spinbrush; P&G leveraged for $75M | John Osher | Feb 16, 2026 | — |
| 75M | “seventy-five million” | Osher: Offered $10M to buy back Spinbrush; P&G leveraged for $75M | John Osher | Feb 16, 2026 | — |
| 98% | “98%” | Hartz: 98% of Gen Z want real-life brand connections | Julia Hartz | Feb 12, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 65% | “65%” | Hartz: Live podcasting shows on Eventbrite grew over 65% this year | Julia Hartz | Feb 12, 2026 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 80% | “80%” | Raz: Sustainable creator businesses should earn 80% of revenue from owned shops | Guy Raz | Feb 12, 2026 | — |
| $2M | “two million dollars” | Hastings: Invested initial $2 million to launch Netflix in 1998 | Reed Hastings | Feb 9, 2026 | — |
| 50M | “fifty million” | Hastings: Netflix raised $50 million from LVMH in February 2000 | Reed Hastings | Feb 9, 2026 | Contradicted |
| 50M | “fifty million” | Hastings: Netflix reached $50 million in revenue at 2002 IPO | Reed Hastings | Feb 9, 2026 | Contradicted |
| 1B | “a billion” | Hastings: Taking 20% of store revenue guaranteed Blockbuster's retail collapse | Reed Hastings | Feb 9, 2026 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Hastings: Taking 20% of store revenue guaranteed Blockbuster's retail collapse | Reed Hastings | Feb 9, 2026 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Hastings: Netflix accounts for under 10% of U.S. TV viewing | Reed Hastings | Feb 9, 2026 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Betterment Manages Over $60 Billion for More Than One Million Americans | Jon Stein | Feb 5, 2026 | Supported |
| 80% | “80%” | Craft Businesses Must Target 80% Profit Margins to Safely Fund Expansion | Jon Stein | Feb 5, 2026 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Craft Businesses Must Target 80% Profit Margins to Safely Fund Expansion | Jon Stein | Feb 5, 2026 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Diard: Founders must set strict family investment limits against 80% failure odds | Jean-Luc Diard | Feb 2, 2026 | — |
| 600M | “a five hundred million” | Diard: Hoka's original grand vision was merely to become a $500M company | Jean-Luc Diard | Feb 2, 2026 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Northern Classics sees 90% of sales between September and January | Kristen Rude | Jan 29, 2026 | — |
| 85% | “85%” | Guardian Bikes reshored 85% of manufacturing to Indiana using robotics and AI | Mark Cuban | Jan 29, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 30% | “30%” | Listug: Founders valued Taylor Guitars at $100,000 to buy out third partner | Kurt Listug | Jan 26, 2026 | — |
| 51% | “51%” | Taylor: Over 90% of Taylor Guitars' sales come through wholesale retailers | Bob Taylor | Jan 26, 2026 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Taylor: Over 90% of Taylor Guitars' sales come through wholesale retailers | Bob Taylor | Jan 26, 2026 | — |
| $50M | “fifty million dollars” | Taylor: Company canceled $50M in orders to avoid post-COVID retail glut | Bob Taylor | Jan 26, 2026 | — |
| 8B | “eight billion” | Ombres: US market for wigs and hair extensions is $8 billion | Allison Ombres | Jan 22, 2026 | Contradicted |
| 1M | “a million” | Harmon: Toy brand Randomals generated nearly $1 million in prior year sales | Nick Harmon | Jan 22, 2026 | — |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Stuart Moldaw invested $300,000 for 30% of Gymboree at $1M valuation | Joan Barnes | Jan 19, 2026 | Supported |
| 30% | “30%” | Stuart Moldaw invested $300,000 for 30% of Gymboree at $1M valuation | Joan Barnes | Jan 19, 2026 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | High-performing early Gymboree franchise locations generated roughly $250,000 in annual revenue | Joan Barnes | Jan 19, 2026 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Licensing partners demand massive volume and quickly drop brands lacking TV backing | Joan Barnes | Jan 19, 2026 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | During a cash crisis, Gymboree staff took 50% pay cuts; Barnes took 75% | Joan Barnes | Jan 19, 2026 | — |
| 75% | “75%” | During a cash crisis, Gymboree staff took 50% pay cuts; Barnes took 75% | Joan Barnes | Jan 19, 2026 | — |
| $6M | “Six million dollars” | Gymboree raised $6 million in funding within a year of retail launch | Joan Barnes | Jan 19, 2026 | Partly supported |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Joan Barnes sold 70% of her Gymboree stock for $1M before IPO | Joan Barnes | Jan 19, 2026 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 30% | “30%” | Joan Barnes sold 70% of her Gymboree stock for $1M before IPO | Joan Barnes | Jan 19, 2026 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 70% | “70%” | Joan Barnes sold 70% of her Gymboree stock for $1M before IPO | Joan Barnes | Jan 19, 2026 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 58% | “58%” | Gymboree's stock surged 58% on its first day of public trading | Joan Barnes | Jan 19, 2026 | Supported |
| 50% | “50%” | Giving instructors a 50% revenue share made The Yoga Studio financially unsustainable | Joan Barnes | Jan 19, 2026 | — |
| 1.8B | “1.8 billion” | Bain Capital acquired Gymboree for $1.8 billion in 2010 | Joan Barnes | Jan 19, 2026 | Supported |
| 50% | “50%” | Crandall: Surveys Found 50% of Consumers Want Fluoride Toothpaste Alternatives | Kimber Crandall | Jan 15, 2026 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Philadelphia had no cafes when La Colombe scouted the city | Todd Carmichael | Jan 12, 2026 | Contradicted |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Dollar Shave Club raised $1M in venture capital before its public launch | Michael Dubin | Jan 5, 2026 | Supported |
| 25% | “25%” | Dubin: Dollar Shave Club captured 20% to 25% of men's non-disposable razors | Michael Dubin | Jan 5, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 90% | “90%” | Qadri: Moji Masala Converts Over 90% of In-Store Tasters | Shireen Qadri | Jan 1, 2026 | — |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Modi Toys co-founder: Sales peaked near $1M in 2021 before declining | Avni Modi Sirkar | Jan 1, 2026 | — |
| 15% | “15%” | Graves: Early Cane's Scaled on 15% Subordinated Debt to Protect Equity | Todd Graves | Dec 25, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Graves: Early Cane's Scaled on 15% Subordinated Debt to Protect Equity | Todd Graves | Dec 25, 2025 | — |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Todd Graves: Raising Cane's Has 1,000 Locations and Plans 1,000 More | Todd Graves | Dec 25, 2025 | — |
| $5M | “five million dollars” | Lee expected $10,000 on Kickstarter while his co-founder predicted $5 million | Elan Lee | Dec 22, 2025 | — |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Exploding Kittens set its $10,000 Kickstarter goal based on minimum print costs | Elan Lee | Dec 22, 2025 | — |
| 1M | “one million” | Lee: Exploding Kittens raised over $1M in first 24 hours | Elan Lee | Dec 22, 2025 | Supported |
| 20M | “twenty million” | Exploding Kittens generated about $20M in retail sales in its first year | Elan Lee | Dec 22, 2025 | — |
| $5M | “five million dollars” | Lee: Bears vs. Babies raised roughly $5 million on Kickstarter | Elan Lee | Dec 22, 2025 | Contradicted |
| 40M | “forty million” | Lee: The Chernin Group invested $40 million in Exploding Kittens | Elan Lee | Dec 22, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 90% | “90%” | Lee: Exploding Kittens revenue increased 90% in 2020 | Elan Lee | Dec 22, 2025 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 55% | “55%” | French game publisher Asmodee acquired a 55% stake in Exploding Kittens | Elan Lee | Dec 22, 2025 | Supported |
| 90% | “90%” | Lee: Games account for 90% of Exploding Kittens' revenue | Elan Lee | Dec 22, 2025 | — |
| 60% | “60%” | Brick-and-mortar stores represent 60% of Exploding Kittens' total sales | Elan Lee | Dec 22, 2025 | — |
| 75% | “75%” | Gildersleeve: Flying Fish Company derives over 75% of revenue from restaurant | Leif Gildersleeve | Dec 18, 2025 | — |
| 25% | “25%” | Gildersleeve: Flying Fish Company derives over 75% of revenue from restaurant | Leif Gildersleeve | Dec 18, 2025 | — |
| 85% | “85%” | Hala Gear generates 85% of sales direct-to-consumer online | Colleen King | Dec 18, 2025 | — |
| 15% | “15%” | Hala Gear generates 85% of sales direct-to-consumer online | Colleen King | Dec 18, 2025 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Trussell: Allocate 10% of sales revenue to advertising as a rule | Bobby Trussell | Dec 18, 2025 | — |
| 2.3B | “a 1.3 billion” | Horan: Life jackets are a $1.3B market, boating accessories $16B | Amanda Horan | Dec 18, 2025 | Supported |
| 2% | “two percent” | Trussell: Tempur-Pedic raised early seed offering 4x payback plus 1-2% equity | Bobby Trussell | Dec 18, 2025 | — |
| 1% | “one percent” | Trussell: Tempur-Pedic raised early seed offering 4x payback plus 1-2% equity | Bobby Trussell | Dec 18, 2025 | — |
| 1M | “one million” | Siminoff: Ring Receives Over 1 Million Missing Pet Reports Annually | Jamie Siminoff | Dec 11, 2025 | — |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Siminoff: Raising Capital Means Founders Must Return 5x to 10x the Amount | Jamie Siminoff | Dec 11, 2025 | — |
| 10M | “ten million” | Siminoff: Raising Capital Means Founders Must Return 5x to 10x the Amount | Jamie Siminoff | Dec 11, 2025 | — |
| 10M | “ten million” | McElroy: Nocs Provisions reached $10M+ in revenue two consecutive years | Chris McElroy | Dec 11, 2025 | — |
| $2M | “two million dollars” | Google and the Gates Foundation each granted Khan Academy $2 million in 2010 | Sal Khan | Dec 8, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 5M | “a four million” | Google and the Gates Foundation each granted Khan Academy $2 million in 2010 | Sal Khan | Dec 8, 2025 | Partly supported |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Meredith Baer sold her debut screenplay 'Prisoners' for $250,000 in 1980 | Meredith Baer | Dec 1, 2025 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 1.5M | “half a million” | Baer's first staged home sold for $500,000 over asking price | Meredith Baer | Dec 1, 2025 | — |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | A rug dealer gave Baer roughly $1 million in inventory on consignment | Meredith Baer | Dec 1, 2025 | — |
| 70% | “70%” | Meredith Baer Home manufactures 60% to 70% of its upholstered furniture | Meredith Baer | Dec 1, 2025 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Parent: Soma Kombucha previously reached $1.5 million in annual revenue | Jean-Pierre Parent | Nov 27, 2025 | — |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Investor Jim Collis arrived minutes before Rosbach announced Hydro Flask's shutdown | Travis Rosbach | Nov 24, 2025 | — |
| 51% | “51%” | Rosbach: Investor Reached 51% Majority Control in Hydro Flask Buyout | Travis Rosbach | Nov 24, 2025 | — |
| 23% | “23%” | Mohan: Kahani pilot achieved 23% symptom decrease in four weeks | Mahak Mohan | Nov 20, 2025 | — |
| 70% | “70%” | Mohan: Kahani pilot achieved 23% symptom decrease in four weeks | Mahak Mohan | Nov 20, 2025 | — |
| 20M | “twenty million” | Gymshark co-founder Lewis Morgan stepped down between £10M and £20M revenue | Ben Francis | Nov 17, 2025 | Supported |
| $5M | “five million dollars” | Hellriegel: Rolflex Projects $5M in Sales This Year, Up From $3M | Ryan Hellriegel | Nov 13, 2025 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Pipkin: B2B Sales Win Through Internal Evangelists, Not Direct Cold Pitches | Chet Pipkin | Nov 13, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Hale: Backroads remained family-owned without outside investors for 46 years | Tom Hale | Nov 10, 2025 | Supported |
| 43% | “43%” | Hale: Backroads suffered a 43% drop in business during the 2008 crisis | Tom Hale | Nov 10, 2025 | — |
| 1.5M | “1.5 million” | Fila Manila founder Jake DeLeon discloses $1.5M in lifetime sales | Jake DeLeon | Nov 6, 2025 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Fila Manila founder reveals 80% of customers are not Filipino | Jake DeLeon | Nov 6, 2025 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Minimal Impact Cruises claims new vessel is 90% more carbon neutral | Heather Thorkelson | Nov 6, 2025 | — |
| $250M | “two hundred fifty million dollars” | Babylist generated $250M in actual retail revenue, not GMV, in 2021 | Natalie Gordon | Nov 3, 2025 | Supported |
| 1B | “a billion” | Gordon: In 2019, Babylist First Looked Like a Billion-Dollar Business | Natalie Gordon | Nov 3, 2025 | — |
| 26M | “A twenty-five million” | Shah: Wayfair operates a 2,500-person tech team and 25M sq ft logistics network | Niraj Shah | Oct 30, 2025 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Shah: Wayfair spends over $1B annually on advertising | Niraj Shah | Oct 30, 2025 | Supported |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Newark Nut Company generated about $1M annually in the late 1990s | Jeff Braverman | Oct 27, 2025 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Jeff Braverman joined his family's business for 10% equity and $28,000 draw | Jeff Braverman | Oct 27, 2025 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Jeff Braverman joined his family's business for 10% equity and $28,000 draw | Jeff Braverman | Oct 27, 2025 | — |
| 10× | “10 X” | NutsOnline saw daily orders jump 10x immediately after launching Google AdWords | Jeff Braverman | Oct 27, 2025 | — |
| 2% | “two percent” | Wholesale dropped to roughly 2% of revenue by the 2012 Nuts.com rebrand | Jeff Braverman | Oct 27, 2025 | — |
| 3% | “three percent” | Wholesale dropped to roughly 2% of revenue by the 2012 Nuts.com rebrand | Jeff Braverman | Oct 27, 2025 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | About 50% of Nuts.com products have direct or indirect tariff exposure | Jeff Braverman | Oct 27, 2025 | — |
| 15% | “15%” | B2B sales eventually reached 20% to 25% of Nuts.com's total revenue | Jeff Braverman | Oct 27, 2025 | — |
| 25% | “25%” | B2B sales eventually reached 20% to 25% of Nuts.com's total revenue | Jeff Braverman | Oct 27, 2025 | — |
| 70% | “70%” | Nuts.com experienced a 70% worker call-out rate after Easter 2020 | Jeff Braverman | Oct 27, 2025 | — |
| 3% | “three percent” | Zimmer: 3 percent of the US workforce had earned income on Lyft | John Zimmer | Oct 23, 2025 | Contradicted |
| 30% | “30%” | Chip Gaines: College laundry service profited from 20-30% unused subscriptions | Chip Gaines | Oct 20, 2025 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Chip Gaines: Bank halved $500K development credit line during 2008 crash | Chip Gaines | Oct 20, 2025 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Chip Gaines: Raising private equity would have accelerated Magnolia but cost 50% equity | Chip Gaines | Oct 20, 2025 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Alex Hildebrandt: Suyo Pisco generates 80% of sales from on-premise venues | Alex Hildebrandt | Oct 16, 2025 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Alex Hildebrandt: Suyo Pisco generates 80% of sales from on-premise venues | Alex Hildebrandt | Oct 16, 2025 | — |
| 10M | “ten million” | Stephanie Stuckey grew Stuckey's revenue from $2 million to $10 million | Stephanie Stuckey | Oct 16, 2025 | — |
| $1K | “a thousand dollars” | Faherty Brand calculated it needed $1,000 in daily sales to survive | Alex Faherty | Oct 13, 2025 | — |
| 75% | “75%” | Wholesale accounted for 75% of Faherty Brand's revenue in year two | Alex and Mike Faherty | Oct 13, 2025 | — |
| 40% | “40%” | Japan accounted for 40% of Faherty Brand's wholesale business in year one | Alex and Mike Faherty | Oct 13, 2025 | — |
| $10M | “ten million dollars” | Faherty Brand lost $400,000 to $500,000 annually during its early years | Alex and Mike Faherty | Oct 13, 2025 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Faherty Brand's first retail store generated $250,000 to $300,000 annually | Alex Faherty | Oct 13, 2025 | — |
| 70% | “70%” | Wholesale and retail accounted for 70% of Faherty's sales before COVID-19 | Alex and Mike Faherty | Oct 13, 2025 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Wholesale and retail accounted for 70% of Faherty's sales before COVID-19 | Alex and Mike Faherty | Oct 13, 2025 | — |
| 5B | “five billion” | Patel: Passed PE Consumer Deals Are Worth Over $5 Billion Today | Vijen Patel | Oct 6, 2025 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Vijen Patel: 90% of 100 People Pitched Called PressBox Awful | Vijen Patel | Oct 6, 2025 | — |
| 15% | “15%” | Patel: Traditional dry cleaners operate at zero percent margins after owner salaries | Vijen Patel | Oct 6, 2025 | Supported |
| 40% | “40%” | Patel: Automated dry cleaning depots achieve 40% operating margins | Vijen Patel | Oct 6, 2025 | — |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Patel: PressBox Hit an $80K Monthly Revenue Run Rate Within 15 Months | Vijen Patel | Oct 6, 2025 | — |
| 80× | “80 times” | Patel: PressBox Hit an $80K Monthly Revenue Run Rate Within 15 Months | Vijen Patel | Oct 6, 2025 | — |
| 25% | “25%” | Patel: PressBox operated at 20% to 25% EBITDA margins | Vijen Patel | Oct 6, 2025 | — |
| 2% | “two percent” | Patel: PressBox revenue dipped only 2% after Washio Chicago launch | Vijen Patel | Oct 6, 2025 | — |
| 60% | “60%” | Patel: PressBox driver costs in DC were 60% higher than Chicago | Vijen Patel | Oct 6, 2025 | — |
| 98% | “98%” | Compounding 98% vs 96% Retention Yields 78% vs 55% Over Two Years | Vijen Patel | Oct 6, 2025 | — |
| 96% | “96%” | Compounding 98% vs 96% Retention Yields 78% vs 55% Over Two Years | Vijen Patel | Oct 6, 2025 | — |
| 55% | “55%” | Compounding 98% vs 96% Retention Yields 78% vs 55% Over Two Years | Vijen Patel | Oct 6, 2025 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Patel: PressBox Financed ~80% of Plant with Asset-Backed Debt | Vijen Patel | Oct 6, 2025 | — |
| 25% | “25%” | In-Sourcing Operations Increased PressBox Margins by 10 Percentage Points | Vijen Patel | Oct 6, 2025 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | In-Sourcing Operations Increased PressBox Margins by 10 Percentage Points | Vijen Patel | Oct 6, 2025 | — |
| 3% | “three percent” | PressBox Avoided Winner-Take-All Mentality, Targeting 3% High-Rise Market Share | Vijen Patel | Oct 6, 2025 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Patel: PressBox Needed Only 10% Building Adoption to Break Even | Vijen Patel | Oct 6, 2025 | — |
| 52% | “52%” | P&G Pursued Laundry Services Because Tide Reached 52% Market Share Cap | Vijen Patel | Oct 6, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 90% | “90%” | Patel: 90% of 3,400 Early-Stage Venture Firms Focus Solely on Software | Vijen Patel | Oct 6, 2025 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Patel: 90% of 3,400 Early-Stage Venture Firms Focus Solely on Software | Vijen Patel | Oct 6, 2025 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | 81 Collection Backed a Pet Cremation Business With 80% EBITDA Margins | Vijen Patel | Oct 6, 2025 | — |
| 15% | “15%” | Only 10% to 15% of restaurants offered their own delivery in 2013 | Tony Xu | Oct 2, 2025 | Supported |
| 3× | “three X” | Spring & Mulberry generates mid-seven figures in revenue, growing 2-3x annually | Catherine Shaw | Oct 2, 2025 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Craigslist reached one million monthly page views by late 1997 | Craig Newmark | Sep 29, 2025 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 100M | “hundred million” | Newmark has donated hundreds of millions of dollars to journalism | Craig Newmark | Sep 29, 2025 | — |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Paige Say: Benny is profitable and in about 1,000 Canadian stores | Paige Say | Sep 25, 2025 | — |
| 40% | “40%” | Perry: Adapt Apparel sales are 40% DTC and 60% institutional B2B | Catherine Perry | Sep 25, 2025 | — |
| 60% | “60%” | Perry: Adapt Apparel sales are 40% DTC and 60% institutional B2B | Catherine Perry | Sep 25, 2025 | — |
| $2.5M | “a half a million dollars” | Mother Beverage reached $500,000 in pre-Shark Tank revenue | Stephen Ellsworth | Sep 22, 2025 | Supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Poppi founders entered Shark Tank seeking $400,000 for 10% equity | Stephen Ellsworth | Sep 22, 2025 | Supported |
| 25% | “25%” | Poppi founders accepted Rohan Oza's Shark Tank offer of 25% equity | Allison Ellsworth | Sep 22, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “100%” | Ellsworth: Modern soda brands must package in 12-ounce cans, not glass | Allison Ellsworth | Sep 22, 2025 | — |
| 17× | “17 times” | Poppi's Super Bowl ad tripled brand awareness by repeating 'soda' | Allison Ellsworth | Sep 22, 2025 | — |
| 2M | “two million” | Abby Rosalier: Abby Rose has generated over $2M in total sales | Abby Rosalier | Sep 18, 2025 | — |
| 10M | “ten million” | Tolia: Fanbase reached roughly 10 million users within months of launch | Nirav Tolia | Sep 15, 2025 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 30% | “30%” | Tolia: Pew report found 30% of Americans could not name one neighbor | Nirav Tolia | Sep 15, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 100M | “hundred million” | Nextdoor claims 100 million verified users and 25 million weekly active users | Nirav Tolia | Sep 15, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 25M | “twenty-five million” | Nextdoor claims 100 million verified users and 25 million weekly active users | Nirav Tolia | Sep 15, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 30% | “30%” | Tolia: Recommendations make up roughly 30% of Nextdoor content | Nirav Tolia | Sep 15, 2025 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Weiner: E-Bikes Are Quickly Becoming 50% of Bicycle Industry Sales | Dave Weiner | Sep 11, 2025 | Supported |
| 70% | “70%” | Priority Bicycles Sells About 70% of Its Bikes Direct-to-Consumer | Dave Weiner | Sep 11, 2025 | — |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Weiner: Priority Bicycles has over 1,000 corporate and hotel locations | Dave Weiner | Sep 11, 2025 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Razor sold one million scooters per month during its 2000 retail launch | Carlton Calvin | Sep 8, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Retailers repeatedly misjudge novelty crazes by ignoring demographic saturation limits | Carlton Calvin | Sep 8, 2025 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Razor held one million unsold scooters when warehouse demand plummeted to zero | Carlton Calvin | Sep 8, 2025 | — |
| 4M | “four million” | Razor established a baseline of two to four million annual scooter sales | Carlton Calvin | Sep 8, 2025 | Supported |
| $3.5M | “3.5 million dollars” | Dosey projects $3.5M in profitable sales for 2025 | Honor Elliot | Sep 4, 2025 | — |
| $10M | “ten million dollars” | Guy Raz: Larry David was paid $10M for his FTX commercial | Guy Raz | Sep 4, 2025 | Supported |
| 40M | “forty million” | Vultaggio's beverage business generated $30M to $40M during malt liquor era | Don Vultaggio | Sep 1, 2025 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | AriZona skyrocketed to $400 million in sales by its third year | Don Vultaggio | Sep 1, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 400M | “four hundred million” | AriZona skyrocketed to $400 million in sales by its third year | Don Vultaggio | Sep 1, 2025 | Partly supported |
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