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Danny Winer

1 appearance on the record.

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11statements → 5claims → 1claims resolved → 3.73/5average certainty → 1.27/5average debate potential → ≈4.5/5argument clarity, estimated → 1said about them ↓

0 supported 1 partly supported 0 contradicted 4 not checkable as stated how the 5 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

5 assertions · 1 opinion · 1 insight · 3 disclosures · 1 what if · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 5 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, and 4 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Danny argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

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Everything Danny Winer said on How I Built This that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Opinion
Winer: Cookware Has Seen No Innovation Since the Introduction of Teflon
“This is a new advance in a tired, old business that hasn't known any innovation since Teflon came out, essentially.”
Danny Winer Apr 28, 2025 ▶ 45:06 Hexclad: Danny Winer
Insight
Winer: Achieving a Sear on Traditional Nonstick Pans Destroys Them
“You know, you essentially to get a good sear on a stainless or on a nonstick pan, you have to overheat the pan and you will destroy the pan to get a sear.”
Danny Winer Apr 28, 2025 ▶ 36:43 Hexclad: Danny Winer
Disclosure
Winer Cashed Out His Retirement Accounts to Invest in HexClad
“I cashed out my four on one K that I'd had. I, my return, my Roth, my I took all the money out, paid penalties. I, everything I had saved up. I had 90% of my life savings by the time we hit tied up in the company.”
Danny Winer Apr 28, 2025 ▶ 46:45 Hexclad: Danny Winer
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Winer: Hexclad Blew Its $1M Cash Reserve on April 2020 Meta Ads
“And I remember we had a million bucks. And we just looked at each other, and we're like, let's blow the whole million on advertising on Meta, and we spent a million bucks in April, and I think in February we had, we were doing a million a month online, and we …”
Danny Winer Apr 28, 2025 ▶ 1:00:16 Hexclad: Danny Winer
Disclosure
Winer: HexClad Sourced Its Brand Logo From a $299 Online Contest
“We had no money to hire an artist or a company to design it. So I found a website that does these Contest between artists all over the world. So I put it up there like 299 bucks to make the hex clad logo.”
Danny Winer Apr 28, 2025 ▶ 43:59 Hexclad: Danny Winer
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Winer: Hexclad Did $40,000 in Its First 10-Day Costco Trial
“And in the road shows, your schedule, they're 10 day events. So I think when we finished, we were flirting with Around 40,000 U.S. Dollars in that 10 day period.”
Danny Winer Apr 28, 2025 ▶ 54:50 Hexclad: Danny Winer
Assertion Partly supported
Winer: Most Hexclad Cookware Is Manufactured in China
“The cookware, most of the cookware is made in, in China, actually. Our wood products are made in Slovenia. Our eco-friendly aprons here in LA.”
Danny Winer Apr 28, 2025 ▶ 1:09:49 Hexclad: Danny Winer
What-if
Winer: Hexclad Benefited From the Failure of His Prior Venture Juicepresso
“If Juicepresso hadn't failed, HexCloud would not be as successful.”
Danny Winer Apr 28, 2025 ▶ 1:12:22 Hexclad: Danny Winer
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Winer: Kitchenware Brands Treated Early Websites Merely as In-Person Sales Tools
“In, say, the kitchenware space. Your website and the ability to purchase online was looked at as just a tool to help you sell in person. You don't buy cookware that way. You know, it's kind of like people weren't quite yet, they were just beginning to buy clot…”
Danny Winer Apr 28, 2025 ▶ 17:41 Hexclad: Danny Winer
Disclosure
Winer: Hexclad Spent Only $1,000 Monthly on Facebook Ads in 2016
“Well, we had no money, first of all. So we were only, we could, we were spending like A thousand bucks a month at the, in, in 16.”
Danny Winer Apr 28, 2025 ▶ 52:08 Hexclad: Danny Winer
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Winer: Hexclad Employs Approximately 235 to 240 People Globally
“Globally, I'd say we're around 235, 240.”
Danny Winer Apr 28, 2025 ▶ 1:09:27 Hexclad: Danny Winer

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Statements about Danny Winer, by other people (1)

Assertion Supported
Guy Raz: Older Founders Have a Higher Rate of Startup Success
“There's a lot of evidence to show that late Sort of entrepreneurs who are older, not late, but older, have a much higher rate of success because they come to the table with a lot of experience”
Guy Raz Apr 28, 2025 ▶ 29:00 Hexclad: Danny Winer

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Hexclad: Danny Winer Apr 28, 2025 44m
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