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Manoj Bhargava

Founder & CEO, 5-hour Energy · 1 appearance on the record.

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14statements → 7claims → 4claims resolved → 50%fully supported → 4/5average certainty → 1.79/5average debate potential → 4said about them ↓

2 supported 2 partly supported 0 contradicted 3 not checkable as stated how the 7 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

7 assertions · 1 opinion · 5 insights · 1 disclosure · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 7 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 4 are resolved, and 3 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 Manoj argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Bhargava: 5-Hour Energy fought off Big Soda to regain 93% market share
“And now it's back up to 93%.”
Manoj Bhargava Mar 13, 2017 ▶ 21:49 5-Hour Energy: Manoj Bhargava

How they sound: not measured why? →

We measure speaking style by listening to the audio itself, and a fair number needs at least 2,000 words from one person on tape we have measured. There is too little of Manoj Bhargava on measured tape to publish a rate. This says nothing about how they speak.

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

Insight
Bhargava: Relying on Experts Rather Than Common Sense Causes Trouble in Turnarounds
“It's not rocket science, but if you use common sense, you're in great shape. If you use experts, you're in so much trouble.”
Manoj Bhargava Mar 13, 2017 ▶ 7:57 5-Hour Energy: Manoj Bhargava
Insight
Bhargava: Great inventions usually came from non-experts breaking the rules
“Most inventions have been made by people who didn't have a background in whatever they were inventing. If you look at throughout history, the great stuff was made by people who didn't follow the rules of the experts.”
Manoj Bhargava Mar 13, 2017 ▶ 12:21 5-Hour Energy: Manoj Bhargava
Opinion
Bhargava: Industry veterans slow down startups because they expect slow timelines
“Well, I think one of the great parts is not having a background in the industry, because those who have great backgrounds in the industry always think it takes forever. They always slow things down.”
Manoj Bhargava Mar 13, 2017 ▶ 16:51 5-Hour Energy: Manoj Bhargava
Assertion Supported
Bhargava: 5-Hour Energy fought off Big Soda to regain 93% market share
“And now it's back up to 93%.”
Manoj Bhargava Mar 13, 2017 ▶ 21:49 5-Hour Energy: Manoj Bhargava
Disclosure
Bhargava: Founders who sell products their families avoid are con men
“Every product we make, or I make, get involved in is, if I can't use it, if my family doesn't use it, I don't want to do it. Because then you're just a con man. You know, you're just selling people stuff you don't use.”
Manoj Bhargava Mar 13, 2017 ▶ 13:24 5-Hour Energy: Manoj Bhargava
Insight
Bhargava: CPG packaging must explain the product in under half a second
“You have less than half a second for the consumer to either buy it or not buy it. You have to communicate during that half second What are you? You know, what do you do? What are you about?”
Manoj Bhargava Mar 13, 2017 ▶ 16:13 5-Hour Energy: Manoj Bhargava
Insight
Bhargava: Business success requires doing everything right and getting lucky
“Business is one of those things, you have to do everything right, and then you have to get lucky. I mean, anybody says that, that luck is not part of it, it's just arrogant.”
Manoj Bhargava Mar 13, 2017 ▶ 19:23 5-Hour Energy: Manoj Bhargava
Assertion Partly supported
Bhargava: Major beverage competitors briefly crushed 5-Hour Energy's share to 67%
“When they all came in, actually our market share dipped from about 90 three percent down to 67%.”
Manoj Bhargava Mar 13, 2017 ▶ 21:28 5-Hour Energy: Manoj Bhargava
Insight
Bhargava: Founders must avoid MBA-speak and rely on common sense
“Well, first use your common sense. Do not use MBA speak. Second, you have to be totally determined. I hate the word passionate, because you get hit in the face a few times, passion seems to fade. Determination means basically you, your face hits the floor 20 t…”
Manoj Bhargava Mar 13, 2017 ▶ 26:52 5-Hour Energy: Manoj Bhargava
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bhargava: 5-Hour Energy faced 300 to 400 knockoff competitors
“Yes, there were somewhere, I think sort of the knockoff market became like sort of three to 400 of them.”
Manoj Bhargava Mar 13, 2017 ▶ 20:57 5-Hour Energy: Manoj Bhargava
Assertion Supported
Bhargava: Coke, Pepsi, Red Bull, and Monster all launched energy shots
“Coke came in with a product that was a shot, Pepsi, Red Bull Monster, they all came in with shots, you know, with two ounce bottles.”
Manoj Bhargava Mar 13, 2017 ▶ 21:07 5-Hour Energy: Manoj Bhargava
Assertion Partly supported
Bhargava: Invention Shop's hybrid bicycle generates a day of electricity in one hour
“It's actually a hybrid bicycle. You pedal for an hour, and you'll have electricity for a day.”
Manoj Bhargava Mar 13, 2017 ▶ 26:01 5-Hour Energy: Manoj Bhargava
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bhargava: Prime PVC Became Profitable Within 30 Days of Acquisition
“Oh, that, that was 30 days.”
Manoj Bhargava Mar 13, 2017 ▶ 8:10 5-Hour Energy: Manoj Bhargava
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bhargava: 5-Hour Energy Went From Lab to First Batch in Under Six Months
“I think it took less than six months.”
Manoj Bhargava Mar 13, 2017 ▶ 14:35 5-Hour Energy: Manoj Bhargava

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Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
5-Hour Energy: Manoj Bhargava Mar 13, 2017 16m
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