why aren't all 8 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 1 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Johnson built a prototype of a competitor's platform in 24 hours
“And I built their entire platform, myself, in 24 hours, the entire prototype of that platform, and then pass it to engineers to start the process of developing it.”
Disclosure
Revi will offer a competitor's $500-a-month SaaS product for free
“We are actually an infrastructure product, so I don't really care whether we make any money from the product itself, the software, so I'm gonna pump that entire market and throw a ton of money behind it at no cost. I'm literally gonna make that product free.”
What-if
Johnson: Early-Stage Startups Should Hire Fewer, Higher-Paid People
“If I were to start over, that those first five, 10 people that I brought into the company, I would spend more and hire less. Versus hiring more and spending less per person. So if I had a million dollar budget, instead of trying to hire 10 people who can, I ca…”
Assertion Partly supported
Johnson: Grubhub spent $1B on kiosks before killing the project
“Grubhub put a billion dollars into that flow and then killed it 18 months later.”
Prediction Open · timeframe Dec 2026
Johnson: Revi targets $1B in transaction volume in 2026
“You know, our goal is a billion dollars in transactions in 2026 alone.”
Disclosure
Johnson is an active pastor alongside serving as Revi CEO
“People don't know, not everybody knows this, but I'm a CEO and I'm a pastor.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Johnson: Revi's business dropped 80% to 90% overnight in March 2020
“Essentially we dropped like 90, 80, 90% almost overnight.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Johnson: Revi grew 50% month-over-month from January 2019 to March 2020
“We grew about 50% a month, every single month from January of 2019 all the way up to March of 2020.”