| 3,000% | “3000%” | Teledyne Investors Achieved Approximately 3,000% Returns Between 1972 and 1983 | Shane Parrish | Apr 22, 2025 | Supported |
| 1,837% | “1837%” | Goldsmith: Under Mulally, Ford stock rose 1,837% with 97% employee approval | Marshall Goldsmith | Jul 12, 2022 | Supported |
| 700% | “700%” | US Diabetes Prevalence Has Surged 700% Since the Late 1950s | Gary Taubes | Nov 30, 2017 | Supported |
| 700% | “700%” | Naval Ravikant: Jealousy is irrational unless you want 100% of someone's life. | Naval Ravikant | Apr 11, 2017 | — |
| 500% | “500%” | Parrish: Gulf Oil once declared a staggering 500% dividend under Mellon | Shane Parrish | Feb 25, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 400% | “400%” | Teledyne's 1960s Stock-Funded Acquisitions Drove 374% Sales Growth | Shane Parrish | Apr 22, 2025 | Supported |
| 400% | “400%” | US cosmetics industry reached $75M by 1923, leaping 400% in a decade | Shane Parrish | Mar 11, 2025 | Supported |
| 400% | “400%” | Cialdini: Invoking shared student identity increased campus charity donations by 400% | Robert Cialdini | Oct 19, 2021 | Supported |
| 374% | “374%” | Teledyne's 1960s Stock-Funded Acquisitions Drove 374% Sales Growth | Shane Parrish | Apr 22, 2025 | Supported |
| 311% | “311%” | Parrish: Henry Singleton repurchased 90% of Teledyne shares over 12 years | Shane Parrish | Dec 30, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 311% | “311%” | Parrish: Teledyne's EPS surged 311% from 1971 to 1975 | Shane Parrish | Apr 22, 2025 | Supported |
| 150% | “150%” | The British sparkling wine industry was saved by raising prices 150% | Rory Sutherland | Dec 9, 2025 | — |
| 135% | “135%” | Fraser: Outway achieved 135% YoY growth leading into 2021 | Rob Fraser | Oct 15, 2024 | — |
| 110% | “110%” | Marketing is fat-tailed, making hourly billing a fundamentally broken compensation model | Rory Sutherland | Dec 9, 2025 | — |
| 110% | “110%” | Garry Tan: I didn't vote for Trump but I support the administration | Garry Tan | Apr 29, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Pincus: Roughly 20% of Facebook users played FarmVille at its peak | Mark Pincus | Jun 2, 2026 | Supported |
| 100% | “100%” | Palmer Luckey has perfect deterrence because he relentlessly retaliates against public critics | Lulu Cheng Meservey | Sep 16, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “100%” | Parrish: Preceding requests with extreme demands triples compliance to 50% | Shane Parrish | Nov 18, 2025 | Supported |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Scilipoti: Lowering bonus targets when management misses goals undermines governance | Anthony Scilipoti | Oct 28, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “100%” | Jimmy Pattison maintains 100 percent ownership of his $16 billion conglomerate | Shane Parrish | Jul 1, 2025 | Supported |
| 100% | “100%” | Owning 100% of something smaller beats 25% with bad partners | Shane Parrish | Jul 1, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Gil: Startups captured 80% of Internet value, while incumbents won mobile | Elad Gil | May 13, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Gil: The best early-stage startups operate almost 100% in person | Elad Gil | May 13, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Poilievre claims 25% of Canadians in poverty and food bank lineups doubled | Pierre Poilievre | Apr 13, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 100% | “100%” | Parrish: Gulf Oil once declared a staggering 500% dividend under Mellon | Shane Parrish | Feb 25, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Filterbuy fulfills 100% of its Amazon orders directly | David Heacock | Feb 18, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Sanchez: First-time founders must run one business until it is self-sustaining | Codie Sanchez | Jan 7, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Hoehn: Authors Must Front-Load Editing Time Due to Reader Retention Drop-Off | Charlie Hoehn | Dec 10, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Fraser: Work-life balance is flawed because health and family are part of work | Rob Fraser | Oct 15, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Fraser: Outway achieved 135% YoY growth leading into 2021 | Rob Fraser | Oct 15, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Beshore: Permanent Equity prefers acquiring 51% to 70% of a business | Brent Beshore | Jun 11, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Davis: Berkshire is managed assuming shareholders have 100% net worth in it | Christopher Davis | Mar 5, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Davis: Risking a 100% loss on an investment is rational with proper sizing | Christopher Davis | Mar 5, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Davis: Grandfather grew $100K into $2B and gave 100% to charity | Christopher Davis | Mar 5, 2024 | Supported |
| 100% | “100%” | Kennedy: Repairing Ruptures Impacts Children Even When They Act Indifferent | Dr. Becky Kennedy | Feb 6, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Buying Zero-Debt Businesses Protects Acquirers From Dishonest Operators | Tom Gaynor | Jan 23, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Assaiante: Athletes should avoid giving 100 percent effort in daily conditioning | Paul Assaiante | Dec 12, 2023 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Dignan: Workplace teams natively control 30% to 40% of their operational decisions | Aaron Dignan | Feb 7, 2023 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Srinivasan: Geopolitics by 2040 may center on China vs. international Indians | Balaji Srinivasan | Apr 5, 2022 | — |
| 100% | “100%” | Chapman: Drama triangle roles are equally weighted evasions of full responsibility | Diana Chapman | Feb 8, 2022 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Andreessen: Incumbents face asymmetric risk because they must defend against 100% of attackers | Marc Andreessen | Jan 25, 2022 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Andreessen: Seed Investing Uses the Founder's Idea Primarily to Evaluate the Founder | Marc Andreessen | Jan 25, 2022 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Greenblatt: A basket of 299 unprofitable billion-dollar companies gained over 100% | Joel Greenblatt | May 18, 2021 | Supported |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Simkin: Probabilistic forecasts cannot be judged wrong unless 0% or 100% | Todd Simkin | Sep 7, 2021 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Roger Martin: Grade 10 students solve integrative problems as well as MBAs | Roger Martin | Nov 24, 2020 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Martin: CEOs must build operational slack or efficiency will kill organizations | Roger Martin | Nov 24, 2020 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Roger Martin: Massive Founder Delusion Is Essential for Economic Innovation | Roger Martin | Nov 24, 2020 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Cubitt: Hands-on VC work with struggling startups can preserve half the fund | Code Cubitt | Oct 27, 2020 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Zurbuchen: NASA told Congress to view CLPS lunar missions as a 50/50 shot | Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen | Apr 6, 2021 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Ackman: Pershing Square will eventually hold 100% of capital in public vehicle | Bill Ackman | Apr 28, 2020 | Open |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Maples: 100% confirming experiments waste time compared to negative data | Mike Maples Jr. | Mar 3, 2020 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Frank Stephenson: Full autonomy requires 100% intelligent vehicle adoption | Frank Stephenson | Feb 18, 2020 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Schwarzman: Real estate supply is 100% visible and takes three years to build | Stephen Schwarzman | Nov 12, 2019 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Scott Page: Making sense of complex systems requires ensembles of diverse models | Scott Page | Apr 2, 2019 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Fried: Jeff Bezos bought secondary shares in Basecamp in 2006 | Jason Fried | Mar 19, 2019 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Wolfe: Lux Capital's future investments will sit at the edge of today's | Josh Wolfe | Jan 22, 2019 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Lütke: Venture Funding Simply Amplifies Whatever Habits a Startup Already Had | Tobi Lütke | Sep 18, 2018 | — |
| 100% | “100%” | Housel: Society consistently believes it knows everything while harboring fundamental scientific errors | Morgan Housel | Oct 24, 2016 | — |
| 100% | “99.9999%” | Rao: The primary purpose of a mental model is to blind you | Venkatesh Rao | Jan 28, 2016 | — |
| 99.9% | “99.9%” | Parrish: Chess Grandmasters Play Their Initial Intuitive Move 99.9% of the Time | Shane Parrish | Jan 20, 2026 | — |
| 99.9% | “99.9%” | Lütke: Most corporate processes force people to act against common sense | Tobi Lütke | Sep 18, 2018 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Weinberg screens out 99% of meetings by forcing written paragraph justifications | Winston Weinberg | May 12, 2026 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Liemandt: Alpha's top 1% students learn 3x faster than elite peers | Joe Liemandt | Mar 31, 2026 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Housel: 99% of Warren Buffett's Net Worth Accumulated After Age 65 | Morgan Housel | Jan 20, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 99% | “99%” | Housel: Earning Average Market Returns for 50 Years Beats 97% of Investors | Morgan Housel | Jan 20, 2026 | Supported |
| 99% | “99%” | Housel: 99% of Warren Buffett's wealth accumulated after age 60 | Morgan Housel | Dec 24, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 99% | “99%” | Housel: 99% of Warren Buffett's Net Worth Accumulated After Age 60 | Morgan Housel | May 28, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 99% | “99%” | Jacobs: 99% of building products distribution companies are 20 years behind in tech | Brad Jacobs | Mar 19, 2024 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Gayner Sold 99% of Acquired Terra Nova's Tech Equities Within 20 Minutes | Tom Gaynor | Jan 23, 2024 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Karp: Over 90% of non-organic US wheat contains traces of glyphosate | Jason Karp | Apr 4, 2023 | Contradicted |
| 99% | “99%” | Karp: Anyone paying for streaming or Starbucks can afford healthy food | Jason Karp | Apr 4, 2023 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Huberman: Physiological sighs relieve running side cramps 99% of the time | Dr. Andrew Huberman | Mar 22, 2022 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Rushkoff: 99% of people do not need to follow distant news cycles | Douglas Rushkoff | Nov 16, 2021 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Lavingia: Transactional, Unbundled Coworker Relationships Are Superior to Social Bonds | Sahil Lavingia | Dec 8, 2020 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Wolfe: Psychology drives 90% of Lux Capital's successes and 99% of problems | Josh Wolfe | Jan 22, 2019 | — |
| 98% | “98%” | The Lauder family withheld the final 5% of fragrance formulas from employees | Shane Parrish | Mar 11, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 98% | “98%” | Between 80% and 98% of Dwayne Johnson's Instagram posts are ads | Codie Sanchez | Jan 7, 2025 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 98% | “98%” | Meyer rejects 98% of restaurant locations even if offered for free | Danny Meyer | Jul 13, 2021 | — |
| 98% | “98%” | Hudson: Human minds run on idle nonsense 98% of the time | Russ Hudson | Sep 1, 2020 | — |
| 97% | “97%” | Housel: Earning Average Market Returns for 50 Years Beats 97% of Investors | Morgan Housel | Jan 20, 2026 | Supported |
| 97% | “97%” | Karp: Over 90% of non-organic US wheat contains traces of glyphosate | Jason Karp | Apr 4, 2023 | Contradicted |
| 97% | “97%” | Goldsmith: Under Mulally, Ford stock rose 1,837% with 97% employee approval | Marshall Goldsmith | Jul 12, 2022 | Supported |
| 97% | “97%” | Konnikova: Professional poker tournament fields are 97% male | Maria Konnikova | Aug 4, 2020 | Supported |
| 96% | “96%” | Liemandt: 40% to 60% of Alpha School students prefer school over vacation | Joe Liemandt | Mar 31, 2026 | — |
| 96% | “96%” | Patrick: About 96% of Americans do not consume enough potassium | Dr. Rhonda Patrick | Apr 2, 2024 | Supported |
| 96% | “96%” | Kunal Shah: India's Per Capita Income Growth Will Never Match China's | Kunal Shah | Jun 28, 2022 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Jacobs structures executive equity to double-vest above the 85th percentile | Brad Jacobs | Aug 4, 2026 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Valiante: 99% of New Year's Resolutions Fail by the End of March | Dr. Gio Valiante | Jul 7, 2026 | Contradicted |
| 95% | “95%” | Liemandt: Alpha Fifth Graders Beat Wharton MBAs on Teamwork and Leadership Assessments | Joe Liemandt | Mar 31, 2026 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Housel: Widespread Mutual Fund Underperformance Is Natural and Statistically Expected | Morgan Housel | Jan 20, 2026 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Hastings: Gates-Funded GMO Cassava Delivers 5 to 10x Crop Yield in Trials | Reed Hastings | Jun 10, 2025 | Supported |
| 95% | “95%” | Belichick: NFL competition levels out raw talent that dominated lower leagues | Bill Belichick | May 27, 2025 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Jacobs structures executive equity to double-vest only at top-tier shareholder returns | Brad Jacobs | Mar 19, 2024 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Davis Advisors suffered a 90% single-day dilution on AIG during 2008 | Christopher Davis | Mar 5, 2024 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Stalk: Unmanaged operations add value only 0.5% to 5% of total time | George Stalk Jr. | May 2, 2023 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Stalk: Batch processing accounts for three distinct thirds of operational waste | George Stalk Jr. | May 2, 2023 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Pasricha: 95% of people charge phones within arm's reach while sleeping | Neil Pasricha | Oct 18, 2022 | Contradicted |
| 95% | “95%” | Kunal Shah: 95% of Financial Products in India Are Bought by Men | Kunal Shah | Jun 28, 2022 | Contradicted |
| 95% | “95%” | Tavel: Firing role misfits beats internal transfers 95% of the time | Sarah Tavel | Jun 15, 2021 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Maples: 10 out of 10,000 startups create 95% of annual venture value | Mike Maples Jr. | Mar 3, 2020 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Latimore: Alcohol caused or exacerbated 95% of his personal problems | Ed Latimore | Aug 9, 2017 | — |
| 92% | “92%” | Flexport automates or outsources 92% of standard ocean freight steps | Ryan Petersen | Aug 5, 2025 | — |
| 91% | “91%” | Cava limited investment bankers to 9% of its IPO share distribution. | Ron Shaich | Nov 11, 2025 | Contradicted |
| 90% | “90%” | Jacobs structures executive equity to double-vest above the 85th percentile | Brad Jacobs | Aug 4, 2026 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Gurley: QQQ has probably beaten 80% to 90% of VC funds | Bill Gurley | Jun 9, 2026 | Supported |
| 90% | “90%” | Pincus: Every click cuts users by half and downloads lose 80-90% | Mark Pincus | Jun 2, 2026 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Liemandt: Traditional classroom lecturing wastes 90% of students' time | Joe Liemandt | Mar 31, 2026 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Liemandt: 90% of Students Using Academic Chatbots Are Cheating | Joe Liemandt | Mar 31, 2026 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Teskey: Waiting for absolute certainty in deals guarantees zero completed transactions | Connor Teskey | Mar 17, 2026 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Parrish: Henry Singleton repurchased 90% of Teledyne shares over 12 years | Shane Parrish | Dec 30, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 90% | “90%” | Poilievre: Mark Carney holds 90% of assets in US, dodges Canadian taxes | Pierre Poilievre | Dec 27, 2025 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Jim Clayton: Good customer service solves 90% of all legal problems | Shane Parrish | Dec 2, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 90% | “90%” | Mary Kay offered a 90% buyback guarantee on unsold consultant inventory | Shane Parrish | Dec 2, 2025 | Supported |
| 90% | “90%” | Jim Sinegal: Leaders must spend 90% of their time teaching employees | Shane Parrish | Aug 12, 2025 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Shaich claims 90% of entrepreneurs who go public live to regret it. | Ron Shaich | Nov 11, 2025 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Parrish: VisiCalc drove Apple sales from 1,000 to 10,000 units monthly | Shane Parrish | Nov 4, 2025 | Supported |
| 90% | “90%” | Diller asserts 80% to 90% of employees immediately cash out vested options | Barry Diller | Sep 30, 2025 | Contradicted |
| 90% | “90%” | Japanese methods cut a US Motorola plant's TV defect rate by 95% | Shane Parrish | Jul 1, 2025 | Supported |
| 90% | “90%” | Hastings: Gates-Funded GMO Cassava Delivers 5 to 10x Crop Yield in Trials | Reed Hastings | Jun 10, 2025 | Supported |
| 90% | “90%” | Memory chips generated over 90% of Intel's revenue in 1985 | Shane Parrish | May 20, 2025 | Contradicted |
| 90% | “90%” | Gil: Startups captured 80% of Internet value, while incumbents won mobile | Elad Gil | May 13, 2025 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Gil: 80% to 90% of AI market cap is in the Bay Area | Elad Gil | May 13, 2025 | Supported |
| 90% | “90%” | Garry Tan: Elon Musk proved Twitter didn't need 80% of its staff | Garry Tan | Apr 29, 2025 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Tan: Automated systems will always require a human in the loop | Garry Tan | Apr 29, 2025 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Teledyne Repurchased Over 90% of Its Outstanding Shares Over 12 Years | Shane Parrish | Apr 22, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 90% | “90%” | Segal: Unlisted additives make up ninety percent of commercial natural flavorings | David Segal | Apr 16, 2024 | Supported |
| 90% | “90%” | Dr. Lagos: Resonant Breathing Rate Matches Felt Comfort 90% of the Time | Dr. Leah Lagos | Sep 19, 2023 | Contradicted |
| 90% | “90%” | Jacobs structures executive equity to double-vest only at top-tier shareholder returns | Brad Jacobs | Mar 19, 2024 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Davis Advisors suffered a 90% single-day dilution on AIG during 2008 | Christopher Davis | Mar 5, 2024 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Karp: 70% of Americans are overweight or obese and over 90% metabolically unhealthy | Jason Karp | Apr 4, 2023 | Supported |
| 90% | “90%” | Dethmer: Average teams keep only 30% to 40% of mutual agreements | Jim Dethmer | Mar 7, 2023 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Wilkinson has reinvested 80 to 90 percent of his earnings long-term | Andrew Wilkinson | Jul 26, 2022 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Mullenweg: Successful platforms capture only 5% of ecosystem revenue | Matt Mullenweg | Jan 5, 2021 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Online interaction can only build 85% to 90% of in-person trust | Matt Mullenweg | Jan 5, 2021 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Lavingia: Pre-Seed VCs Abandon Founders Once the Investment Closes | Sahil Lavingia | Dec 8, 2020 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | 90% of Garvey-Berger's consulting firm lost all income during the crisis | Jennifer Garvey-Berger | May 26, 2020 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Calacanis: Waiting for Real Customer Traction Cuts Angel Risk by 90% | Jason Calacanis | Apr 14, 2020 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Schwarzman: 90% of Bad Investments Stem from Misjudged Known Risks | Stephen Schwarzman | Nov 12, 2019 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Schwarzman: Financial stocks fell 85% in 2008 crisis while Blackstone fell 90% | Stephen Schwarzman | Nov 12, 2019 | Supported |
| 90% | “90%” | Wolfe: Psychology drives 90% of Lux Capital's successes and 99% of problems | Josh Wolfe | Jan 22, 2019 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Lütke: Autonomy cannot be bestowed; employees must earn 80-90% trust first | Tobi Lütke | Sep 18, 2018 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Greene: Zen meditation creates spectator-like distance, reducing your immediate emotional reactivity. | Robert Greene | Jun 27, 2018 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Dixon: Series A investing is 90% about people, not the business plan | Chris Dixon | Nov 13, 2015 | — |
| 87.8% | “87.8%” | Timothy Eaton bought a city block in 1883 with an 87.8% LTV | Shane Parrish | Feb 11, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 87% | “87%” | Greenblatt: Success Academy's low-income students outperform New York's wealthiest districts | Joel Greenblatt | May 18, 2021 | Supported |
| 86% | “86%” | Ury: 86% of daters prefer direct rejection over ghosting | Logan Ury | Mar 18, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 85% | “85%” | Jacobs structures executive equity to double-vest above the 85th percentile | Brad Jacobs | Aug 4, 2026 | — |
| 85% | “85%” | Eastlink Won 85% Spectrum Coverage at Fraction of Major Telecoms' Cost | Shane Parrish | Aug 26, 2025 | Supported |
| 85% | “85%” | Jacobs structures executive equity to double-vest only at top-tier shareholder returns | Brad Jacobs | Mar 19, 2024 | — |
| 85% | “85%” | Shah: 80% to 85% of Indian retail investors come from merchant communities | Kunal Shah | Jun 28, 2022 | — |
| 85% | “85%” | Shah: 80% to 85% of Bollywood revenue comes from 10 to 15 people | Kunal Shah | Jun 28, 2022 | Contradicted |
| 85% | “85%” | Mullenweg: Open source can power 80% to 85% of the web | Matt Mullenweg | Jan 5, 2021 | — |
| 85% | “85%” | Ackman: 85% of Pershing Square's capital is permanent public capital | Bill Ackman | Apr 28, 2020 | Supported |
| 85% | “85%” | Ackman: Pershing Square will eventually hold 100% of capital in public vehicle | Bill Ackman | Apr 28, 2020 | Open |
| 85% | “85%” | Schwarzman: Financial stocks fell 85% in 2008 crisis while Blackstone fell 90% | Stephen Schwarzman | Nov 12, 2019 | Supported |
| 83% | “83%” | Japanese competition dropped Intel's memory market share to 1.3% by 1985 | Shane Parrish | May 20, 2025 | Supported |
| 83% | “83%” | Shah: 80% to 83% of Indian suitcases are bought for weddings | Kunal Shah | Jun 28, 2022 | Contradicted |
| 82% | “82%” | Hyundai Had 82% Hands-On Labor Versus 60% for Japanese Shipbuilders | Shane Parrish | May 19, 2026 | Supported |
| 80% | “80%” | Enders: An 80/20 ratio of whole to processed foods maintains dietary balance | Dr. Giulia Enders | Jun 23, 2026 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Enders: Lifestyle Drives 80% of Health While Supplements Add 1-2% | Dr. Giulia Enders | Jun 23, 2026 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Pincus: Every click cuts users by half and downloads lose 80-90% | Mark Pincus | Jun 2, 2026 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | The South Korean Government Drove 80% of Hyundai's Early-1960s Revenue | Shane Parrish | May 19, 2026 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 80% | “80%” | Liemandt: 80% of Students at Harvard Now Receive A's | Joe Liemandt | Mar 31, 2026 | Supported |
| 80% | “80%” | Tenev: Robinhood Lost Over 80% of Market Value Post-IPO | Vlad Tenev | Mar 3, 2026 | Supported |
| 80% | “80%” | Ovitz: CAA recruited roughly 80% of executives internally or from standout competitors | Michael Ovitz | Feb 3, 2026 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Parrish: 80% of Original McDonald's Sales Came From Hamburgers Alone | Shane Parrish | Jan 27, 2026 | Supported |
| 80% | “80%” | Clear: Executing two or three obvious basics delivers 80% of initial results | James Clear | Jan 1, 2026 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Robert Price: Fewer SKUs drastically cuts massive retail payroll costs | Shane Parrish | Dec 30, 2025 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Jim Clayton: 80% of legal claims stem from poor customer service | Shane Parrish | Dec 30, 2025 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Payroll and benefits account for 80% of typical retail operating costs | Shane Parrish | Aug 12, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 80% | “80%” | China shipping volumes plunged 60% before surging upon U.S. tariff relief | Ryan Petersen | Aug 5, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 80% | “80%” | Parrish: Refuses outside investors to maintain total capital allocation freedom | Shane Parrish | Oct 28, 2025 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Over 80% of legal claims stem from poor customer satisfaction | Shane Parrish | Oct 21, 2025 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Gil: Startups captured 80% of Internet value, while incumbents won mobile | Elad Gil | May 13, 2025 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Gil: Big tech companies could cut headcounts close to 80% | Elad Gil | May 13, 2025 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Tan: YC-backed Leaping AI automates 80% of German wine merchant orders | Garry Tan | Apr 29, 2025 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Taylor: 80% of acquirers and acquired teams disagree on success metrics | Bret Taylor | Apr 15, 2025 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Lin: 80% of Zappos's Daily Orders Came from Repeat Customers | Alfred Lin | Jan 21, 2025 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Lin: Airbnb lost 80% of its revenue when the pandemic hit | Alfred Lin | Jan 21, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 80% | “80%” | Hoehn: At least 80% of book purchases happen on Amazon | Charlie Hoehn | Dec 10, 2024 | Contradicted |
| 80% | “80%” | Beshore: Roughly 80% of small businesses are unknowingly breaking government regulations | Brent Beshore | Jun 11, 2024 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Three Minutes of Vigorous Exercise Thrice Weekly Cuts Mortality by 50% | Dr. Rhonda Patrick | Apr 2, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 80% | “80%” | Davis: Grandfather Levered Up on Margin in 1975 After 80% Drawdown | Christopher Davis | Mar 5, 2024 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Gurner: Employees rarely match executive obsession; 80% performance is sufficient | Dr. Julie Gurner | Jul 25, 2023 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Dr. Lembke: 80% of Depressed Alcoholics Remit After Four-Week Detox | Dr. Anna Lembke | Feb 21, 2023 | Supported |
| 80% | “80%” | Lütke: Generalists can reach 80% mastery in five fields simultaneously | Tobi Lütke | Nov 15, 2022 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Ford faced a projected $17 billion loss due to brand over-expansion | Alan Mulally | Nov 1, 2022 | Supported |
| 80% | “80%” | When confronted, 80% of resistant executives chose to commit to new standards | Alan Mulally | Nov 1, 2022 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Shah: Living room renovations generate 70-80% of revenue for advised startup | Kunal Shah | Jun 28, 2022 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Santos: Over 40% of College Students Report Severe Functional Depression | Laurie Santos | Jun 14, 2022 | Supported |
| 80% | “80%” | Sinclair: 80% of human longevity is lifestyle, only 20% is genetics | Dr. David Sinclair | May 3, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 80% | “80%” | Collins: The most successful companies alter only 20% of their operating recipe | Jim Collins | May 4, 2021 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Calacanis: 70% to 80% of Angel Investments Go to Zero | Jason Calacanis | Apr 14, 2020 | Partly supported |
| 80% | “80%” | Maxwell: 80% of people never advance beyond positional leadership | John Maxwell | Mar 31, 2020 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Google Tracks 80% of the Top Million Websites; Facebook Tracks 25% | Gabriel Weinberg | May 14, 2019 | Supported |
| 80% | “80%” | Scott Adams: 20% of People Experience Extraordinary Hypnotic Phenomena | Scott Adams | Nov 26, 2019 | Supported |
| 80% | “80%” | Robinson: 80% of NYC Grade-School Test Score Variance Comes From Socioeconomics | Adam Robinson | Dec 11, 2018 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | MacAskill: Birth country and parental wealth dictate 80% of personal income | William MacAskill | Jul 11, 2018 | Supported |
| 80% | “80%” | Collison: Stripe invests roughly 70-80% on core optimization and 20% on speculative bets | Patrick Collison | May 2, 2018 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Garneau: Cars and trucks cause 80% of Canada's transportation emissions | Marc Garneau | Jul 2, 2017 | Supported |
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