| 1K | “a thousand” | Creel: Precision Scheduled Railroading cut CP's active locomotives by one-third | Keith Creel | Nov 29, 2022 | Supported |
| $3M | “three million dollars” | Creel: Locomotives Cost $2M-$3M Each and Require 2-3 Mechanics to Maintain | Keith Creel | Nov 29, 2022 | Partly supported |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Creel: Bill Ackman offered $200M when asked for $100M in unplanned capex | Keith Creel | Nov 29, 2022 | — |
| 200M | “two hundred million” | Creel: Bill Ackman offered $200M when asked for $100M in unplanned capex | Keith Creel | Nov 29, 2022 | — |
| 60% | “60%” | Shopify canceled 60% of active internal projects in early 2022 | Tobi Lütke | Nov 15, 2022 | — |
| 10× | “10 times” | Satya Nadella executed subtraction at Microsoft better than most founders | Tobi Lütke | Nov 15, 2022 | — |
| 100× | “hundred times” | Satya Nadella executed subtraction at Microsoft better than most founders | Tobi Lütke | Nov 15, 2022 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Lütke: Generalists can reach 80% mastery in five fields simultaneously | Tobi Lütke | Nov 15, 2022 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | 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 |
| $1.5B | “a half billion dollars” | Ford secured a $23.5 billion loan for restructuring and product development | 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 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Duke: Forcing colleagues to argue opposing positions moderates views and improves decisions | Annie Duke | Oct 25, 2022 | — |
| 70% | “70%” | Duke: Forcing colleagues to argue opposing positions moderates views and improves decisions | Annie Duke | Oct 25, 2022 | — |
| 33% | “33%” | Duke: Documenting scenario probabilities in advance prevents outcome bias ('resulting') | Annie Duke | Oct 25, 2022 | — |
| 43% | “43%” | Pasricha: NIMH reports 43% of people report having depression | Neil Pasricha | Oct 18, 2022 | Contradicted |
| 3× | “three times” | Pasricha: US suicide rate is 14 per 100k, double the murder rate | Neil Pasricha | Oct 18, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 18% | “18%” | Pasricha: 18% of people and one-third of college students report anxiety | Neil Pasricha | Oct 18, 2022 | Supported |
| 31% | “31%” | Pasricha: Studies show workers spend 31% of their time task-switching | Neil Pasricha | Oct 18, 2022 | Contradicted |
| 10% | “10%” | Pasricha caps travel at 40 nights yearly with mandatory monthly family days | Neil Pasricha | Oct 18, 2022 | — |
| 57% | “57%” | Pasricha: 57% of Americans read zero books last year | Neil Pasricha | Oct 18, 2022 | Contradicted |
| 95% | “95%” | Pasricha: 95% of people charge phones within arm's reach while sleeping | Neil Pasricha | Oct 18, 2022 | Contradicted |
| 1M | “A million” | Parrish: Selling one million copies ranks a book in the top 0.001% | Shane Parrish | Oct 18, 2022 | Contradicted |
| 0.001% | “0.001%” | Parrish: Selling one million copies ranks a book in the top 0.001% | Shane Parrish | Oct 18, 2022 | Contradicted |
| 15B | “fifteen billion” | Pasricha: Living humans represent a 1-in-15 fraction of all who ever lived | Neil Pasricha | Oct 18, 2022 | Supported |
| 8B | “eight billion” | Pasricha: Living humans represent a 1-in-15 fraction of all who ever lived | Neil Pasricha | Oct 18, 2022 | Supported |
| 7B | “seven billion” | Pasricha: Living humans represent a 1-in-15 fraction of all who ever lived | Neil Pasricha | Oct 18, 2022 | Supported |
| 6% | “six percent” | Pasricha: Only six percent of global population has post-secondary education | Neil Pasricha | Oct 18, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 0.05% | “0.05%” | Pasricha: Earning over $50,000 annually puts someone in top 0.05% globally | Neil Pasricha | Oct 18, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 3× | “three times” | Hoffman: Passed on investing in Pinterest three times after misunderstanding it | Reid Hoffman | Sep 20, 2022 | — |
| 5× | “five times” | Tversky: Sitting on your hands during study significantly impairs test performance | Barbara Tversky | Sep 6, 2022 | Supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Tversky: Superforecasters succeed through fine calibration and perspective changing | Barbara Tversky | Sep 6, 2022 | — |
| 15% | “15%” | Tversky: Superforecasters succeed through fine calibration and perspective changing | Barbara Tversky | Sep 6, 2022 | — |
| 5× | “five times” | Klein: Historical performance and tenure do not reliably prove expertise | Gary Klein | Aug 9, 2022 | — |
| 25% | “25%” | Klein: Half-Day ShadowBox Training Boosts Expert Alignment by 25% | Gary Klein | Aug 9, 2022 | Supported |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | Living in Victoria protects Wilkinson from mimetic status competition | Andrew Wilkinson | Jul 26, 2022 | — |
| $10M | “ten million dollars” | Wilkinson lost $10 million trying to compete against venture-backed Asana | Andrew Wilkinson | Jul 26, 2022 | — |
| 200M | “two hundred million” | Tiny hired the former president of SodaStream to run AeroPress | Andrew Wilkinson | Jul 26, 2022 | Supported |
| 90% | “90%” | Wilkinson has reinvested 80 to 90 percent of his earnings long-term | Andrew Wilkinson | Jul 26, 2022 | — |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Wilkinson lost almost $1 million on his first restaurant venture | Andrew Wilkinson | Jul 26, 2022 | — |
| $10M | “ten million dollars” | Wilkinson netted over $10 million selling his first business in 2013 | Andrew Wilkinson | Jul 26, 2022 | — |
| 5% | “five percent” | Goldsmith: Tweaking a subordinate's idea slightly ruins their commitment to execute | Marshall Goldsmith | Jul 12, 2022 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Goldsmith: Tweaking a subordinate's idea slightly ruins their commitment to execute | Marshall Goldsmith | Jul 12, 2022 | — |
| 1,837% | “1837%” | Goldsmith: Under Mulally, Ford stock rose 1,837% with 97% employee approval | Marshall Goldsmith | Jul 12, 2022 | Supported |
| 97% | “97%” | Goldsmith: Under Mulally, Ford stock rose 1,837% with 97% employee approval | Marshall Goldsmith | Jul 12, 2022 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Goldsmith: Conditioning self-worth on achievement is a fool's game | Marshall Goldsmith | Jul 12, 2022 | — |
| 7M | “seven million” | Goldsmith: 'The Secret' is ridiculous and relies entirely on survivorship bias | Marshall Goldsmith | Jul 12, 2022 | — |
| 35M | “thirty-five million” | Shah: Only 30 to 35 million people in India invest in financial assets | Kunal Shah | Jun 28, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 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 |
| 6% | “six percent” | Shah: Less than 6% of urban Indian women have independent income | Kunal Shah | Jun 28, 2022 | Contradicted |
| 95% | “95%” | Kunal Shah: 95% of Financial Products in India Are Bought by Men | Kunal Shah | Jun 28, 2022 | Contradicted |
| 96% | “96%” | Kunal Shah: India's Per Capita Income Growth Will Never Match China's | Kunal Shah | Jun 28, 2022 | — |
| $10M | “ten million dollars” | Shah: No SaaS company makes over $10M ARR from Indian businesses | Kunal Shah | Jun 28, 2022 | Contradicted |
| 83% | “83%” | Shah: 80% to 83% of Indian suitcases are bought for weddings | Kunal Shah | Jun 28, 2022 | Contradicted |
| 3× | “three X” | Shah: Indian retail data shows living room margins are 3x bedroom margins | Kunal Shah | Jun 28, 2022 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Shah: Living room renovations generate 70-80% of revenue for advised startup | Kunal Shah | Jun 28, 2022 | — |
| $10M | “ten million dollars” | Shah: Several Indian wedding photographers generate over $10M in revenue | Kunal Shah | Jun 28, 2022 | — |
| 1B | “one billion” | Kunal Shah: Startups become big companies when high-slope talent thins out | Kunal Shah | Jun 28, 2022 | — |
| 500B | “five hundred billion” | Kunal Shah: Elon Musk will likely create five or six $500B+ companies | Kunal Shah | Jun 28, 2022 | Open |
| 10% | “10%” | Nagoski: Extra hour of sleep increases next-day sex likelihood by 10 percent | Emily Nagoski | Jun 21, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 40% | “40%” | Santos: Over 40% of College Students Report Severe Functional Depression | Laurie Santos | Jun 14, 2022 | Supported |
| 60% | “60%” | Santos: Over 40% of College Students Report Severe Functional Depression | Laurie Santos | Jun 14, 2022 | Supported |
| 80% | “80%” | Santos: Over 40% of College Students Report Severe Functional Depression | Laurie Santos | Jun 14, 2022 | Supported |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Santos: Over 1,000 Yale Students Enrolled in Inaugural Happiness Course | Laurie Santos | Jun 14, 2022 | Supported |
| 30% | “30%” | Santos: People Smile 30% Less When a Smartphone Is Merely Nearby | Laurie Santos | Jun 14, 2022 | Supported |
| 40% | “40%” | Santos: The Genetic Heritability of Happiness Is Roughly 30% to 40% | Laurie Santos | Jun 14, 2022 | Supported |
| 30% | “30%” | Santos: The Genetic Heritability of Happiness Is Roughly 30% to 40% | Laurie Santos | Jun 14, 2022 | Supported |
| 1% | “one percent” | Su'a: Top athletes succeed because they refuse to maintain backup plans | Justin Su'a | May 17, 2022 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Sinclair: NIH study found daily feeding windows extended mouse lifespans by 30% | Dr. David Sinclair | May 3, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 10× | “10 times” | Sinclair: Tally Health Will Release a 10x Cheaper Biological Age Test | Dr. David Sinclair | May 3, 2022 | — |
| 3× | “three times” | Sinclair: Losing breath 10 minutes weekly provides substantial aerobic health benefits | Dr. David Sinclair | May 3, 2022 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Sinclair: High Lp(a) affects ~30% of people and reduces lifespan | Dr. David Sinclair | May 3, 2022 | Supported |
| 80% | “80%” | Sinclair: 80% of human longevity is lifestyle, only 20% is genetics | Dr. David Sinclair | May 3, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 20% | “20%” | Sinclair: 80% of human longevity is lifestyle, only 20% is genetics | Dr. David Sinclair | May 3, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 10B | “ten billion” | Sinclair: Global Population Will Cap at 10 Billion Despite Longer Lifespans | Dr. David Sinclair | May 3, 2022 | Open |
| 1B | “a billion” | Srinivasan: Public Health Risk Is Flattened Into Binary Morality Plays | Balaji Srinivasan | Apr 5, 2022 | — |
| 1B | “a billion” | Srinivasan: Lighter 2010s regulation would have yielded 1B sequenced genomes | Balaji Srinivasan | Apr 5, 2022 | — |
| 3B | “three billion” | US attempt to institute internet censorship is too late compared to China | Balaji Srinivasan | Apr 5, 2022 | — |
| 1,000× | “1000 X” | US attempt to institute internet censorship is too late compared to China | Balaji Srinivasan | Apr 5, 2022 | — |
| 10,000× | “10,000 X” | US attempt to institute internet censorship is too late compared to China | Balaji Srinivasan | Apr 5, 2022 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Balaji Srinivasan: Governments will fail to ban crypto as elites profit | Balaji Srinivasan | Apr 5, 2022 | — |
| 75% | “75%” | Balaji Srinivasan: Governments will fail to ban crypto as elites profit | Balaji Srinivasan | Apr 5, 2022 | — |
| 3M | “three million” | Srinivasan: The Permanent US Government Is Unelected Bureaucrats, Media, and Academics | Balaji Srinivasan | Apr 5, 2022 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Srinivasan: Geopolitics by 2040 may center on China vs. international Indians | Balaji Srinivasan | Apr 5, 2022 | — |
| 500B | “five hundred billion” | Meta is extremely underrated because Mark Zuckerberg remains founder and CEO | Balaji Srinivasan | Apr 5, 2022 | — |
| 2.5× | “2.5 X” | Huberman: Cold water exposure triggers a 2.5x sustained dopamine increase | Dr. Andrew Huberman | Mar 22, 2022 | Supported |
| 100× | “hundred times” | Huberman: 1mg Melatonin Is ~100x Natural Secretion and Suppresses Puberty | Dr. Andrew Huberman | Mar 22, 2022 | Supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Huberman: About 10% of people experience a dopamine surge from alcohol | Dr. Andrew Huberman | Mar 22, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 3× | “three times” | Huberman: Double inhales and long exhales rapidly eliminate acute stress | Dr. Andrew Huberman | Mar 22, 2022 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Huberman: Physiological sighs relieve running side cramps 99% of the time | Dr. Andrew Huberman | Mar 22, 2022 | — |
| 3× | “three times” | Huberman: Physiological sighs relieve running side cramps 99% of the time | Dr. Andrew Huberman | Mar 22, 2022 | — |
| 25% | “25%” | Walker: Waking two hours early can cost up to 70% of REM sleep | Dr. Matt Walker | Feb 22, 2022 | — |
| 70% | “70%” | Walker: Waking two hours early can cost up to 70% of REM sleep | Dr. Matt Walker | Feb 22, 2022 | — |
| 25% | “25%” | Walker: Optimal sleep comprises 20-25% REM and 20-30% deep non-REM | Dr. Matt Walker | Feb 22, 2022 | Supported |
| 30% | “30%” | Walker: Optimal sleep comprises 20-25% REM and 20-30% deep non-REM | Dr. Matt Walker | Feb 22, 2022 | Supported |
| 50% | “50%” | Walker: Caffeine has a 5 to 6-hour half-life | Dr. Matt Walker | Feb 22, 2022 | Supported |
| 40% | “40%” | Walker: Evening coffee can cut deep sleep by 20% to 40% | Dr. Matt Walker | Feb 22, 2022 | Supported |
| 30% | “30%” | Walker: Evening coffee can cut deep sleep by 20% to 40% | Dr. Matt Walker | Feb 22, 2022 | Supported |
| 50% | “50%” | Walker: Evening alcohol consumption cuts nighttime growth hormone by 50% | Dr. Matt Walker | Feb 22, 2022 | Supported |
| 30% | “30%” | Walker: Insomnia is approximately 30% genetically heritable | Dr. Matt Walker | Feb 22, 2022 | Supported |
| 100% | “100%” | Chapman: Drama triangle roles are equally weighted evasions of full responsibility | Diana Chapman | Feb 8, 2022 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Andreessen notes that Apple continues to exercise significant gatekeeper control | Marc Andreessen | Jan 25, 2022 | Supported |
| 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 | — |
| 5% | “five percent” | Holiday: Small quality drops from overcommitting compound until career opportunities disappear | Ryan Holiday | Jan 11, 2022 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Holiday: Small quality drops from overcommitting compound until career opportunities disappear | Ryan Holiday | Jan 11, 2022 | — |
| 15% | “15%” | Holiday: Small quality drops from overcommitting compound until career opportunities disappear | Ryan Holiday | Jan 11, 2022 | — |
| 3% | “three percent” | Thomas Zurbuchen: Rocket launches have a 1.5% to 3% failure rate | Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen | Dec 21, 2021 | Contradicted |
| 99% | “99%” | Rushkoff: 99% of people do not need to follow distant news cycles | Douglas Rushkoff | Nov 16, 2021 | — |
| 25% | “25%” | Cialdini: McDonald's Families Bought 25% More Food When Given Balloons First | Robert Cialdini | Oct 19, 2021 | Supported |
| 33% | “33%” | Cialdini: Retreating to smaller request raised blood donation compliance to 55% | Robert Cialdini | Oct 19, 2021 | Supported |
| 55% | “55%” | Cialdini: Retreating to smaller request raised blood donation compliance to 55% | Robert Cialdini | Oct 19, 2021 | Supported |
| 12% | “12%” | Cialdini: Tailored Free Gifts Boosted Fast-Food Purchases by 24% | Robert Cialdini | Oct 19, 2021 | Supported |
| 24% | “24%” | Cialdini: Tailored Free Gifts Boosted Fast-Food Purchases by 24% | Robert Cialdini | Oct 19, 2021 | Supported |
| 30% | “30%” | Cialdini: Sharing commonalities dropped email negotiation deadlocks from 30% to 6% | Robert Cialdini | Oct 19, 2021 | Supported |
| 6% | “six percent” | Cialdini: Sharing commonalities dropped email negotiation deadlocks from 30% to 6% | Robert Cialdini | Oct 19, 2021 | Supported |
| 20% | “20%” | Cialdini: Labeling dishes 'most popular' boosted restaurant orders by 13% to 20% | Robert Cialdini | Oct 19, 2021 | Partly supported |
| 30B | “30 billion” | Cialdini: Opower prevented 30 billion pounds of CO2 via neighbor comparisons | Robert Cialdini | Oct 19, 2021 | Supported |
| 15% | “15%” | Cialdini: Moving expert testimonials to top of Bose ad increased sales 15% | Robert Cialdini | Oct 19, 2021 | Supported |
| 45% | “45%” | Cialdini: Reframing Bose Ad Headline Around FOMO Increased Sales 45% | Robert Cialdini | Oct 19, 2021 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 15% | “15%” | Cialdini: Reframing Bose Ad Headline Around FOMO Increased Sales 45% | Robert Cialdini | Oct 19, 2021 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 60% | “60%” | Cialdini: Reframing Bose Ad Headline Around FOMO Increased Sales 45% | Robert Cialdini | Oct 19, 2021 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 30% | “30%” | Cialdini: Trending Social Proof Persuades More Than Static Market Share | Robert Cialdini | Oct 19, 2021 | — |
| 40% | “40%” | Cialdini: Trending Social Proof Persuades More Than Static Market Share | Robert Cialdini | Oct 19, 2021 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Cialdini: Asking 'Will you call to cancel?' reduced restaurant no-shows by 67% | Robert Cialdini | Oct 19, 2021 | Supported |
| 67% | “67%” | Cialdini: Asking 'Will you call to cancel?' reduced restaurant no-shows by 67% | Robert Cialdini | Oct 19, 2021 | Supported |
| 400% | “400%” | Cialdini: Invoking shared student identity increased campus charity donations by 400% | Robert Cialdini | Oct 19, 2021 | Supported |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Simkin: Probabilistic forecasts cannot be judged wrong unless 0% or 100% | Todd Simkin | Sep 7, 2021 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Simkin: Weather forecasters are exceptionally well-calibrated in probability assessments | Todd Simkin | Sep 7, 2021 | Supported |
| 98% | “98%” | Meyer rejects 98% of restaurant locations even if offered for free | Danny Meyer | Jul 13, 2021 | — |
| 51% | “51%” | Meyer: Emotional hospitality is the true alpha differentiator when skills are easily copied | Danny Meyer | Jul 13, 2021 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Hertz: Lonely people are 30% more likely to die prematurely | Noreena Hertz | Jun 29, 2021 | Supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Hertz: Living alone makes people 10% more likely to feel lonely | Noreena Hertz | Jun 29, 2021 | Supported |
| 40% | “40%” | Hertz: 40% of office workers experience workplace loneliness | Noreena Hertz | Jun 29, 2021 | Supported |
| 95% | “95%” | Tavel: Firing role misfits beats internal transfers 95% of the time | Sarah Tavel | Jun 15, 2021 | — |
| 10× | “10 X” | Tavel: DoorDash beat Postmates by targeting uncontested suburbs instead of cities | Sarah Tavel | Jun 15, 2021 | — |
| 2% | “two percent” | Tavel: Diapers.com started as a 2% gross margin business | Sarah Tavel | Jun 15, 2021 | Supported |
| 10× | “10 times” | Greenblatt: Position sizes are determined by downside risk, not upside potential | Joel Greenblatt | May 18, 2021 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Greenblatt: A basket of 299 unprofitable billion-dollar companies gained over 100% | Joel Greenblatt | May 18, 2021 | Supported |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Greenblatt: A basket of 299 unprofitable billion-dollar companies gained over 100% | Joel Greenblatt | May 18, 2021 | Supported |
| 1.5B | “a half billion” | Greenblatt: Nikola held a $6.5B valuation despite appearing completely fraudulent | Joel Greenblatt | May 18, 2021 | Partly supported |
| 87% | “87%” | Greenblatt: Success Academy's low-income students outperform New York's wealthiest districts | Joel Greenblatt | May 18, 2021 | Supported |
| 1% | “one percent” | Greenblatt: Scalable education requires training average teachers, not hunting top talent | Joel Greenblatt | May 18, 2021 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Collins: The most successful companies alter only 20% of their operating recipe | Jim Collins | May 4, 2021 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Collins: The most successful companies alter only 20% of their operating recipe | Jim Collins | May 4, 2021 | — |
| 3% | “three percent” | Zurbuchen: Rocket launches have a 1.5% to 3% failure rate | Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen | Apr 6, 2021 | Partly supported |
| 1B | “a billion” | Dr. Z: Juno Orbit Burn Was Canceled Due to Untested Engine Risk | Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen | Apr 6, 2021 | Supported |
| $800M | “eight hundred million dollars” | Zurbuchen: Avoidable James Webb Space Telescope mistakes cost taxpayers $800 million | Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen | Apr 6, 2021 | Supported |
| $600M | “six hundred million dollars” | Zurbuchen: Avoidable James Webb Space Telescope mistakes cost taxpayers $800 million | Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen | Apr 6, 2021 | Supported |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Zurbuchen: NASA told Congress to view CLPS lunar missions as a 50/50 shot | Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen | Apr 6, 2021 | — |
| 40M | “forty million” | Ridley: Government advance purchase commitments drove COVID mRNA vaccine breakthroughs | Matt Ridley | Mar 23, 2021 | — |
| 50M | “fifty million” | Ridley: Government advance purchase commitments drove COVID mRNA vaccine breakthroughs | Matt Ridley | Mar 23, 2021 | — |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | Godin: The internet is a micro medium, not a mass medium | Seth Godin | Feb 23, 2021 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Godin: Harry Potter Succeeded by Targeting Precocious Twelve-Year-Olds, Not Everyone | Seth Godin | Feb 23, 2021 | — |
| 1% | “one percent” | Godin: Making someone's idea one percent better disincentivizes them | Seth Godin | Feb 23, 2021 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Eyal: Force your boss to prioritize instead of just saying no | Nir Eyal | Feb 16, 2021 | — |
| 51% | “51%” | Loch Kelly: Making background awareness 51% primary removes fear | Loch Kelly | Feb 9, 2021 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | McGonigal: SuperBetter Has Helped Over One Million People Recover from Trauma | Jane McGonigal | Jan 19, 2021 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | McGonigal: Lying in bed is bad for concussion recovery; patients need graded activity | Jane McGonigal | Jan 19, 2021 | — |
| 2.3B | “2.3 billion” | McGonigal: 2.3 billion people globally regularly play video games | Jane McGonigal | Jan 19, 2021 | Supported |
| 10M | “ten million” | Mullenweg: WordPress powers 38% of top 10 million sites | Matt Mullenweg | Jan 5, 2021 | Supported |
| 38% | “38%” | Mullenweg: WordPress powers 38% of top 10 million sites | Matt Mullenweg | Jan 5, 2021 | Supported |
| 10× | “10 times” | Mullenweg: WordPress powers 38% of top 10 million sites | Matt Mullenweg | Jan 5, 2021 | Supported |
| 90% | “90%” | Mullenweg: Successful platforms capture only 5% of ecosystem revenue | Matt Mullenweg | Jan 5, 2021 | — |
| 20B | “twenty billion” | Mullenweg: WooCommerce is doing well over $20B in GMV | Matt Mullenweg | Jan 5, 2021 | Supported |
| 30M | “thirty million” | Mullenweg: Automattic cut $25M-$30M in annual costs from Tumblr | Matt Mullenweg | Jan 5, 2021 | — |
| 85% | “85%” | Mullenweg: Open source can power 80% to 85% of the web | Matt Mullenweg | Jan 5, 2021 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Online interaction can only build 85% to 90% of in-person trust | Matt Mullenweg | Jan 5, 2021 | — |
| 4% | “four percent” | Mullenweg: Automattic has an annual regretted employee churn of 3% to 4% | Matt Mullenweg | Jan 5, 2021 | — |
| 3% | “three percent” | Mullenweg: Automattic has an annual regretted employee churn of 3% to 4% | Matt Mullenweg | Jan 5, 2021 | — |
| 0.5% | “half percent” | Mullenweg: Automattic has an annual regretted employee churn of 3% to 4% | Matt Mullenweg | Jan 5, 2021 | — |
| 500M | “five hundred million” | Automattic rejected a $500M valuation weeks before securing a $3B valuation | Matt Mullenweg | Jan 5, 2021 | — |
| 4B | “a three billion” | Automattic rejected a $500M valuation weeks before securing a $3B valuation | Matt Mullenweg | Jan 5, 2021 | — |
| 200M | “two hundred million” | Automattic rejected a $200M acquisition offer when it had 25 employees | Matt Mullenweg | Jan 5, 2021 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Lavingia: Pre-Seed VCs Abandon Founders Once the Investment Closes | Sahil Lavingia | Dec 8, 2020 | — |
| 1B | “a billion” | Lavingia: Startups Need Billion-Dollar Upside to Attract Big-Tech Talent | Sahil Lavingia | Dec 8, 2020 | — |
| 1% | “a percent” | Lavingia: Startups Need Billion-Dollar Upside to Attract Big-Tech Talent | Sahil Lavingia | Dec 8, 2020 | — |
| 2% | “two percent” | Lavingia: Startups Need Billion-Dollar Upside to Attract Big-Tech Talent | Sahil Lavingia | Dec 8, 2020 | — |
| 75% | “75%” | Lavingia: Gumroad laid off 75% of staff in 2015 | Sahil Lavingia | Dec 8, 2020 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Lavingia: Gumroad raised $7M from Kleiner Perkins in 2012 and grew 60% annually | Sahil Lavingia | Dec 8, 2020 | Supported |
| 60% | “60%” | Lavingia: Gumroad raised $7M from Kleiner Perkins in 2012 and grew 60% annually | Sahil Lavingia | Dec 8, 2020 | Supported |
| $2M | “two million dollars” | Lavingia: Gumroad raised a $2M bridge round at 4x liquidation preference | Sahil Lavingia | Dec 8, 2020 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Lavingia: Venture-backed startups need 10-20% MoM growth by Series A/B | Sahil Lavingia | Dec 8, 2020 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Lavingia: Venture-backed startups need 10-20% MoM growth by Series A/B | Sahil Lavingia | Dec 8, 2020 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Lavingia: Transactional, Unbundled Coworker Relationships Are Superior to Social Bonds | Sahil Lavingia | Dec 8, 2020 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Roger Martin: Grade 10 students solve integrative problems as well as MBAs | Roger Martin | Nov 24, 2020 | — |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Roger Martin: Partial equilibrium economists outnumber general equilibrium thinkers a thousand to one | 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 | — |
| $50M | “fifty million dollars” | Martin: Lafley spent $250M launching compact Tide despite contrary data | Roger Martin | Nov 24, 2020 | — |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Cubitt: VC Funnels Lose Half Their Companies at Every Subsequent Financing Round | Code Cubitt | Oct 27, 2020 | Partly supported |
| 15% | “15%” | Cubitt: Only 10 to 15 Percent of His Deals Exited Highly Positively | Code Cubitt | Oct 27, 2020 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Cubitt: Even equity splits fail because future dilution destroys founder motivation | Code Cubitt | Oct 27, 2020 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Cubitt: Even equity splits fail because future dilution destroys founder motivation | Code Cubitt | Oct 27, 2020 | — |
| 6% | “six percent” | Cubitt: Even equity splits fail because future dilution destroys founder motivation | Code Cubitt | Oct 27, 2020 | — |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | Cubitt: Large company boards must be 'nose in, fingers out' | Code Cubitt | Oct 27, 2020 | — |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | Cubitt: Hands-on VC work with struggling startups can preserve half the fund | Code Cubitt | Oct 27, 2020 | — |
| $10M | “ten million dollars” | Cubitt: Hands-on VC work with struggling startups can preserve half the fund | Code Cubitt | Oct 27, 2020 | — |
| 3M | “three million” | Cubitt: Hands-on VC work with struggling startups can preserve half the fund | Code Cubitt | Oct 27, 2020 | — |
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