why aren't all 10 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 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 Contradicted
Shah: Less than 6% of urban Indian women have independent income
“Less than six percent of urban Indian women have financial income of their own.”
Assertion Contradicted
Shah: No SaaS company makes over $10M ARR from Indian businesses
“I wouldn't be able to find one company that makes more than 10 dollars, ten million dollars annual revenue by selling software to Indian businesses.”
Assertion Contradicted
Shah is the only Indian unicorn founder with a humanities background
“India has hundred unicorns. I would go on to say that I'm the only founder in the hundred unicorns, which has a humanities background. Everybody else is STEM.”
Assertion Contradicted
Kunal Shah: 95% of Financial Products in India Are Bought by Men
“Another interesting thing is 95% of all financial products in India are bought by men.”
Assertion Partly supported
Shah: BSE founder Premchand Roychand likely holds record for largest trade
“His name is Preenchan Roychan. He's the founder of Bombay Stock Exchange, and very few people in India know about this guy. The reason people don't know about this guy because he once upon a time was the richest guy in India. He still probably holds the Guinne…”
Assertion Partly supported
Shah: Only 30 to 35 million people in India invest in financial assets
“India has, India is a very large country, but the total number of people who have invested in any kind of asset stock, mutual funds, any of that is around 30,000,030, thirty-five million.”
Assertion Contradicted
Shah: 80% to 85% of Bollywood revenue comes from 10 to 15 people
“I would say 80, 85% of Bollywood revenue comes from like 10, 15 people.”
Assertion Contradicted
Shah: 80% to 83% of Indian suitcases are bought for weddings
“80 to 83% of all suitcases in India are bought for weddings.”
Assertion Supported
Shah: Apple privacy changes hurt social media by reducing information asymmetry
“A lot of social media stock market tanked and revenue tanked when Apple announced a way to not be able to keep more information asymmetry, and boom, you can't predict many things about people, and therefore your revenue
Well, tank because you can't predict th…”
Assertion Supported
Shah: India is the world's largest recipient of inward remittances
“India is the largest market which sends money back to India amongst all markets that does remittance. Indians remit the highest amount of money back to their family. Then it comes to Mexico and others.”