| 1K | “a thousand” | Anagnost says former CEO Carl Bass strained Autodesk by not pruning projects | Andrew Anagnost | Sep 10, 2026 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Freston: Viacom offered $1.5 million to buy Facebook in early days | Tom Freston | Aug 13, 2026 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Freston: Viacom sued YouTube for $1 billion and lost after a decade | Tom Freston | Aug 13, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 60% | “60%” | Raman: 60% of 2018 jobs did not exist in 1940, per MIT | Aneesh Raman | Aug 11, 2026 | Supported |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Jesse Cole: Over $1M in debt during early Bananas launch | Jesse Cole | Aug 6, 2026 | — |
| $1.5M | “half a million dollars” | Mike Salguero's previous startup CustomMade burned $500,000 monthly at its peak | Mike Salguero | Jul 30, 2026 | — |
| $30M | “thirty million dollars” | Salguero: CustomMade raised about $30 million in venture capital | Mike Salguero | Jul 30, 2026 | Supported |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Salguero: ButcherBox hit a $1M run rate within five months | Mike Salguero | Jul 30, 2026 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Salguero: ButcherBox hit a $1M run rate within five months | Mike Salguero | Jul 30, 2026 | — |
| 5M | “five million” | ButcherBox reached $50 million in revenue relying solely on affiliate marketing | Mike Salguero | Jul 30, 2026 | — |
| 35M | “thirty five million” | ButcherBox reached $50 million in revenue relying solely on affiliate marketing | Mike Salguero | Jul 30, 2026 | — |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | ButcherBox reached $50 million in revenue relying solely on affiliate marketing | Mike Salguero | Jul 30, 2026 | — |
| 50M | “fifty million” | ButcherBox reached $50 million in revenue relying solely on affiliate marketing | Mike Salguero | Jul 30, 2026 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Salguero: Online groceries account for 14% to 20% of the market | Mike Salguero | Jul 30, 2026 | Supported |
| 2× | “two times” | Salguero: ButcherBox customers visit physical grocery stores twice weekly | Mike Salguero | Jul 30, 2026 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Wilson: Child and senior care costs consume 40% of family income | Brad Wilson | Jun 25, 2026 | Supported |
| 40% | “40%” | Wilson: Child and senior care costs consume 40% of family income | Brad Wilson | Jun 25, 2026 | Supported |
| 6% | “six percent” | Wilson: Care.com conversion rate was below 2% when he joined | Brad Wilson | Jun 25, 2026 | — |
| 2% | “two percent” | Wilson: Care.com conversion rate was below 2% when he joined | Brad Wilson | Jun 25, 2026 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Wilson: More than 50% of the US population lives in childcare deserts | Brad Wilson | Jun 25, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 9× | “nine times” | Wilson: Care.com is seven to nine times larger than any competitor | Brad Wilson | Jun 25, 2026 | — |
| 10× | “10 X” | Krishna: IBM achieved a 10x ROI on AI spending after year two | Arvind Krishna | Jun 23, 2026 | — |
| 5B | “five billion” | Krishna: IBM will reach over $5 billion in AI savings by year four | Arvind Krishna | Jun 23, 2026 | Open |
| 40% | “40%” | Krishna: IBM software developers are 40% more productive over two years | Arvind Krishna | Jun 23, 2026 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Krishna: 30% of back-office headcount won't be needed within a few years | Arvind Krishna | Jun 23, 2026 | — |
| 12T | “12 trillion” | Krishna: AI data center buildout promises make no economic sense | Arvind Krishna | Jun 23, 2026 | — |
| $1T | “a trillion dollars” | Krishna: AI data center buildout promises make no economic sense | Arvind Krishna | Jun 23, 2026 | — |
| 4T | “four trillion” | Krishna: AI data center buildout promises make no economic sense | Arvind Krishna | Jun 23, 2026 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Krishna: IBM Grew Software Revenue Mix from 20% in 2019 to 45% Today | Arvind Krishna | Jun 23, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 45% | “45%” | Krishna: IBM Grew Software Revenue Mix from 20% in 2019 to 45% Today | Arvind Krishna | Jun 23, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 50% | “50%” | Krishna: Leaders Should Target 50% Probability Wins Over 90% Certainty | Arvind Krishna | Jun 23, 2026 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Krishna: Leaders Should Target 50% Probability Wins Over 90% Certainty | Arvind Krishna | Jun 23, 2026 | — |
| 40M | “forty million” | Scaringe: Vehicle development requires 40M decisions and 6,000 engineers in parallel | RJ Scaringe | Jun 12, 2026 | — |
| 6.8B | “a 5.8 billion” | Scaringe: Rivian completed a $5.8B software licensing deal with Volkswagen | RJ Scaringe | Jun 12, 2026 | Supported |
| 10× | “10 times” | Oza: 50 Cent made 10 times more from Vitaminwater than initially projected | Rohan Oza | Jun 4, 2026 | — |
| 9M | “nine million” | Grimes: WorkMoney operates as a non-profit with nine million members | CJ Grimes | May 29, 2026 | Supported |
| 9M | “nine million” | Berman: WorkMoney scaled to nine million SMS members in five years | Jeff Berman | May 29, 2026 | Supported |
| $6M | “six million dollars” | Frankfort: Coach had $6 million in sales when he joined | Lew Frankfort | May 22, 2026 | Supported |
| 60× | “60 times” | Frankfort: Handbag loyalty stems from opening a personal vessel 50–60 times daily | Lew Frankfort | May 22, 2026 | — |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Frankfort: Coach's Madison Avenue store did over $1M in year one | Lew Frankfort | May 22, 2026 | Supported |
| $20M | “twenty million dollars” | Frankfort: Coach reached $20M revenue by spring 1984 | Lew Frankfort | May 22, 2026 | Supported |
| 50% | “50%” | Frankfort: Coach reached $20M revenue by spring 1984 | Lew Frankfort | May 22, 2026 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Frankfort: Sara Lee promised Coach freedom at $1 billion valuation | Lew Frankfort | May 22, 2026 | — |
| 30M | “thirty million” | Frankfort: Sara Lee acquired Coach for $30 million | Lew Frankfort | May 22, 2026 | Supported |
| 6× | “six times” | Frankfort: Japanese consumers spent six times more on bags than Americans | Lew Frankfort | May 22, 2026 | Contradicted |
| 150% | “150%” | Tony Fadell inspired David Epstein's strict one-page outline method for his book | David Epstein | May 15, 2026 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Raising Cane's bought back all franchises to achieve 100% company ownership | Todd Graves | May 8, 2026 | — |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Graves: Raising Cane's is approaching 1,000 restaurant locations | Todd Graves | May 8, 2026 | Supported |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Steven Ellsworth: Married co-founders have more resilient commitment than typical partners | Steven Ellsworth | May 1, 2026 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Allison Ellsworth: Early viral TikTok generated $100K in Amazon sales overnight | Allison Ellsworth | May 1, 2026 | — |
| 500M | “five hundred million” | Steven Ellsworth: Poppi hit over $500M revenue in 2024 after Super Bowl ad | Steven Ellsworth | May 1, 2026 | — |
| $2B | “1.95 billion dollars” | Allison Ellsworth: Pepsi Acquired Poppi for $1.95 Billion | Allison Ellsworth | May 1, 2026 | Supported |
| $2B | “two billion dollars” | Poppi Founders Sold 100% of Company Without Retaining Operational Roles | Allison Ellsworth | May 1, 2026 | — |
| 100% | “100%” | Poppi Founders Sold 100% of Company Without Retaining Operational Roles | Allison Ellsworth | May 1, 2026 | — |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | Eric Ryan: Olly scaled to $100 million in revenue in four years | Eric Ryan | Apr 23, 2026 | Supported |
| 10B | “ten billion” | Deeter: ServiceTitan is valued at $10B with massive remaining growth upside | Byron Deeter | Apr 17, 2026 | Contradicted |
| 85% | “85%” | Abrahams: Up to 85% of people experience communication anxiety across all cultures | Matt Abrahams | Apr 6, 2026 | Supported |
| 15% | “15%” | Abrahams: Up to 85% of people experience communication anxiety across all cultures | Matt Abrahams | Apr 6, 2026 | Supported |
| 1.4B | “1.4 billion” | Webb: China is funding ten-year AI infrastructure to deploy across 1.4B citizens | Amy Webb | Mar 20, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 50% | “50%” | Howe: 25 states and 50% of the US can bet online legally | Amy Howe | Mar 12, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 11B | “a ten billion” | Howe: California has an illegal sports betting market of over $10B | Amy Howe | Mar 12, 2026 | — |
| $6B | “six billion dollars” | Howe: FanDuel has generated over $6B in U.S. state tax revenue | Amy Howe | Mar 12, 2026 | Supported |
| $1.6B | “1.6 billion dollars” | Howe: Legalizing remaining U.S. states could yield $1.6B in annual taxes | Amy Howe | Mar 12, 2026 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Howe: Flutter spends over $100M annually on responsible gaming initiatives | Amy Howe | Mar 12, 2026 | Supported |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Howe: Caitlin Clark drove a several hundred percent WNBA betting increase | Amy Howe | Mar 12, 2026 | Supported |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Local pro teams seeded the Bay Area Host Committee with $1 million | Zayleen Jamohamed | Feb 20, 2026 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 2.4B | “a 1.4 billion” | Janmohamed: Hosting World Cup, Super Bowl, and All-Star Game brings $1.4B | Zayleen Jamohamed | Feb 20, 2026 | Open |
| 10M | “ten million” | Zoom daily meeting participants skyrocketed from 10 million to 300 million | Eric Yuan | Feb 6, 2026 | Supported |
| 300M | “three hundred million” | Zoom daily meeting participants skyrocketed from 10 million to 300 million | Eric Yuan | Feb 6, 2026 | Supported |
| 15% | “15%” | Zoom cut 15% of its workforce in post-pandemic layoffs | Eric Yuan | Feb 6, 2026 | Supported |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Masad: Replit user built a routing algorithm generating $100 million | Amjad Masad | Jan 31, 2026 | — |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | Replit recently surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue | Aria Finger | Jan 31, 2026 | Supported |
| 1.5M | “a half million” | Shankar: Default opt-out gave 12.5M more kids school lunch | Maya Shankar | Jan 24, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 9% | “nine percent” | Shankar: Changing 'eligible' to 'earned' increased VA benefit uptake 9% | Maya Shankar | Jan 24, 2026 | Supported |
| $30M | “thirty million dollars” | Thompson: The Atlantic lost $20M–$30M annually and laid off 20% in 2020 | Nick Thompson | Jan 15, 2026 | Supported |
| 20% | “20%” | Thompson: The Atlantic lost $20M–$30M annually and laid off 20% in 2020 | Nick Thompson | Jan 15, 2026 | Supported |
| $2M | “Two million dollars” | Thompson: The Atlantic reinvests almost all profits above breakeven into growth | Nick Thompson | Jan 15, 2026 | — |
| $50M | “fifty million dollars” | Smith: Legacy CPGs often spend $50M to launch one product line | Katlin Smith | Jan 8, 2026 | Supported |
| $10M | “ten million dollars” | Katlin Smith: Simple Mills raised under $10 million in its first eight years | Katlin Smith | Jan 8, 2026 | Supported |
| 96% | “96%” | Simple Mills maintained a 96% fill rate during supply chain crises | Katlin Smith | Jan 8, 2026 | — |
| $2B | “two billion dollars” | Direct Relief provided nearly $2 billion in medical aid globally last year | Amy Weaver | Dec 18, 2025 | Supported |
| $1.8B | “1.8 billion dollars” | Direct Relief delivered over $1.8 billion in medical aid to Ukraine | Amy Weaver | Dec 18, 2025 | Supported |
| $2B | “two billion dollars” | Cohen: Gensler has surpassed $2 billion in annual revenue | Andy Cohen | Dec 13, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 40% | “40%” | Cohen: Buildings account for 40% of global carbon emissions | Andy Cohen | Dec 13, 2025 | Supported |
| 61% | “61%” | Brink: 61% of workers make cross-demographic friends at the office | Elizabeth Brink | Dec 13, 2025 | Contradicted |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Bobbi Brown Cosmetics was generating $1 billion in revenue when Brown left | Bobbi Brown | Nov 6, 2025 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Ryan Holiday: Daily Stoic will easily reach 1M daily email readers by 2026 | Ryan Holiday | Oct 31, 2025 | Held up |
| 2.1M | “a 1.1 million” | Maldonado: Trader Joe's placed an initial order of 1.1 million Chomps sticks | Pete Maldonado | Oct 3, 2025 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Ali: Over 90% of Trader Joe's products are private label | Rashid Ali | Oct 3, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 4M | “four million” | Ali: Chomps grew annual revenue from $400K to $4M in one year | Rashid Ali | Oct 3, 2025 | Supported |
| 1B | “a billion” | Ali: Chomps expects to reach $1 billion in retail sales in 2025 | Rashid Ali | Oct 3, 2025 | Partly held up |
| 26B | “twenty six billion” | Ali: US protein snacking is growing three times faster than other snack subcategories | Rashid Ali | Oct 3, 2025 | — |
| 3× | “three times” | Ali: US protein snacking is growing three times faster than other snack subcategories | Rashid Ali | Oct 3, 2025 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Botsman: 80% of Humans Are Naturally Trusting | Rachel Botsman | Sep 26, 2025 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Botsman: 80% of Leaders Regret Keeping Distrustful Employees Too Long | Rachel Botsman | Sep 26, 2025 | Open |
| 1.7M | “1.7 million” | Pohlson: Breaking Bad auction raised $40K traditionally vs $1.7M on Omaze | Matthew Pohlson | Sep 11, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 8M | “a seven million” | Pohlson details Omaze revenue split: 1/3 charity/VAT, 1/3 prizes, 1/3 ops/profit | Matthew Pohlson | Sep 11, 2025 | — |
| 33M | “thirty three million” | Pohlson details Omaze revenue split: 1/3 charity/VAT, 1/3 prizes, 1/3 ops/profit | Matthew Pohlson | Sep 11, 2025 | — |
| 2.1M | “2.1 million” | Pohlson: Omaze's Daniel Craig Aston Martin campaign raised $2.1M versus $300K target | Matthew Pohlson | Sep 11, 2025 | Supported |
| 1.9M | “1.9 million” | Pohlson: Omaze's talent-free McLaren giveaway campaign raised $1.9M | Matthew Pohlson | Sep 11, 2025 | Supported |
| 500M | “a four hundred million” | Pohlson: Omaze is past a $400M revenue run rate | Matthew Pohlson | Sep 11, 2025 | — |
| 16M | “a fifteen million” | Levine: Underdog's $15M Tournament Is the Biggest in Fantasy Sports History | Jeremy Levine | Sep 5, 2025 | Supported |
| 400M | “four hundred million” | Levine: Underdog Fantasy is pacing for over $400M in 2025 revenue | Jeremy Levine | Sep 5, 2025 | Supported |
| 1.3B | “1.3 billion” | Levine: Underdog Fantasy reached a $1.3B valuation | Jeremy Levine | Sep 5, 2025 | Supported |
| 60M | “sixty million” | Levine: 60M play fantasy sports and 90M fill out brackets yearly | Jeremy Levine | Sep 5, 2025 | Supported |
| 90M | “ninety million” | Levine: 60M play fantasy sports and 90M fill out brackets yearly | Jeremy Levine | Sep 5, 2025 | Supported |
| 4× | “four X” | Levine: Underdog Fantasy saw 4x year-over-year growth in WNBA contests | Jeremy Levine | Sep 5, 2025 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Stein Greenberg: Only 1% of denied patients appeal health insurance claims | Sarah Stein Greenberg | Aug 21, 2025 | Supported |
| 1% | “one percent” | Stein Greenberg: Only 1% of denied patients appeal health insurance claims | Sarah Stein Greenberg | Aug 21, 2025 | Supported |
| 40% | “40%” | Stein Greenberg: Only 1% of denied patients appeal health insurance claims | Sarah Stein Greenberg | Aug 21, 2025 | Supported |
| $3B | “three billion dollars” | Barrocas: SharkNinja built two $3B+ brands completely organically without acquisitions | Mark Barrocas | Aug 15, 2025 | Supported |
| 12× | “12 times” | Barrocas: SharkNinja leadership visited China 10–12 times yearly to find factories | Mark Barrocas | Aug 15, 2025 | — |
| 40% | “40%” | Barrocas: SharkNinja holds 40% market share in blenders | Mark Barrocas | Aug 15, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 99.5% | “99.5%” | Barrocas: 99.5% of monthly Ninja Creami content is consumer-generated | Mark Barrocas | Aug 15, 2025 | — |
| 50M | “fifty million” | Barrocas: SharkNinja grew from $150M in 2008 to $6B today | Mark Barrocas | Aug 15, 2025 | Supported |
| 7B | “a six billion” | Barrocas: SharkNinja grew from $150M in 2008 to $6B today | Mark Barrocas | Aug 15, 2025 | Supported |
| 80% | “80%” | Barrocas: SharkNinja mitigated 80% of announced tariffs in ten days | Mark Barrocas | Aug 15, 2025 | — |
| 89% | “89%” | St. Jude relies on public donations for 89% of its costs | Rick Shadyak Jr. | Aug 11, 2025 | Supported |
| $25M | “twenty-five million dollars” | ALSAC leveraged Isaacman's $125M spaceflight gift to raise $250M total | Rick Shadyak Jr. | Aug 11, 2025 | Supported |
| $50M | “fifty million dollars” | ALSAC leveraged Isaacman's $125M spaceflight gift to raise $250M total | Rick Shadyak Jr. | Aug 11, 2025 | Supported |
| 2.7B | “2.7 billion” | ALSAC's annual fundraising for St. Jude reached an astronomical $2.7 billion | Rick Shadyac Jr. | Aug 11, 2025 | Supported |
| 4% | “four percent” | St. Jude drove leukemia survival rates from 4% to 94% | Rick Shadyak Jr. | Aug 11, 2025 | Supported |
| 94% | “94%” | St. Jude drove leukemia survival rates from 4% to 94% | Rick Shadyak Jr. | Aug 11, 2025 | Supported |
| 11M | “eleven million” | St. Jude has 11 million monthly recurring donors giving $19 each | Rick Shadyak Jr. | Aug 11, 2025 | Supported |
| 66% | “66%” | U.S. household philanthropic participation plummeted from a high of 66% to 49% | Rick Shadyak Jr. | Aug 11, 2025 | Supported |
| 49% | “49%” | U.S. household philanthropic participation plummeted from a high of 66% to 49% | Rick Shadyak Jr. | Aug 11, 2025 | Supported |
| 4% | “four percent” | Only 4% of the federal cancer budget supports pediatric research | Rick Shadyak Jr. | Aug 11, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 31M | “a thirty million” | Ross Martin reveals Known suffered a $30 million client bankruptcy loss. | Ross Martin | Aug 1, 2025 | — |
| 10M | “ten million” | Ross Martin reveals Known suffered a $30 million client bankruptcy loss. | Ross Martin | Aug 1, 2025 | — |
| 17% | “17%” | Welch's research shows only 7% of people can accurately name their values | Suzy Welch | Jul 24, 2025 | Supported |
| 7% | “seven percent” | Welch's research shows only 7% of people can accurately name their values | Suzy Welch | Jul 24, 2025 | Supported |
| 2% | “two percent” | Welch's survey finds only 2% of Gen Z hold employer-desired values | Suzy Welch | Jul 24, 2025 | Supported |
| 65% | “65%” | Welch: 65% of Gen Z value self-care versus 0% of hiring managers | Suzy Welch | Jul 24, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 2% | “two percent” | Companies will aggressively recruit the 2% of work-centric Gen Z, predicts Welch | Suzy Welch | Jul 24, 2025 | — |
| 45M | “forty-five million” | Ben Teuber: Catan has reached 45 million copies sold | Ben Teuber | Jul 18, 2025 | Supported |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Ben Teuber: Catan hosted a 1,000-person simultaneous world record game | Ben Teuber | Jul 18, 2025 | Supported |
| 50% | “50%” | Van Leeuwen expects 105 shops, 15,000 wholesale doors, and 2,000 employees | Ben Van Leeuwen | Jul 11, 2025 | — |
| 15% | “15%” | Van Leeuwen: Turned down offer to sell 15% for $250,000 | Ben Van Leeuwen | Jul 11, 2025 | — |
| 12B | “twelve billion” | Van Leeuwen: Kraft Mac & Cheese ice cream generated 12B media impressions | Ben Van Leeuwen | Jul 11, 2025 | — |
| 250M | “two hundred fifty million” | Berman: Baby2Baby has distributed 250 million diapers since founding | Jeff Berman | Jul 3, 2025 | Supported |
| 1.7B | “1.7 billion” | Berman: Baby2Baby received 1.7 billion diaper requests in a single year | Jeff Berman | Jul 3, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 5M | “five million” | Patricof: How Baby2Baby scaled its Huggies partnership to an $8M grant | Kelly Sawyer Patricof | Jul 3, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 9M | “an eight million” | Patricof: How Baby2Baby scaled its Huggies partnership to an $8M grant | Kelly Sawyer Patricof | Jul 3, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 60% | “60%” | Patricof: Baby2Baby Raises 60% of Operating Budget at Gala | Kelly Sawyer Patricof | Jul 3, 2025 | Supported |
| 1.5B | “half a billion” | Patricof: Baby2Baby has distributed half a billion items since inception | Kelly Sawyer Patricof | Jul 3, 2025 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Allison: Pacaso has sold over $1B in units across 40 destinations | Austin Allison | Jun 27, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Brown-Philpot: Enterprise AI requires human intervention for the final 0.1 percent accuracy | Stacy Brown-Philpot | Jun 20, 2025 | — |
| 99.9% | “99.9%” | Brown-Philpot: Enterprise AI requires human intervention for the final 0.1 percent accuracy | Stacy Brown-Philpot | Jun 20, 2025 | — |
| 1% | “1%” | Brown-Philpot: Enterprise AI requires human intervention for the final 0.1 percent accuracy | Stacy Brown-Philpot | Jun 20, 2025 | — |
| 61M | “sixty one million” | Yaffe: Dude Perfect is YouTube's largest sports channel with 61M subscribers | Andrew Yaffe | Jun 13, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Yaffe: Dude Perfect tour will sell ~250k arena tickets matching NBA prices | Andrew Yaffe | Jun 13, 2025 | Partly held up |
| 80% | “80%” | Yaffe: 80% of NBA YouTube consumption was outside the US | Andrew Yaffe | Jun 13, 2025 | — |
| 65% | “65%” | Perel: 65% of startups fail due to co-founder relationship breakdowns | Esther Perel | May 22, 2025 | Supported |
| 150M | “a hundred fifty million” | John Green: Over 150 Million Died of TB Since 1950s Cure | John Green | May 16, 2025 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | John Green: TB Kills Over One Million People Annually | John Green | May 16, 2025 | Supported |
| $25B | “twenty-five billion dollars” | John Green: UN estimates TB eradication requires $25B annually | John Green | May 16, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 55% | “55%” | Green: J&J abandoned secondary bedaquiline patents, cutting price over 55% | John Green | May 16, 2025 | Supported |
| 100M | “hundred million” | Hero Cosmetics set a $100M revenue threshold to initiate an exit | Ju Rhyu | May 8, 2025 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Rhyu: Scaling past $200M revenue risks shrinking the strategic acquirer pool | Ju Rhyu | May 8, 2025 | — |
| 10× | “10 X” | Abuzeid: Startup ideas must pass market, competition, and 10x insight filters. | Dr. Iman Abu Zayed | May 1, 2025 | — |
| $5M | “five million dollars” | Abuzeid: Incredible Health saves every client hospital at least $5M annually. | Dr. Iman Abu Zayed | May 1, 2025 | — |
| 25% | “25%” | Abuzeid: 25% of US nurses will retire within five years. | Dr. Iman Abu Zayed | May 1, 2025 | Open |
| 21% | “21%” | Abuzeid: US healthcare spending is already 21% of GDP and growing. | Dr. Iman Abu Zayed | May 1, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 25× | “25 times” | Eidelman: General practice veterinarians manage 15 to 25 emotionally volatile appointments daily | Steven Eidelman | Apr 17, 2025 | Supported |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Eidelman: Veterinary care's cash-pay model attracted opportunistic, value-extracting capital | Steven Eidelman | Apr 17, 2025 | — |
| 4M | “four million” | Wellhub operates in 11 countries with 22,000 corporate clients and 4M subscribers | Cesar Carvalho | Apr 11, 2025 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Carvalho: Wellhub partners with 30-50% of gyms in its operating countries | Cesar Carvalho | Apr 11, 2025 | — |
| 40% | “40%” | Carvalho: Wellhub engages 30% to 40% of employees per client | Cesar Carvalho | Apr 11, 2025 | — |
| 10× | “10 X” | Hoffman and Mukherjee required a 10x improvement for Manus AI's tech | Reid Hoffman | Apr 3, 2025 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Collins: Supply chains account for 90% of food company carbon footprints | Julia Collins | Mar 27, 2025 | Supported |
| $500M | “five hundred million dollars” | Collins: Zume raised over $500M in total venture capital | Julia Collins | Mar 27, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 3.3B | “a 2.25 billion” | Collins became the first Black female unicorn founder at Zume's $2.25B valuation. | Julia Collins | Mar 27, 2025 | Supported |
| 26M | “a twenty-five million” | Mike Lazerow sold Golf.com to Time Warner for $25 million | Mike Lazerow | Mar 21, 2025 | — |
| 50M | “fifty million” | Buddy Media reached $50 million annual recurring revenue in three years | Mike Lazerow | Mar 21, 2025 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Google offered $100 million more than Salesforce to acquire Buddy Media | Mike Lazerow | Mar 21, 2025 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Advertisers spent over $1 billion on Facebook through Buddy Media's platform | Mike Lazerow | Mar 21, 2025 | — |
| 5B | “five billion” | Mike Lazerow backed Scopely, Facebook, Tumblr, and eToro as early investor | Mike Lazerow | Mar 21, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Soare owned 100% of Anastasia Beverly Hills before a 2018 PE deal | Anastasia Soare | Mar 6, 2025 | Supported |
| 3M | “three million” | Smith's Brazilian baby e-commerce startup reached $20 million revenue in three years | Davis Smith | Feb 21, 2025 | — |
| 20M | “twenty million” | Smith's Brazilian baby e-commerce startup reached $20 million revenue in three years | Davis Smith | Feb 21, 2025 | — |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Davis Smith maintains a list of his 1,000 past investor pitches | Davis Smith | Feb 21, 2025 | — |
| 1% | “one percent” | Cotopaxi donates 1% of total revenue even during unprofitable years | Davis Smith | Feb 21, 2025 | — |
| 5M | “five million” | Cotopaxi has sold 5 million backpacks made from repurposed fabric scraps | Davis Smith | Feb 21, 2025 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 50M | “fifty million” | Cotopaxi grew to $150 million in revenue under Davis Smith's tenure | Davis Smith | Feb 21, 2025 | Supported |
| 1% | “one percent” | Ryan Williams founded Cadre to be the Blackstone for everyday investors. | Ryan Williams | Feb 13, 2025 | — |
| 350M | “a two hundred fifty million” | Cadre secured a $250 million commitment from Goldman Sachs. | Ryan Williams | Feb 13, 2025 | Supported |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Cadre secured a $250 million commitment from Goldman Sachs. | Ryan Williams | Feb 13, 2025 | Supported |
| $40M | “forty million dollars” | Hair color brand Madison Reed has raised $240 million in total funding | Amy Errett | Feb 7, 2025 | — |
| 300M | “a two hundred million” | Madison Reed is profitable, generating $200M revenue, and growing 20% annually | Amy Errett | Feb 7, 2025 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Bain & Company took 50% of its Madison Reed fee in equity | Amy Errett | Feb 7, 2025 | — |
| 40% | “40%” | Milkman: 40% of premature US deaths stem from daily behavioral choices | Katy Milkman | Jan 3, 2025 | Supported |
| 8% | “eight percent” | Crisis Text Line boosted productivity 8% using weekly volunteer targets | Katy Milkman | Jan 3, 2025 | Supported |
| 40% | “40%” | Milkman: Highlighting majority peer adoption persuades organizational change laggards | Katy Milkman | Jan 3, 2025 | — |
| 60% | “60%” | Milkman: Highlighting majority peer adoption persuades organizational change laggards | Katy Milkman | Jan 3, 2025 | — |
| 11M | “a ten million” | Cocks: D&D grew from a $10M to multi-hundred-million-dollar business | Chris Cocks | Dec 20, 2024 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 100M | “hundred million” | Cocks: D&D grew from a $10M to multi-hundred-million-dollar business | Chris Cocks | Dec 20, 2024 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 9M | “nine million” | Hasbro CEO: D&D Beyond reached 19M users, doubling in three years | Chris Cocks | Dec 20, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 20M | “twenty million” | Hasbro CEO: D&D Beyond reaches 80% of active tabletop RPG players | Chris Cocks | Dec 20, 2024 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Hasbro CEO: D&D Beyond reaches 80% of active tabletop RPG players | Chris Cocks | Dec 20, 2024 | — |
| 15% | “15%” | Case: States Trump won in 2016 received just 15% of venture capital | Steve Case | Dec 11, 2024 | Supported |
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