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United States

also referred to as: the us · u s · us

40 statements across 31 episodes · 13 bullish · 6 bearish · 21 people on the record · first statement Mar 12, 2021 by Dave Selinger · said 969 times in 235 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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brought up most by Shaan Puri (337), Sam Parr (288), Ankur Nagpal (29), Palmer Luckey (20), Calley Means (19), Scott Galloway (17), Andrew Wilkinson (17), George Mack (16)

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2026 72 mentions in 10 episodes 7 per episode
2025 167 mentions in 33 episodes 5 per episode
2024 280 mentions in 68 episodes 4 per episode
2023 97 mentions in 27 episodes 4 per episode
2022 94 mentions in 26 episodes 4 per episode
2021 236 mentions in 66 episodes 4 per episode
2020 19 mentions in 4 episodes 5 per episode
2015 4 mentions in 1 episode

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Everything said about United States, oldest first

Mar 12, 2021 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Selinger: Deep Sentinel has 2,500 customers split between residential and business
“We have about 2500 customers across the country. About half of them are businesses and half of them are residential.”
Dave Selinger Mar 12, 2021 ▶ 57:01 MFM #160: How to Build a Paid Community Making $20M a Year
Jun 16, 2021 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Maples: The US and Western world will invest heavily in tech-forward infrastructure
“I just believe fundamentally the United States, the Western world are going to decide they need to invest for real in tech forward infrastructure. And then on the flip side of that, they're going to realize our infrastructure is vulnerable to Cyber hackers and…”
Mike Maples Jun 16, 2021 ▶ 11:59 4 Big Trends and $0 to $1 Billion Startup Idea Frameworks | My First Million #191
Jul 21, 2021 neutral
Assertion Supported
Puri: US tattoo parlors equal the number of high schools at 21,000
“There's 21,000 tattoo parlors in the United States. That's like the same number of like high schools are in the United States. So there's one tattoo parlor for every high school essentially.”
Shaan Puri Jul 21, 2021 ▶ 27:11 A Breakdown of Trendy New Businesses & Boring 9 Figure Businesses | My First Million #202
Aug 24, 2021 negative
Opinion
Shaan Puri: Workers in China and Indonesia work harder than Americans
“What I saw when I lived there was, the average person there works far harder and is much tougher, and the, like, the expectations of your rights and your leisure and your, like, the coddledness of employees is, like, night and day. Like the average employee he…”
Shaan Puri Aug 24, 2021 ▶ 13:38 Why You Shouldn't Be A Slave to a 40 Hour Work Week | My First Million #212
Aug 24, 2021 neutral
Opinion
Shaan Puri: Americans tie identity and social value to their careers
“The average American has a much higher career focus than the average person in other countries I lived in. In Australia, I lived there, and quality of life was high, and people might have worked about the same hours as the US, a little bit less, but it just wa…”
Shaan Puri Aug 24, 2021 ▶ 15:17 Why You Shouldn't Be A Slave to a 40 Hour Work Week | My First Million #212
Aug 24, 2021 positive
Opinion
Sam Parr: American workers rank in top tier globally for hard work
“I actually think that Americans work incredibly hard compared to our peers throughout the world. Maybe not the hardest, but top tier.”
Sam Parr Aug 24, 2021 ▶ 12:02 Why You Shouldn't Be A Slave to a 40 Hour Work Week | My First Million #212
Sep 17, 2021
Prediction Open · timeframe Sep 2026
Puri: The US and other countries will adopt GDPR-like privacy regulations
“U S is going to have their own version of this. Other countries are going to have their own version of this, and they're always going to evolve.”
Shaan Puri Sep 17, 2021 ▶ 42:25 12 Startups Where Stock Grants Can Make You a Millionaire | My First Million #220
Oct 14, 2021 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Oct 2026
Brian Halligan predicts the United States will eventually implement a carbon tax
“Eventually the US is going to figure that out and tax carbon.”
Brian Halligan Oct 14, 2021 ▶ 35:54 Near Death Accidents and Hitting $1B ARR with Brian Halligan, Founder and Exec Chairman of HubSpot
Oct 25, 2022
Prediction Open · timeframe Oct 2027
Luckey: The odds of a tactical nuclear weapon being used are high
“And so for that reason, I think this is a little contrarian and not everyone agrees, but I think that the odds of a tactical nuclear weapon are very high. It will not be used on the United States. It will not be used on a NATO ally. It'll probably be a tactica…”
Palmer Luckey Oct 25, 2022 ▶ 1:13:10 From Flipping iPhones To Selling Oculus For $2 Billion To Facebook | Palmer Luckey (#378)
Apr 20, 2023 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Shkreli: US healthcare spending will reach 50% of GDP over time
“And that's why we've spent, we've gone from something, five percent of our GDP on healthcare to 20%. And I think that's going to go to 50% over time because our basic goods and needs are Maslowian kind of needs or med, you know, we can eat, we can have shelter…”
Martin Shkreli Apr 20, 2023 ▶ 51:07 Martin Shkreli Reveals How He Made His First $100 Million (#445)
Sep 14, 2023 bullish
Disclosure
AlleyCorp backed a robotic massage startup to fill a 17,000-therapist shortage
“We're an investor in a company that gives robotic massages. There's 17,000 open positions for massage therapists in this country. And so, you know, there's hotels that just can't offer massages because they don't have the people.”
Kevin Ryan Sep 14, 2023 ▶ 37:18 How This Billionaire Founder Finds +$20B Business Ideas | Kevin Ryan Interview (#495)
Sep 28, 2023 negative
Opinion
Yanowitz: The best way for Bitcoin to really work is US collapse
“The best way for Bitcoin to really work is for the U S to collapse.”
Jason Yanowitz Sep 28, 2023 ▶ 1:04:07 How Jason Yanowitz Bootstrapped Blockworks To A +$20M/yr Company
Nov 16, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Campbell: Nordics have 30% higher willingness to pay than US
“So the Nordics you know, when we take into account exchange rates and stuff like that, they're still willing to pay about 30% higher than the US for the exact same product. Folks in like Southeast Asia, it's about 40% less.”
Patrick Campbell Nov 16, 2023 ▶ 57:42 Brainstorming Ideas with The $200M Man | ft. Patrick Campbell (#519)
Nov 27, 2023 positive
Insight
Puri: Dietary supplements represent the ideal direct-to-consumer e-commerce model
“Supplements, super high margin. Supplements are repeat purchase consumables. Supplements get bought by you know, bigger companies all the time. So the exit market is fantastic. The multiples are good. Supplements can go into retail really well. The inventory i…”
Shaan Puri Nov 27, 2023 ▶ 57:01 Finding +$1M Businesses From Weird Trends (#523)
Feb 7, 2024
Assertion Partly supported
Pornhub is the US's sixth-ranked site with 3 billion monthly visits
“So this is the number six most trafficked website in the United States. Three billion visits in, in like, in a month.”
Shaan Puri Feb 7, 2024 ▶ 1:10 The Dark Story Behind Pornhub’s $1.5B Business Empire
Feb 23, 2024
Opinion
Cohen: Achieving a Truly Rich US Lifestyle Requires Roughly $20M
“I think nowadays it's much more clear that you need something like twenty million. This is all in the US, by the way, to have what would be considered to be like a rich lifestyle in America.”
Jason Cohen Feb 23, 2024 ▶ 21:08 This AI Startup Idea Has 500 Million Customers Waiting For It
Mar 25, 2024 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
Shaan Puri: 20,000 US women froze their eggs in 2023
“I think last year, 20,000 women in the United States chose to freeze their eggs.”
Shaan Puri Mar 25, 2024 ▶ 1:16 It’s The Most Taboo Business Model We’ve Ever Seen
Jun 17, 2024
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Adcock: Hundreds of thousands of undetected guns enter US schools yearly
“Several 100,000 guns are being brought into schools in K to 12 every year in the U S and not found.”
Brett Adcock Jun 17, 2024 ▶ 3:00 EXCLUSIVE: $3B Founder Reveals His Next Big Idea | Brett Adcock Interview
Jun 17, 2024
Assertion Supported
Adcock: US K-12 schools average roughly one shooting per day
“Basically you have like a school shooting, like basically once per day now in the U S in K through 12.”
Brett Adcock Jun 17, 2024 ▶ 1:28 EXCLUSIVE: $3B Founder Reveals His Next Big Idea | Brett Adcock Interview
Jun 19, 2024
Assertion Supported
US cremations have grown from under 10% to over 50% of funerals
“So cremate, cremated funerals. Has grown from like, you know, less than 10% of the market to over 50% of the market. Now, the majority of funerals, I guess, in the US are cremations”
Shaan Puri Jun 19, 2024 ▶ 19:20 Watch These 40 Minutes To Unf*ck Your Life
Jun 26, 2024 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Means: Thousands of ingredients banned in Europe are permitted in US food
“We literally thousands of ingredients that aren't legal in Europe are allowed in the United States.”
Calley Means Jun 26, 2024 ▶ 51:10 The Dark Story Behind Ozempic’s $500B Business Empire
Jun 26, 2024 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Means: 80% to 90% of Expected Ozempic Profits Come from the US
“About 80 to 90% of the profits expected are not from its home continent, Europe. It's almost all from the United States.”
Calley Means Jun 26, 2024 ▶ 24:54 The Dark Story Behind Ozempic’s $500B Business Empire
Jun 26, 2024
Assertion Partly supported
Means: Japan Spends Triple on Food and One-Third on Healthcare vs US
“So they spend three times less per capita on healthcare and double the amount mostly on food. So, so per capita. So, so they actually put food into their healthcare budget. So I'll say that again, they spend two times more per capita on food. We spend almost l…”
Calley Means Jun 26, 2024 ▶ 47:48 The Dark Story Behind Ozempic’s $500B Business Empire
Jul 1, 2024 bearish
Assertion Supported
Van Trump: US faces over two-billion-bushel corn supply glut
“We have a pretty burdensome supply of corn. We're over two billion bushel supply of corn. You know, we got about five hundred million bushel supply of beans coming down the pipe.”
Kevin Van Trump Jul 1, 2024 ▶ 28:53 The Simple Newsletter Making $20M+ A Year With 1 Employee
Aug 23, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Smith: AIWO's $6,000 Indian Wellness Retreat Includes Full MRI and Hotel
“But 6000 dollars included that MRI that in America you're paying more than 3000 dollars for. And that was just like a few hours part of it. This was a whole week and including your hotels, et cetera.”
Jack Smith Aug 23, 2024 ▶ 25:42 Jack Smith On Biohacking, 2 Easy Business Ideas, PLUS Why Procrastination Is Good
Aug 31, 2024 bullish
Opinion
Mack: America is the best country because it cooperates faster than any other
“That's why America's the best, because you can cooperate faster than any country, in my opinion.”
George Mack Aug 31, 2024 ▶ 21:26 The Top 0.1% Of Ideas I've Stumbled Upon On The Internet
Dec 5, 2024
Assertion Supported
John Collins Black hid $2M to $3M in treasure across America.
“There's this guy named John Collins Black, and there's not a lot of info about this guy, but he has basically hidden somewhere between two and three million dollars across America right now in different treasure chests.”
Shaan Puri Dec 5, 2024 ▶ 0:40 3 Stories of Crazy Geniuses: Fenn’s Treasure, Michael Saylor’s Infinite Money Glitch + more
Dec 18, 2024
Assertion Supported
Shaan Puri: US and China each hold $20B in Bitcoin
“The US has it because they seized the Silk Road, right? So they have, you know, the US has twenty billion. China has twenty billion. UK has six billion.”
Shaan Puri Dec 18, 2024 ▶ 29:42 The #1 Most Underrated Quality in an Entrepreneur
Apr 11, 2025 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Puri: US tariffs will shift manufacturing to Vietnam, not America
“Most likely what's actually going to happen is like, he's like, you know, we tried to do this in Trump's first term, and all we did was make Vietnam great again. Like basically this manufacturer just shifts to one of the other low-cost Asian countries that has…”
Shaan Puri Apr 11, 2025 ▶ 15:22 Are tariffs good or bad for founders?
May 5, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Mack: Moving to the US Increases Odds of Luck and Serendipity
“I've moved from Dubai to the U.S. Purely because I find when I'm in the U.S. It's the look raiser. You're way more likely to be lucky, serendipitous.”
George Mack May 5, 2025 ▶ 55:49 The Most Valuable Skill For Any Founder
May 14, 2025
Opinion
Nagpal: DIY home maintenance is high-status in US, unlike India
“Like, self, self-reliance was not a status symbol. In the US, it is a status symbol. Like, you are higher status if you can actually fix stuff. In India, it's like, oh, you have someone to do all this stuff for you.”
Ankur Nagpal May 14, 2025 ▶ 46:08 How to retire with millions (and pay $0 taxes)
May 14, 2025 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Nagpal: The US has roughly 2,000 padel courts versus 20,000 in Spain
“There's like 2000 courts here, and there's like 20,000 in Spain.”
Ankur Nagpal May 14, 2025 ▶ 48:16 How to retire with millions (and pay $0 taxes)
Nov 26, 2025
Assertion Supported
Surrogacy in the United States costs roughly $150,000 to $200,000
“Yeah, so it costs roughly, 150 to 200,000 dollars.”
Sheel Mohnot Nov 26, 2025 ▶ 37:26 Ideas That Sound Illegal (But Print Money Anyway)
Feb 16, 2026 negative
Opinion
Galloway: The US brand has fallen far and fast globally
“The things I walked away from Davos with is that the last time I was there in 99, it was about e-commerce, and the U.S. Brand was capitalism consumption and Bill Clinton. Now it's about AI. Everyone was talking about AI, and it's about the American brand is ch…”
Scott Galloway Feb 16, 2026 ▶ 2:31 Scott Galloway: Why I'm selling my American stocks
Feb 20, 2026 positive
Opinion
Sam Parr: The United States should institute mandatory military service
“I actually do think that America should have a mandatory I think Scott Galloway said this. I've agreed with this for a long time. We should have mandatory service for American military. I think that would be great.”
Sam Parr Feb 20, 2026 ▶ 31:34 From selling ACs to becoming the tourism king of Jamaica
Apr 14, 2026 bullish
Assertion Partly supported
Parr: BLS projects nursing as fastest-growing US occupation through 2030
“In the in United States the U S Bureau of labor statistics predicts that nursing will be the fastest growing occupation between 2022 1030 growing in number by 275,000 jobs.”
Sam Parr Apr 14, 2026 ▶ 11:07 Steph Smith: “This opportunity is totally overlooked”
Apr 14, 2026 neutral
Assertion Supported
Smith: 6,000 US women reach menopause every day
“And just due to the nature of, like, you could say, TAM, 6000 women in the U.S. Hit menopause every single day.”
Steph Smith Apr 14, 2026 ▶ 8:21 Steph Smith: “This opportunity is totally overlooked”
Apr 14, 2026
Assertion Partly supported
Smith: US spends 0.8% of federal budget and $50B+ on kidney dialysis
“It was basically that .8% of the US budget is spent on kidney dialysis, which was basically three times NASA. So all these people need dialysis. It's like, I think Medicare spends over fifty billion dollars annually on dialysis and other related treatments, wh…”
Steph Smith Apr 14, 2026 ▶ 6:37 Steph Smith: “This opportunity is totally overlooked”
Apr 14, 2026 bullish
Assertion Supported
Smith: Half of for-profit US assisted living facilities generate 20%+ returns
“There are 31,000 assisted living facilities in the United States. Four out of every five are run as for profits and half of all the operators in the industry are clearing annual returns of 20% or more.”
Steph Smith Apr 14, 2026 ▶ 15:53 Steph Smith: “This opportunity is totally overlooked”
May 27, 2026 neutral
Assertion Supported
Liemandt: US private school market is roughly $100 billion
“Private school market in the US is about a hundred billion dollars.”
Joe Liemandt May 27, 2026 ▶ 40:27 The 50 richest families in America are betting on this trend
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