why aren't all 7 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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Assertion Not checkable as stated
1,300 cloud cyber platforms launched in five years, while SMBs got zero
“We just happened to ask the question, how many cybersecurity platforms have been created for the cloud in the last five years? And the answer is like, 1300. And then we said, how many have been created for the SMB in the last five years? And the answer was zer…”
Assertion Supported
Musk slept at the factory while Tesla struggled with Model X doors
“When I started at Tesla, we were having a super big problem producing Model Xs and getting the Falcon wing doors to fit. And Elon and I had shared this favorite book, The Goal, which is all about manufacturing process. And he grabbed me one day. He said, okay,…”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tesla slashed 360,000 vehicle configurations after data revealed two main buyer archetypes
“That led to like, 360,000 different combinations of a car that you could choose, which is driving a lot of clicks, plus a lot of decision fatigue for people. And so we went and ran the data, my team ran the data, and we came back and figured out that people we…”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ex-Tesla president spent 60% of his time interviewing job candidates
“In fact, 60% of my calendar was interviews.”
Assertion Supported
Intuit founder Scott Cook created the 'follow me home' user observation technique
“I learned this technique from Scott Cook, the founder of Intuit, and he's got this process he calls follow me home. And what it means is you look over the shoulder of real customers who are using your product.”
Assertion Supported
Levi's CEO Chip Bergh invented the Swiffer while working at P&G
“Chip started his career at P&G. He ended up being the CEO of Levi's, but he was famous at P&G for watching moms in kitchens, like you said, and he invented, he and his team invented the Swiffer, because they were like, the mop sucks.”
Assertion Supported
Auto collision repair is a $50B market fragmented across 38,000 shops
“The auto collision industry is a fifty billion dollar industry. And then figured, it then found out that there were 38,000 of these, and so the average business is around one, 1.2 million, so pretty small.”