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6 statements across 5 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Nov 4, 2024 by Lior Susan · said 29 times in 17 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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brought up most by Alex Mashrabov (6), Jeff Wang (3), Chris Walker (3), Lior Susan (2), Jack Kuveke (2), Andrew Lockhead (2), Andres Bilbao (2), Pablo Srugo (1)

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2026 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode

He spent $150K on brand before he had a product—closed $1.5M ARR in 1 month. | Endra Aug 17, 2026 · 1 mention · from 9:40
He quit his $50M ARR startup to work as a paralegal—then raised a $60M Series A. | Dan Mishin, Fo... · PMF Show Jun 15, 2026 · 1 mention · from 14:15
He moved to the US with nothing. Now he does $750M ARR. | Mateo Marietti, Founder of CookUnity · PMF Show Mar 16, 2026 · 1 mention · from 8:47
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2025 15 mentions in 8 episodes 2 per episode

He exited to Snap for $166M— built an AI video startup, then raised $50M. | Alex Mashrabov, Found... · PMF Show Dec 4, 2025 · 6 mentions · from 3:44
Amplitude is now a $1.5B public company. Here's how they beat competitors with a 10x cheaper prod... · PMF Show Feb 20, 2025 · 3 mentions · from 1:07
He made 2 key changes —then grew to $100M ARR in 2 years & exited for $2B. | Harish Abbott, Found... · PMF Show Nov 6, 2025 · 1 mention · from 29:02
Adam Neumann Returns, SV Spies, AI Robots Rise | April Startup News w/ Jack Kuveke · PMF Show May 8, 2025 · 1 mention · from 26:50
He invested in 684 AI startups—& realized that quitters always win. | Jack Kuveke, Founder turned... · PMF Show Apr 1, 2025 · 1 mention · from 33:31
From mushroom-picking in Belarus to $200M/year. How he built Flo Health into a $1B health app. | ... · PMF Show Mar 10, 2025 · 1 mention · from 13:36
This 1st time founder raised a $38M Series A—after taking over 2 years to launch. | Chris Ellis, ... · PMF Show Feb 17, 2025 · 1 mention · from 19:41
He lost his only 2 customers & was ready to quit—then he grew to $1.5M ARR in a year. | Josh Domi... · PMF Show Jan 20, 2025 · 1 mention · from 2:38
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2024 10 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode

He grew to $22M ARR in 4 years—but regrets spending so much on growth. | Chris Walker, Founder of... · PMF Show Jun 17, 2024 · 3 mentions · from 1:54
His robotics startup raised $400M, his VC fund over $4B—& he ran both at the same time. Here's ho... · PMF Show Nov 4, 2024 · 2 mentions · from 7:07
He took on Uber & grew Rappi to $5B—here’s why the craziest founders often win. | Andres Bilbao, ... · PMF Show Sep 16, 2024 · 2 mentions · from 15:04
COVID nearly bankrupted him. Then with AI he grew from $0 to $25M ARR in 4 years. | Andrew Lockhe... · PMF Show May 13, 2024 · 2 mentions · from 24:22
How to Bootstrap from 0 to Millions in Revenue w/ Ilya (CEO & Founder, Vanhack) · PMF Show Mar 8, 2024 · 1 mention · from 2:17
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2023 1 mention in 1 episode

Martin Basiri, Founder of Applyboard | How to Find Product Market Fit · PMF Show Jul 3, 2023 · 1 mention · from 9:23
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Nov 4, 2024 neutral

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Susan: Onshoring manufacturers cannot match China's labor volume due to attrition

“Now they are struggling to find those people. There is incredibly high attrition. They want to onshore manufacturing, so they cannot have the same amount of people they had in China.”

Lior Susan Nov 4, 2024 ▶ 31:16 His robotics startup raised $400M, his VC fund over $4B—& he ran both at the same time. Here's ho... · PMF Show

Nov 4, 2024 neutral

Assertion Contradicted

Flex's Zhuhai manufacturing campus in China employed 80,000 people

“I flew to Juhai one of the largest facilities of Flex. In China, there's about 80,000 people on that campus, just to give you a sense.”

Lior Susan Nov 4, 2024 ▶ 7:01 His robotics startup raised $400M, his VC fund over $4B—& he ran both at the same time. Here's ho... · PMF Show

Jan 20, 2025

Assertion Supported

Domingues: Global food waste is the third largest greenhouse gas emitter

“The statistic is if international food waste were a country, it'd be the third leading cause of greenhouse gas emission behind the U.S. And China”

Josh Domingues Jan 20, 2025 ▶ 2:38 He lost his only 2 customers & was ready to quit—then he grew to $1.5M ARR in a year. | Josh Domi... · PMF Show

Feb 17, 2025

Assertion Supported

Ellis: US Healthcare Accounts for Nearly 20% of GDP

“Almost 20% of GDP is healthcare. If it was its own country, it would be bigger than basically every other country but China.”

Chris Ellis Feb 17, 2025 ▶ 19:36 This 1st time founder raised a $38M Series A—after taking over 2 years to launch. | Chris Ellis, ... · PMF Show

Dec 4, 2025 neutral

Insight

Mashrabov: Chinese surveillance innovation propelled global synthetic media development

“So actually a lot of surveillance system innovation coming from China propelled synthetic media developments across the world.”

Alex Mashrabov Dec 4, 2025 ▶ 4:11 He exited to Snap for $166M— built an AI video startup, then raised $50M. | Alex Mashrabov, Found... · PMF Show

Jun 15, 2026 negative

Assertion Contradicted

Dan Mishin: The vast majority of top AI engineers are in China

“Vast majority of best AI engineers in the world are in China today.”

Dan Mishin Jun 15, 2026 ▶ 14:15 He quit his $50M ARR startup to work as a paralegal—then raised a $60M Series A. | Dan Mishin, Fo... · PMF Show

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