TikTok

9 statements across 5 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Sep 1, 2022 by Matt Whitteker · said 70 times in 25 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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Everything said about TikTok, oldest first

Sep 1, 2022 bullish
Opinion
Consumer startups should buy Spotify and TikTok ads for lowest CPMs
“So if you're doing a consumer good play, you may want to play with Spotify ads, TikTok ads, because those are the newest, lowest CPMs. Google and Facebook are going to be pretty saturated.”
Matt Whitteker Sep 1, 2022 ▶ 8:45 How to Come up with THREE Ideas | Matt Whitteker, Founder of Assent · PMF Show
Feb 24, 2025
Insight
Most products naturally fit only one major customer acquisition channel
“And for most companies, and for most products, there's typically one channel that works really well. I mean, if you even want to oversimplify it, think of it as like Google versus social. And social, I'll put in Meta, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, right? And wh…”
Hussein Fazal Feb 24, 2025 ▶ 53:32 He got rejected by 50 VCs & had 4 months of runway—3 years later, he's at $150M ARR & profitable.... · PMF Show
Aug 4, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Roy Lee: Cluely averages 80 million monthly views on Instagram and TikTok
“I think we're averaging somewhere around eighty million views a month on there.”
Roy Lee Aug 4, 2025 ▶ 38:47 He got kicked out of Harvard—then grew to $5M ARR in just 3 months. | Roy Lee, Co-Founder of Cluely · PMF Show
Aug 4, 2025 bearish
Opinion
Roy Lee: Gen Z lacks the ability to socialize and do deep work
“I mean, you could just tell, like, people don't know how to fucking socialize, and I feel like people don't know how to sit down and do hard, deep, meaningful work, and people don't know how to socialize and talk with each other, and everyone is so fucking, li…”
Roy Lee Aug 4, 2025 ▶ 7:40 He got kicked out of Harvard—then grew to $5M ARR in just 3 months. | Roy Lee, Co-Founder of Cluely · PMF Show
Nov 13, 2025 positive
Insight
Espinoza: Posting 1,000 regular social videos guarantees one million views
“Each video on Instagram or TikTok averages about a thousand views, everything, you know, regular, regular account. So the math is you do a thousand videos On a thousand, it has a thousand views, and you will guarantee a million.”
Matt Espinoza Nov 13, 2025 ▶ 7:15 At 21 he made his 1st million. At 23, he grew his startup to $8M ARR in 6 months. | Matt Espinoza... · PMF Show
Nov 13, 2025
Insight
Espinoza: New social accounts must warm up feed algorithms before posting
“Let's say you open up a brand new account, you post it, that's also useless, because it's not target audience posting. And so the ideal play, let's say you had a fitness app, is you want to create a new account, watch all the fitness YouTubers, follow all the …”
Matt Espinoza Nov 13, 2025 ▶ 9:27 At 21 he made his 1st million. At 23, he grew his startup to $8M ARR in 6 months. | Matt Espinoza... · PMF Show
Nov 13, 2025
Insight
Espinoza: Social accounts face diminishing returns past three daily video posts
“Per account, you can do about three videos. Three videos per day, I should say. And so anything above that, we notice there's diminishing returns. Anything below that, you're not doing enough.”
Matt Espinoza Nov 13, 2025 ▶ 8:22 At 21 he made his 1st million. At 23, he grew his startup to $8M ARR in 6 months. | Matt Espinoza... · PMF Show
Nov 13, 2025
Assertion Supported
Espinoza: TikTok and Instagram flag and suppress identical duplicate video uploads
“If you post the same video twice on TikTok or Instagram, it doesn't matter if it's a brand new account, a new account, or influencer account, they will flag that video as already being posted.”
Matt Espinoza Nov 13, 2025 ▶ 8:51 At 21 he made his 1st million. At 23, he grew his startup to $8M ARR in 6 months. | Matt Espinoza... · PMF Show
Dec 4, 2025 bullish
Assertion Partly supported
Mashrabov: US TikTok users average 90 minutes daily vs 47 on Instagram
“TikTok three years forward is the largest social media in the United States, and on average users spend 90 minutes in TikTok, while on Instagram, I think it's 47, and Snapchat around 29.”
Alex Mashrabov Dec 4, 2025 ▶ 11:38 He exited to Snap for $166M— built an AI video startup, then raised $50M. | Alex Mashrabov, Found... · PMF Show
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