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Every specific figure ever claimed on the show. 41 match this view. Red rows are numbers the cited sources contradict.

All Dollars Multiples Percentages Big numbers

Figure	As spoken	The claim	Who	When	Checked?
100×	“hundred times”	Gazdecki: Cold calling can make acquisition targets 100x more successful	Andrew Gazdecki	Mar 26, 2024	—
50×	“50 X”	Schroter: Startups.com Achieved a 50x Return Acquiring Distressed Startups	Will Schroter	Feb 27, 2024	—
20×	“20 times”	Gazdecki: Software businesses cannot be passed down as generational family assets	Andrew Gazdecki	Nov 14, 2023	—
20×	“20 times”	Keeley: Verne gave up convincing founders expecting 10x to 20x ARR multiples	Colin Keeley	Sep 13, 2022	—
20×	“20 X”	Gazdecki: Public SaaS valuation multiples dropped from 20x to 8x ARR	Andrew Gazdecki	May 23, 2022	Supported
18×	“18 X”	Rosen: Nomad Cloud sold for an 18x return in 11 months	Gabby Rosen	Feb 12, 2025	—
10×	“10 X”	Danilov: Selling founders should hand buyers a 10x business scaling plan	Nikita Danilov	Oct 7, 2025	—
10×	“10 X”	Levy-Garboua: WhatsApp cease-and-desist killed Noosa Labs' biggest potential revenue success	Pascal Levy-Garboua	Jul 3, 2024	—
10×	“10 times”	Gazdecki: Unrealistic 10x revenue expectations are why startups fail to sell	Andrew Gazdecki	Mar 5, 2024	—
10×	“10 X”	Alex Rainey: Fine-tuning AI models can improve output quality up to 10x	Alex Rainey	Jul 11, 2023	—
10×	“10 times”	Speiser sold Brax for over a 10x return in 18 months	Joe Speiser	Aug 16, 2022	—
10×	“10 X”	Gazdecki: 10x ARR Multiples Require at Least $10M in Revenue	Andrew Gazdecki	Jun 6, 2022	—
9×	“nine times”	Bickhart applied to Y Combinator eight or nine times before Minnow	Jes Bickhart	Oct 24, 2023	—
9×	“nine times”	Gazdecki: Slow Founder Communication Causes 90% of Stalled Acquisitions	Andrew Gazdecki	May 23, 2023	—
8×	“eight X”	Gazdecki: Public SaaS valuation multiples dropped from 20x to 8x ARR	Andrew Gazdecki	May 23, 2022	Supported
6×	“six X”	Saini: Listed Reetail at a 3x multiple, well below typical SaaS valuations	Sukh (Paul) Saini	Jan 29, 2025	—
5×	“five X”	Yardini: Small Business Buyers Should Prioritize Competitor Validation Over Profitability	Chan Yardini	Jul 21, 2025	—
5×	“five times”	Shepard: SaaS is valued on profitability and founder independence, not revenue	Luke Shepard	Mar 26, 2024	—
5×	“five X”	Alex Rainey: Fine-tuning AI models can improve output quality up to 10x	Alex Rainey	Jul 11, 2023	—
5×	“five X”	Skaalerud: Skaling Ventures targets an average 3x ARR multiple for acquisitions	Kjael Skaalerud	Jun 27, 2023	—
5×	“five times”	Kozinsky: Enduring Ventures targets 3x-5x cash flow multiples for acquisitions	Sieva Kozinsky	Jul 19, 2022	—
5×	“five x”	Tung: Reporty Was Valued and Sold at a 5x Multiple	Chris Tung	Nov 15, 2021	—
4×	“four X”	Yardini: Small Business Buyers Should Prioritize Competitor Validation Over Profitability	Chan Yardini	Jul 21, 2025	—
4×	“four X”	Gazdecki: Potion.so sold for roughly a 4x multiple	Andrew Gazdecki	Jul 5, 2023	—
4×	“four times”	Gazdecki: In-line startup valuations see 2x to 4x higher buyer interest	Andrew Gazdecki	Nov 8, 2022	—
4×	“four times”	Keeley: Verne typically values acquisitions using SDE and pays 1-4x ARR	Colin Keeley	Sep 13, 2022	—
4×	“four times”	Abousleiman: Shopify partner ecosystem generates 3-4x Shopify's platform revenue	Marc Abousleiman	Jul 26, 2022	Supported
3×	“three X”	Yardini: Small Business Buyers Should Prioritize Competitor Validation Over Profitability	Chan Yardini	Jul 21, 2025	—
3×	“three X”	Saini: Listed Reetail at a 3x multiple, well below typical SaaS valuations	Sukh (Paul) Saini	Jan 29, 2025	—
3×	“three X”	Acquirers valuing tech and moats pay higher multiples than cash-flow buyers	Mark Givko	Sep 25, 2024	—
3×	“three X”	Ken Savage: Solopreneur Agency Yielded 3.5x Income on One-Third the Time	Ken Savage	Jan 16, 2024	—
3×	“three times”	Aiello: DimeADozen listed on Acquire.com at 3x revenue after six months	Salvatore Aiello	Nov 29, 2023	—
3×	“three X”	Skaalerud: Skaling Ventures targets an average 3x ARR multiple for acquisitions	Kjael Skaalerud	Jun 27, 2023	—
3×	“three times”	Acquiring small companies requires the same effort as much larger deals	Marty Balkema	May 31, 2022	—
3×	“three X”	Patel: Voila Norbert roughly tripled in year one from basic CRO	Sujan Patel	Mar 14, 2022	—
2.5×	“2.5 X”	Jeanne listed MakeLogo.ai on Acquire.com at a 2.5x revenue multiple	Nico Jeanne	Apr 11, 2023	—
2×	“two times”	Bickhart: TV discovery is harder than music due to longer sampling times	Jes Bickhart	Oct 24, 2023	—
2×	“two X”	Skaalerud: Skaling Ventures targets an average 3x ARR multiple for acquisitions	Kjael Skaalerud	Jun 27, 2023	—
2×	“two X”	Rathee: Founders should ignore early 1.5x to 2x lowball acquisition offers	Jaisal Rathee	Aug 30, 2022	—
2×	“two X”	Lobo: Bi-weekly webinars drove 60,000 subscribers and 2M YouTube views	Lloyd Lobo	Jul 12, 2022	—
2×	“two X”	Toledano predicts his $500K MicroAngel portfolio will return 2x in two years	Eyal Toledano	Nov 15, 2021	—

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