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Apolo Ohno

CEO, Olympic Mountain · 1 appearance on the record.

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Apolo Anton Ohno is an eight-time Olympic medalist and the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian in history, as well as a New York Times bestselling author. Following his skating career, he transitioned into entrepreneurship and venture capital, investing in health, longevity, and technology.

8statements → 3claims → 1claims resolved → 3.75/5average certainty → 2.25/5average debate potential → 1said about them ↓

1 supported 0 partly supported 0 contradicted 1 not yet assessed 1 not checkable as stated how the 3 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

2 predictions · 1 assertion · 4 insights · 1 what if · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertion are the 3 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, 1 is not yet assessed, and 1 names no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Apolo argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Apolo Ohno: Olympic athletes do not own rights to their competition moments
“The challenge that we had that I ran into very quickly was that the athletes actually don't own the rights. To their own shit.”
Apolo Ohno Dec 10, 2021 ▶ 45:48 Buying the X Games with Olympic Icon Apolo Ohno | Where It Happens

Everything Apolo Ohno said on the Startup Ideas Podcast that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Prediction Open · timeframe Dec 2026
Apolo Ohno: Esports will probably become an Olympic sport
“Like, esports will probably become an Olympic sport at some point.”
Apolo Ohno Dec 10, 2021 ▶ 40:04 Buying the X Games with Olympic Icon Apolo Ohno | Where It Happens
Insight
Ohno: 24/7 crypto traders live no better than 18-hour shift workers
“If you're a trader in crypto, and it requires you to be so glued to your devices all the time, and if you can't disengage for periods, you're actually no better off than the guy who's working 18 hour shifts. Like, you're exactly the same. Your number on the sc…”
Apolo Ohno Dec 10, 2021 ▶ 1:03:12 Buying the X Games with Olympic Icon Apolo Ohno | Where It Happens
What-if
Ohno: NBC should have hired creators over investing in Snapchat
“And I thought it was like, well, why would they just give the money to a public company versus going directly to the creators themselves? The top, top 50 creators in the world, right? Speak different languages and saying, we're going to give you all access rig…”
Apolo Ohno Dec 10, 2021 ▶ 29:44 Buying the X Games with Olympic Icon Apolo Ohno | Where It Happens
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Ohno: The Olympics will never become decentralized or fan-controlled
“I mean, it's never gonna happen for the Olympics, right? That's such a centralized, controlled entity.”
Apolo Ohno Dec 10, 2021 ▶ 36:46 Buying the X Games with Olympic Icon Apolo Ohno | Where It Happens
Insight
Ohno: USOPC operates on a loop of medals driving sponsorship revenue
“As a business, like if you take the USOC, the USOPC, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, their business model is to generate medals which then in turn attract sponsors so that they can continue their jobs and have trickle-down effect to supply …”
Apolo Ohno Dec 10, 2021 ▶ 38:36 Buying the X Games with Olympic Icon Apolo Ohno | Where It Happens
Assertion Supported
Apolo Ohno: Olympic athletes do not own rights to their competition moments
“The challenge that we had that I ran into very quickly was that the athletes actually don't own the rights. To their own shit.”
Apolo Ohno Dec 10, 2021 ▶ 45:48 Buying the X Games with Olympic Icon Apolo Ohno | Where It Happens
Insight
Ohno: Web3 culture creates toxic FOMO by signaling non-participants are inferior
“We do buy into the external signaling of society telling us what we should have, what you should be doing, which DAO you should be participating in, which new token launch you should have, which new game you should be participating in, which new play to earn, …”
Apolo Ohno Dec 10, 2021 ▶ 1:08:58 Buying the X Games with Olympic Icon Apolo Ohno | Where It Happens
Insight
Apolo Ohno: Humans are still driven by basic Neanderthal ego desires
“Because humans are still operating in the same kind of Neanderthal, like, ego-based, still chasing the same thing. And I think we like to hide behind this idea that we're here for maybe a greater purpose and cause. And I do believe that is the case, like, if y…”
Apolo Ohno Dec 10, 2021 ▶ 22:36 Buying the X Games with Olympic Icon Apolo Ohno | Where It Happens

The other half of the tape: Apolo Ohno's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 1 time in 1 episode on the Startup Ideas Podcast. every mention, with the transcript →

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Appearances (1)

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Buying the X Games with Olympic Icon Apolo Ohno | Where It Happens Dec 10, 2021 24m
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