why aren't all 12 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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▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable
Assertion Contradicted
Kerner: Facebook Marketplace APIs Allow Third-Party Apps to Be Built
“I've already looked into it. Don't tell me the API permissions don't allow for it because they do.”
Assertion Supported
Kerner: 51% of Social Media Purchases Happen on Facebook Marketplace
“51% of all recent social media purchases, so like not Amazon, social media purposes, all happened on Facebook Marketplace, ok?”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Koerner: Automated AI agent arbitrage can build a 6- or 7-figure business
“I think you could build a six or a seven figure business around what I'm doing here. Not necessarily for pizza ovens, but for anything undervalued.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kerner: Germany Leads Health/Fitness Trends Which Later Move West
“Germany is the world leader when it comes to health and fitness trends, and those trends always come out west.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kerner: Buc-ee's omits dining seating because table square footage is unprofitable
“That's why one of their biggest complaints is no seating for food. Like, they sell, they have multiple restaurants in there, but you can't sit down and eat anywhere, and it's because it's not profitable for them to put in tables, right?”
Assertion Partly supported
Kerner: Kabuto King drove vintage card prices up 100x in 3 months
“And so now the price of a first edition Kabuto, ungraded, I think, last I checked, is like 10 to 20 dollars. So he has influenced the price to go up a hundred X plus over the course of about three months.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kerner: Lead gen businesses can easily reach multiple eight figures in revenue
“They can easily get to be eight figure, multiple eight figures in revenue, especially if they're in a profitable niche.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kerner: Shady Rays operates at 60% net margins
“Shady Rays was like, all right, here we've got 60% net margins.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kerner: Upwork freelancers can scrape 3M Shopify contacts for $20
“There are people that have Upwork accounts that have built with accounts and 20 bucks and you can have all three million Shopify stores contact info in your inbox.”
Assertion Supported
Kerner: Polished rock vending machines yield a 90% gross margin
“The rocks cost between five and 20 cents each. You sell them for two dollars each. That's a 90% profit margin.”
Assertion Supported
Kerner: Facebook Reels allows clickable comment links unlike Instagram
“In Instagram, key differentiator, you can, there are no clickable links in the comments. On Facebook, there are.”
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Kerner: Shady Rays is a $130M brand built on lifetime warranties
“Shady Rays is a hundred and thirty million dollar sunglasses brand, and their entire business was built on their lifetime warranty.”