why aren't all 10 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 1 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
Opinion
Yanowitz: Crypto is the only real venture-investable vertical today
“I really think crypto is the only real venture investable vertical that is taking place right now.”
Opinion
Yanowitz: Negative CAC is probably the only way to build successful SaaS today
“This idea of like creating a negative CAC SaaS business is Probably the only way to build a successful SaaS business today in my mind.”
Opinion
Yanowitz: Notion pages often fail as startup company wikis
“I think a lot of people now with startups do it on notion, but that doesn't really solve it because notions pages, even though I want to love them, they end up oftentimes sucking and there's like, it's really hard to find things.”
Prediction Open · timeframe May 2049
Yanowitz: Men's personal care market will grow 20x like women's did
“The women's Personal care market. Went from twenty seven billion in 1997 to five hundred and eleven billion, right? It grew about 20 X in the last 25 years. I think the men's care market is about to do the same thing.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Yanowitz: Health and longevity figures becoming major celebrities is historically unprecedented
“Look at Huberman, Peter Atiyah, like Brian Johnson, like these weird, like health folks are celebrities now. That's never happened in the history of the U.S. Or the world.”
Insight
Yanowitz: Building niche B2B media is the best start for first-time founders
“I think for first time founders I am convinced that building a B to B niche media brand is the best way to go make your first buck.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Yanowitz: Meme-coin-backed startup hits $500k/day revenue in two months
“I talked to a company earlier this week that's doing 500 K a day in revenue. They have 40,000 users. They launched a couple months ago and they built on the back of this like meme coin community.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Jason Yanowitz: Blockworks reached $25.5M in revenue by its fifth year
“First year of business, 250 K of revenue. Second year of business, two million of revenue. Third year of business, three and a half million. Fourth year, 12 and a half million. Fifth year, 25 and a half million. So, and we didn't raise any venture that whole t…”
Disclosure
Yanowitz: Blockworks raised $12M at a $135M post-money valuation in 2023
“So then in May or April, 20, 23, about a year ago, we raised twelve million at a one 35 post money valuation.”
Assertion Supported
Yanowitz: Degen Layer 3 leads the Ethereum ecosystem in TPS
“And that the Degen chain L three is doing the most transactions per second in the entire Ethereum ecosystem today.”