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Assertion Open · timeframe Apr 2026
Liu: Benchmark memo told portfolio companies to radically rethink operations for AI
“One of the benchmark partners sent out this memo about, like, you know, it was basically a wake-up call to all of the portfolio companies to, like, you know, get with the program and, like, really radically rethink how you operate your business, like, immediat…”
Howie Liu Apr 29, 2026 ▶ 38:33 Making $$ with AI Agents
Assertion Open · timeframe Aug 2025
James's AI-built website outranked 20-year-old local competitors on Google search
“Now if you go to Google and you say mobile, Diesel mechanic Charlotte. And you look here, like we're showing up in the maps, like right away. And you know, we're in the top three organic results and these, some of these competitive websites and businesses have…”
James (The Boring Marketer) Aug 4, 2025 ▶ 22:43 How Claude Code Ranked Me FIRST on Google (It's OVER for SEO Agencies)
Assertion Not yet assessed · timeframe Jan 2025
Senra: 28 of Microsoft's first 30 employees were programmers
“The first 30 employees of Microsoft, 28 programmers, Bill Gates, secretary and assistant, and Bill Gates, and Bill was doing all the sales. He was all founder-led sales.”
David Senra Jan 27, 2025 ▶ 1:05:11 David Senra on How to Become a World Class Founder
Assertion Open · timeframe Nov 2025
Farroki: Polishing animations took app demo from 7 likes to 400K views
“This one had, like, a thousand plus likes on it, like, almost, I think three, 400,000 views. This one had, like, seven likes on it. It's the same exact thing that I tweeted the day before. Same concept. Like, you know, you just type in like Apple notes, you se…”
Chris Farroki Nov 24, 2025 ▶ 7:16 How I Design Apps 10x Better (Free Course)
Assertion Open · timeframe Jun 2023
Isenberg: Shaan Puri pivoted his startup after attending their founder mastermind
“We had Sean Puri from my first million come to the event and he pivoted his product shortly thereafter.”
Greg Isenberg Jun 1, 2023 ▶ 10:06 The IRL Tribes That Could Change Your Life
Assertion Not yet assessed · timeframe Nov 2022
Perell: Peter Thiel mandated PayPal employees focus on one single task
“At PayPal, he had this rule. Where every single person had to work on one thing and one thing only, and he would only talk to people about one thing.”
David Perell Nov 17, 2022 ▶ 36:01 Writing, Religion, and Walt Disney with David Perell
Assertion Open · timeframe Jun 2022
Smith: I was among the first 10,000 users on Twitter in 2006
“I remember being in the first 10,000 users in Twitter in 2006”
Julien Smith Jun 30, 2022 ▶ 18:26 How To Create Your Own Luck With Julien Smith
Assertion Open · timeframe Jan 2026
Thompson: AI-Generated 'Divorce Bible' Expands to 197 Pages
“I mean, this book For being AI generated, it's actually really good and it lands at a 197 printed pages.”
Samuel Thompson Jan 16, 2026 ▶ 6:50 I Spent $289 So AI Could Build My Business
Assertion Open · timeframe Dec 2024
Isenberg: YouTube channel grew from 11,000 to 146,000 subscribers in 2024
“At the end of 2023, I was at 11,000 YouTube subscribers. Today we're sitting at 146,000 subscribers.”
Greg Isenberg Dec 25, 2024 ▶ 17:53 My 2024 Year in Review (net worth update etc)
Assertion Open · timeframe Mar 2022
Bloom: Newsletter has roughly 72,000 subscribers as of March 2022
“I have my newsletter smaller than yours, Cody, mine goes to right now, I think like 72,000 people.”
Sahil Bloom Mar 17, 2022 ▶ 47:05 How to Get Rich Building Boring Businesses | Codie Sanchez, Contrarian Thinking
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