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6 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Oct 27, 2020 by Keith Perhack · said 101 times in 45 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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Oct 27, 2020
Assertion Supported
Perhack: Maneesh Sethi hired a Craigslist worker to slap him for goofing off
“It was actually Manish Sethi, who hired someone off of Craigslist to slap him each time that he looked at Reddit or anything like that. So he did a whole blog post about this, but essentially he hired someone to sit next to him, and every time he goofed off, l…”
Keith Perhack Oct 27, 2020 ▶ 27:18 Episode 520 | Why a Million Dollar Agency Quit It All and Moved to SaaS
Sep 19, 2023 positive
Insight
Walling: Phased product rollouts are far more optimal than massive public launches
“I've done it myself, I've seen other folks do these phased launches, and that is, I would say, a much, much more optimal way to bring a product to market, rather than try to do the big product on Reddit Hacker News launch, where this is what you run into.”
Rob Walling Sep 19, 2023 ▶ 8:09 Episode 679 | Mock Features, A Failed Launch, Becoming a Freelanc...
Sep 19, 2023 negative
Opinion
Walling: AI content lacking human domain expertise cannot compete for SEO rankings
“I think the AI generated stuff, it just isn't there yet, and so if you don't have That last 20% to get it, you know, again, it's eighty-twenty, right, where AI can maybe get you 80% of the way there, but if you don't have the last 20% yourself, I think it's a …”
Rob Walling Sep 19, 2023 ▶ 15:59 Episode 679 | Mock Features, A Failed Launch, Becoming a Freelanc...
Dec 5, 2023 negative
Opinion
Privacy purists on forums are 'assholes' about bulk email being spam
“There are privacy purists on the internet who say anytime any bulk email is spam, and they're just assholes about it, you know, and we would get this complaint all the time, and we'd have these people who were either, they were so far off in their perception o…”
Rob Walling Dec 5, 2023 ▶ 9:38 Episode 690 | When Opt-in Email Could Be Spam, Collecting Custome...
Oct 15, 2024 neutral
Disclosure
TinySeed funded Postpone despite a 100% Reddit customer concentration
“Grant, he's a tiny seed founder, started Postpone, and it was just for Reddit. And so when we funded him, we said, your customer concentration is basically a hundred percent Reddit. We think you should diversify into other platforms, and he was already on boar…”
Rob Walling Oct 15, 2024 ▶ 6:14 Episode 735 | The 8 Levels of SaaS Platform Risk (A Rob Solo Adve...
Jan 6, 2026 negative
Opinion
Roeder: 'Practice' was a terrible startup name because it ruined searchability
“I do think they had just a terrible name. And I don't think that names matter that much at the end of the day, but this name was impossible to Google, impossible to track. It's like, you can't see when people are talking about you on Reddit or Facebook or anyt…”
Laura Roeder Jan 6, 2026 ▶ 29:31 Episode 814 | How to Beat a Venture-Backed Competitor (with Laura...
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