The Argument Index
Debate potential by speaker, the highest-scored statement each year, and the companies with the most bearish calls on record. All of it clickable, all of it playable.
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Average debate potential by speaker
All 173 guests with 5 or more scored statements, ranked. 49 more have fewer than 5, too few for a fair average, and the host is scored on his own page. Sort or filter below.
| # | Person | Avg debate potential | Statements scored |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio Forenza Founder & CEO, AWEAR | 2.75 | 8 |
| 2 | Hayden Sonnad Co-Founder & CCO, Carmiq | 2.7 | 10 |
| 3 | David Goldberg Board Partner & Co-Founder, Alpaca VC | 2.6 | 5 |
| 4 | Michael Hyatt Executive Chairman, DataStealth | 2.44 | 63 |
| 5 | Jake Chapman Managing Partner, Marque Ventures | 2.41 | 34 |
| 6 | Howie Diamond Managing Partner, Pure Ventures | 2.4 | 43 |
| 7 | Ben Trenda Founder, Backchannel | 2.38 | 8 |
| 8 | Laura Bilizarian Founder, SevenCommas | 2.33 | 9 |
| 9 | Daniel Gulati | 2.29 | 42 |
| 10 | Martin Tobias Investor, Incisive Ventures bio Martin Tobias is an investor at Incisive Ventures. He appears on The Pitch to assess and back startup founders. | 2.25 | 12 |
| 11 | Alex Besenval | 2.25 | 8 |
| 12 | Jennifer Brandel Co-Founder and CEO, Hearken | 2.25 | 8 |
| 13 | Demetrius Gray Founder & CEO, Captain | 2.2 | 5 |
| 14 | Kalle Freese Co-Founder, COO & Head of Product, Taika | 2.2 | 5 |
| 15 | Jonathan Kumar Founder & Head of Outcomes, Samaritan | 2.18 | 11 |
| 16 | Sheel Mohnot Co-Founder & General Partner, Better Tomorrow Ventures | 2.17 | 23 |
| 17 | Sarah Downey Operating Partner, Accomplice VC | 2.14 | 22 |
| 18 | Christopher Hussain Founder & CEO, RealKey | 2.14 | 7 |
| 19 | Sterling Smith Founder & CEO, RightMatch AI | 2.13 | 15 |
| 20 | Dawn Dixon Founder & CEO, PopCom | 2.12 | 25 |
| 21 | Chelsea Lee Co-founder and CEO, Shipsi | 2.12 | 8 |
| 22 | Jared Kugel Founder & CEO, Tire Agent | 2.12 | 8 |
| 23 | Al Bsharah Managing Partner, Interlock Capital | 2.11 | 9 |
| 24 | Tina Hedges Founder and CEO, LOLI Beauty | 2.1 | 10 |
| 25 | Topias Soininen Co-founder & General Partner, Failup Ventures | 2.1 | 10 |
| 26 | Juan Pablo Segura Assistant Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State | 2.09 | 11 |
| 27 | Elias Stahl Co-founder & CEO, HILOS | 2.07 | 15 |
| 28 | Gabe Elias Co-Founder and CEO, Material | 2.05 | 19 |
| 29 | Mac Conwell Founder & Managing Partner, RareBreed Ventures | 2.05 | 40 |
| 30 | Jillian Manus Managing Partner, Structure Capital | 2.05 | 138 |
| 31 | Phil Nadel Managing Director, Forefront Venture Partners | 2.01 | 94 |
| 32 | Rowe Metzer Founder and CEO, Avelo Running | 2 | 9 |
| 33 | Hunter Walk Partner & Co-Founder, Homebrew | 2 | 7 |
| 34 | James Altucher Host, The James Altucher Show | 2 | 5 |
| 35 | Tiffany Walling McGarrity Co-Founder and CEO, Metapyxl | 2 | 5 |
| 36 | Andrea Madho Founder, Lab141 | 2 | 14 |
| 37 | Blake Sorensen Founder & CEO, Blake's Seed Based | 2 | 7 |
| 38 | Vanessa Clark Co-Founder, Atomos | 2 | 13 |
| 39 | Peter Bokoff Founder & CTO, Nobal Technologies | 2 | 9 |
| 40 | Elizabeth Yin Co-Founder and General Partner, Hustle Fund | 1.98 | 122 |
| 41 | Cyan Banister General Partner, Long Journey Ventures | 1.97 | 29 |
| 42 | Charles Hudson Founder and Managing Partner, Precursor Ventures | 1.96 | 206 |
| 43 | Kevin Allen Co-Founder & COO, Access Mode | 1.95 | 19 |
| 44 | Dan Hershberg Founder and General Manager, Amateur Golf Society | 1.94 | 18 |
| 45 | Marquette Burton | 1.92 | 13 |
| 46 | Dr. Therese Canaris Founder & CEO, CurieDx | 1.91 | 11 |
| 47 | Chelsea Brownridge Associate Director, Program Management, frog | 1.91 | 11 |
| 48 | Davina Desai Founder & CEO, Kinometrix | 1.9 | 10 |
| 49 | Miki Agrawal Founder, TUSHY | 1.9 | 10 |
| 50 | Jenny Fielding Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Everywhere Ventures | 1.88 | 8 |
| 51 | David Sarabia Founder & CEO, inRecovery | 1.88 | 8 |
| 52 | Kenny Rose Founder & CEO, FranShares | 1.84 | 25 |
| 53 | Gwyneth Borden Founder, Remynt | 1.83 | 12 |
| 54 | Ramya Passett Co-Founder, BlueFoot | 1.83 | 6 |
| 55 | Tommy Duquette Co-Founder & Head of Content, FightCamp | 1.83 | 6 |
| 56 | Jorge Rios Co-founder & CEO, Bridgefy | 1.82 | 11 |
| 57 | Jessa Lux Co-Founder, Ride iQ | 1.82 | 11 |
| 58 | Margot Schmorak Founder, Hostfully bio Margot Schmorak is the founder of Hostfully, a platform that helps vacation rental properties manage their online operations. She pitched her business to venture capitalists on The Pitch. | 1.82 | 22 |
| 59 | David Dicko Airbus A220 Captain, Air France | 1.81 | 16 |
| 60 | Ben Zeises Founder & General Partner, SuperAngel.Fund | 1.8 | 5 |
| 61 | Jesse Middleton General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners | 1.8 | 30 |
| 62 | Adam Weinstein Founder & CEO, ThriveFantasy | 1.8 | 5 |
| 63 | Jenna Kerner Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Harper Wilde | 1.8 | 5 |
| 64 | Anastasia Trofimova Founder, Sundae | 1.79 | 14 |
| 65 | Kinzie Lux Co-Founder & CEO, Ride iQ | 1.78 | 9 |
| 66 | Sofia Dominguez Founder, SVRF | 1.78 | 9 |
| 67 | Hunter Rosenblum Co-Founder and CEO, Ordo | 1.78 | 9 |
| 68 | Paige Finn Doherty Founding Partner, Behind Genius Ventures | 1.77 | 13 |
| 69 | Ariel Puga Founder, Finnecto | 1.77 | 13 |
| 70 | Michele Callegari Co-founder & CEO, Barberino's | 1.75 | 16 |
| 71 | Alon Schwartz Co-Founder and COO, Trellis | 1.75 | 20 |
| 72 | Xiao Wang Co-Founder and CEO, Boundless Immigration | 1.74 | 19 |
| 73 | Chad Wilson Founder & CEO, immersionED | 1.73 | 11 |
| 74 | Mike Burton Founder, Lockstop | 1.72 | 25 |
| 75 | Luke Barkley Young Co-founder & CEO, Outlines | 1.72 | 29 |
| 76 | Alexandra Stanton CEO, Empire Global Ventures LLC | 1.71 | 7 |
| 77 | Jason Fox Vice President, Growe 3PL Real Estate | 1.71 | 7 |
| 78 | Paul Kesserwani Former Founder & CEO, Cushion | 1.71 | 17 |
| 79 | Meghan Carreau Group Director, UX & AI, Dentsu | 1.71 | 7 |
| 80 | Cody Candee Co-founder & CEO, Bounce | 1.7 | 27 |
| 81 | Ryan Lee | 1.69 | 13 |
| 82 | Whitman Kwok Founder & CEO, KAV | 1.67 | 12 |
| 83 | Jim Brown Co-Founder and CEO, Uncovered | 1.67 | 27 |
| 84 | Ismail Salhi Co-Founder and CEO, Wildgrain | 1.67 | 15 |
| 85 | Josh Israel Co-founder & CEO, Hale Therapeutics | 1.67 | 9 |
| 86 | Andrew Hoagland Founder, Vetd | 1.67 | 6 |
| 87 | Al Lagunas Founder & CEO, Levee | 1.64 | 14 |
| 88 | Aparna Srinivasan Founder, SpotOn, null, | 1.64 | 14 |
| 89 | Ben Walters Head of Journeys, Fullscript | 1.64 | 11 |
| 90 | Kate McAndrew Co-Founder & General Partner, Baukunst | 1.62 | 13 |
| 91 | Nehomitza Calvin Co-Founder and CEO, Vital Audio | 1.62 | 8 |
| 92 | Nilo Rahmani Co-Founder & CEO, Thoras AI | 1.62 | 8 |
| 93 | Neal Sales-Griffin Managing Director, Techstars | 1.6 | 5 |
| 94 | Capri Wheaton Investor, Palm Drive Capital | 1.6 | 10 |
| 95 | Tiffany Dufu President, Tory Burch Foundation | 1.6 | 10 |
| 96 | Spencer Shulam Founder and CEO, BuildBetter | 1.6 | 10 |
| 97 | Amanda Weeks VP of Ambrosia, Recycle Track Systems | 1.59 | 29 |
| 98 | Kavita Guy Co-founder and CEO, Nectir | 1.58 | 19 |
| 99 | Ariana Vargas Head of Brand Media & Events, Populous | 1.57 | 7 |
| 100 | Claire Smith Founder & CEO, Teffola | 1.57 | 7 |
| 101 | David Matthews Founder, Dotcal Corporation, Inc. / Dotcal (or just Founder, Dotcal) | 1.57 | 7 |
| 102 | Rama Poola Founder & CEO, SkyHi | 1.57 | 7 |
| 103 | Luis Sánchez Co-Founder & CEO, KredFeed | 1.56 | 18 |
| 104 | Vita Mallela Co-founder & CEO, Flock AI | 1.56 | 9 |
| 105 | Orion Brown Founder & CEO, The Black Travel Box | 1.56 | 9 |
| 106 | Chinar Movsisian AI & Product Leader, ActiveCampaign | 1.55 | 11 |
| 107 | Chase Robbins Co-Founder and CEO, Handle Delivery | 1.55 | 56 |
| 108 | Duval Sanchez | 1.55 | 11 |
| 109 | Louis Medina Co-founder & CEO, Tether | 1.55 | 11 |
| 110 | Ryan James Co-Founder and CEO, Dopl Technologies | 1.54 | 13 |
| 111 | Edward Brawer Founder, Podcast AI | 1.54 | 13 |
| 112 | Ben Taft Founder & General Partner, Genius Ventures | 1.5 | 6 |
| 113 | Dean Eberhardt Founder & CTO, ReCraft | 1.5 | 6 |
| 114 | Emmanuel Brown Co-Founder and Co-CEO, ChurchSpace | 1.5 | 18 |
| 115 | Debbie Wei Mullin Founder and CEO, Copper Cow Coffee | 1.5 | 28 |
| 116 | Ray Lee Founder, Sene | 1.5 | 6 |
| 117 | Tom Impalameni Co-founder & CEO, Tribe XR | 1.5 | 8 |
| 118 | Susan Sirota Founder, Waggit | 1.5 | 8 |
| 119 | Harold Hughes Founder & CEO, NFNTE Capital | 1.5 | 10 |
| 120 | Julie Roth Novak CEO and Co-Founder, PartySlate | 1.5 | 12 |
| 121 | John Rinaldi Founder, JiobitJohn Rinaldi is the founder of Jiobit, a company that makes geotracking devices for children. He pitched the startup to investors on The Pitch. | 1.5 | 8 |
| 122 | Evan Thomas Co-Founder, Guru Games | 1.5 | 6 |
| 123 | Thor Wood Founder & CEO, SnapShyft | 1.45 | 11 |
| 124 | Amado Guloy Former Founder & CEO, Rex Animal Health | 1.45 | 20 |
| 125 | Julian Alvarez Co-founder & CEO, Jungle | 1.44 | 18 |
| 126 | Emily Kennison Founder & CEO, RobeCurls | 1.44 | 16 |
| 127 | Ofo Ezeugwu Founder and CEO, WhoseYourLandlord | 1.44 | 9 |
| 128 | Anthony Gonzalez Co-CEO, Cobalt Service Partners | 1.44 | 9 |
| 129 | Mark Phillips Founder & Managing Partner, 11 Tribes Ventures | 1.43 | 7 |
| 130 | Kayla Epps Founder and CEO, Oma Health | 1.43 | 7 |
| 131 | Pierre Laguerre Founder, Fleeting | 1.43 | 14 |
| 132 | Matthew Peltier Co-Founder, Community | 1.43 | 7 |
| 133 | Luisa Castellanos Co-Founder and COO, Science On Call | 1.42 | 19 |
| 134 | Kathy Wong Co-founder & CEO, FolioWorks | 1.42 | 24 |
| 135 | Virginia Frischkorn Founder & CEO, Partytrick | 1.42 | 12 |
| 136 | James Kubik Founder, Somewear | 1.42 | 12 |
| 137 | Alexa Von Tobel Founder & Managing Partner, Inspired Capital | 1.4 | 10 |
| 138 | Beck Bamberger Founder & Managing Partner, Bad Ideas Group | 1.4 | 10 |
| 139 | Allie Kamenetsky Founder & CEO, Modern Picnic | 1.4 | 10 |
| 140 | Kate Flynn Co-Founder and CEO, Sun & Swell | 1.4 | 10 |
| 141 | Jane Fisher Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Harper Wilde | 1.4 | 5 |
| 142 | Jen Saxton Founder, Tot Squad | 1.38 | 13 |
| 143 | Julia Dixon Founder, ESAI | 1.36 | 14 |
| 144 | Jason Vigo Co-Founder & CEO, Bevz | 1.35 | 17 |
| 145 | Madeline Fraser Founder & CEO, Gemist | 1.33 | 27 |
| 146 | Claire Coder Founder and CEO, Aunt Flow | 1.33 | 12 |
| 147 | Bobbi Racette Founder & President, Virtual Gurus | 1.33 | 9 |
| 148 | Jacqueline Fu Co-Founder and CEO, Pepper | 1.33 | 9 |
| 149 | Maryam Braima Founder & CEO, Kimoyo Insights | 1.32 | 37 |
| 150 | Capella Kerst Founder, geCKo Materials | 1.31 | 13 |
| 151 | Bill Smith Founder, Shipt | 1.31 | 13 |
| 152 | Zahra Kassam Founder, Monti Kids | 1.31 | 13 |
| 153 | Monica Williams Co-Founder and CEO, Scarlet by RedDrop | 1.3 | 10 |
| 154 | Nicole Sewell Founder & CEO, ECGO | 1.27 | 11 |
| 155 | Stefan Lobel Founder & CEO, Bluffworks | 1.27 | 11 |
| 156 | Phil Bearer Founder, FutureMoney | 1.25 | 12 |
| 157 | Maria Schneider | 1.25 | 8 |
| 158 | Christine Locker Founder & CEO, Locker | 1.24 | 21 |
| 159 | Ryan Husk Lead of Partnerships, Pulley | 1.22 | 9 |
| 160 | Kelsey Willock Co-Founder and CEO, Aura Finance | 1.2 | 20 |
| 161 | Leigh Isaacson Founder, Dig | 1.2 | 15 |
| 162 | Khalil Zahar Founder & CEO, FightCamp | 1.2 | 25 |
| 163 | Romy Rad Founder & Brand Strategist, Sunny Side Up | 1.2 | 10 |
| 164 | Joshua Zloof Founder, The Cozy Dragon | 1.19 | 16 |
| 165 | Jenna Sereni Founder, SALT + GROVE | 1.17 | 6 |
| 166 | Dennis Meng | 1.17 | 12 |
| 167 | Andrew McHugh Founder & CEO, Wist Labs | 1.14 | 7 |
| 168 | Nicole Toole Founder & CEO, ECGO | 1.12 | 8 |
| 169 | Max Tuchman Co-Founder and Former CEO, Caribu | 1.12 | 8 |
| 170 | Georgia Grace Edwards Co-Founder & CEO, Gnara | 1.08 | 13 |
| 171 | Kelvin Johnson Co-Founder and CEO, Brevity | 1 | 6 |
| 172 | Mike Slagh Founder and CEO, Shift | 1 | 15 |
| 173 | Max Pouvreau Founder, Petit Pot | 1 | 5 |
Companies
The most bearish calls
Debate potential is an AI score of how much a statement invites disagreement. Bearish counts tally what was said about a company on the show; they describe the conversation, not the company. Every count opens to the exact tape. full disclaimer →
All 242 companies, funds and products with at least one bearish claim on the record.