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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Opinion
Manus: Bandwagon provides little value to sports teams
“They like to control their tickets, they like to know what's going on, but I don't see this as a big value to the teams, to tell you the truth.”
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Diamond: Hughes will easily raise his $1.5M round for Bandwagon
“I think he'll raise this round, no problem. He's great. He'll get to 1.5, and then we'll see where it goes.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hughes: Bandwagon has 558,000 tickets loaded on its blockchain
“So we have 558,000 tickets already on our blockchain for an MLS soccer team, and we have an NFL team that shares that same stadium.”
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Hughes: Bandwagon will sign three more stadiums in 2018
“We'll sign three more teams three more stadiums. Two of them will be NFL, or excuse me, two of them will be professional and then one of them will be a collegiate team.”
Opinion
Diamond: Bandwagon's rival blockchain startup is one to two years ahead
“They're very well funded, and I feel like they're a year or two ahead of you, and I didn't get into their last round because I was staying away from blockchain.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Hughes: Bandwagon can generate $100K in revenue per stadium
“We should be able to do a 100,000 dollars per stadium that we sign on.”
Insight
Manus: Ticketmaster is hard to integrate with and has long sales cycles
“Just so you know, I've worked with TickMaster a lot. This is not an easy left. Just so you know, it's hard to integrate into their system. It's hard to get in their trust. It's a long sales cycle. It's a long integration cycle. It's a long, it's, there's a lot…”
Disclosure
Hughes: Bandwagon has one team on blockchain and a Ticketmaster API
“And so we have one team that's already loaded their blockchain, their tickets. Another one will go in on July. We're redesigning our dashboard. There's an API that we've already built for Ticketmaster customers.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hughes: Bandwagon captured data on 48% of attendees in Sacramento State pilot
“We captured 48% of their baseball fans in our eight game pilot with them.”
Assertion Supported
Bandwagon is one of the first ticketing partners on IBM Hyperledger
“We're one of the first partners in IBM's Hyperledger Fabric blockchain using it in a ticketing application.”
Disclosure
Hughes: Bandwagon is raising $1.5M to address $2.3B ticket fraud industry
“So my team, small yet scrappy, is here raising 1.5 million dollars to address the 2.3 billion dollar ticket fraud industry and really reshape what authenticity and validity looks like in the secondary ticket market.”
Assertion Supported
Josh Muccio: Bandwagon Is Raising Capital via Equity Crowdfunding Through 2018
“Harold is still working to fill out the round, and he's actually doing an equity crowdfunding campaign, raising money from the general public through the end of 2018.”