why aren't all 8 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
Insight
Goldberg: Digital sizing surveys fail to overcome trust issues for premium apparel
“And what we found is a lot of great brands out there, but when you're talking about a product that's, I don't know, 500 dollars, 700 dollars, maybe even a thousand dollars. That little extra convenience of being able to fill out a survey in someone's home didn…”
Opinion
Goldberg: Sene's fit technology cannot scale into a multi-hundred-million-dollar platform
“I don't think there's anything novel enough in the underlying fit technology To build the whole base of the company around that. And I don't think that will scale to be a multi hundred million dollar technology platform.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lee: Sene maintains an online order return rate under 6 percent
“Our return rate for online orders is sub six percent.”
Prediction Open · timeframe Mar 2027
Lee: Sene will reduce delivery lead times to 5-7 days
“So right now the lead time is about two and a half weeks, and then we think within two years we can get it down to about five to seven days from order to delivery.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lee: Sene reached a $1.6M run rate while fully bootstrapped
“We're at a 1.6 million run rate, and that's bootstrap to date.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lee: Sene grew 60 percent month-over-month for seven consecutive months
“For the last seven consecutive months, we've been growing at 60% month over month.”
Assertion Partly supported
Lee: Traditional custom suit shops like Indochino do not accept returns
“Traditionally, whether it's Indochino or one of these other custom shops, you can't return the product.”
Assertion Contradicted
Lee: Sene raised $500,000 via crowdfunding after all VCs passed
“So we raised half a million, all the VCs passed and all the angels and customers came in.”