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Josh Muccio: James Altucher never wrote checks to any Pitch founders
“He never actually wrote checks to any of the founders on our show.”
Muccio: Survey showed only 8% of Black applicants received federal relief funds
“A survey published in May found that only eight percent of African-American business owners that had applied for federal relief or assistance actually received the money.”
Salhi: CDs remained the most gifted music format in 2016
“And 30%, the highest, the most gifted item today, in 2016, wait for it, is still the CD.”
Muccio: Tesla will prohibit self-driving tech on third-party ride-sharing services
“They will not permit Tesla's self-driving technology to be used on any ride-sharing service except for their own.”
Israel says vaping illnesses stem from black-market THC, not nicotine vapes
“If you look at nicotine-based vapes, there hasn't been any directly related health crisis or crises that have sprung up because of them. It's all been linked to THC and vitamin E or vitamin A acetate and the THC kind of black market pods.”
Dufu cites a report showing 0.6% of VC went to Black women
“I don't know if you guys know the statistics, but last year, Digital Undivided produced a report called Project Diane, and out of all the venture capital that was raised from 22,009 until that year, only .6% of it went to Black female founders.”
Madho: Only 0.1% of luxury clothing fits 67% of American women
“0.1% of luxury clothes are available to the 67% of American women.”
Brownridge: DogSpot's UV lights eliminate dog flu and kennel cough between stays
“So there's a UV light sanitation in the roof of the house, which takes care of dog flu, kennel cough, any communicable disease that goes off between every single stay, and once a day it gets what we call a daily spot check.”
Muccio: Kassam accepted a $200K and $800K royalty deal from Kevin O'Leary
“In the end, she got a deal from Kevin O'Leary, AKA Mr. Wonderful. But it wasn't the deal she asked for. Zara walked in asking for 200,000 dollars at the same eight million dollar valuation she got from investors on the pitch. But she came out with 200,000 doll…”
Kesserwani: Competitor Albert cannot take direct account actions
“No, they can't. They cannot take actions within the user's account.”
Josh Muccio: Only one percent of venture capital goes to Black founders
“And when you look at what VCs do with their money, just one percent of it goes to black founders.”
Rios: Bridgefy leads offline communications by millions of users with no active rivals
“And I cleared up that that competitor hasn't operated. They stopped existing in 2018, and this space is not crowded at all. We are the market leader by millions of users.”
Kayla Epps: Under 1% of venture capital goes to Black founders
“I mean, you hear horror stories, and I'll be candid, I mean, less than, what, one percent of VC dollars go to Black founders, and I think it's even smaller for Black women founders, so I was under no assumptions that it was going to be an easy ride.”
Sánchez: Mandatory Mexican e-invoicing makes unpaid factoring a criminal fraud
“We track every single invoice on real-time due to the electronic invoicing being mandatory in Mexico, so we know the status of every invoice on real-time. So if they get paid by their customer and they don't pay us, that's considered fraud. So that's a crimina…”
Sánchez: CredFeed needs only 5,000 of Mexico's 770,000 manufacturers for $100M ARR
“Today there are 770,000 manufacturing companies just in Mexico. We only need 5000 to get to a hundred million dollars in annual recurring revenue to be a billion dollar company with the average revenue that we're generating today with our current users.”
Robbins: Campus security blocks DoorDash after 10 p.m. while Handle couriers enter
“In the evenings, because of COVID, schools have gotten incredibly tight around who's allowed on campus. So if I'm a USC student, after 10 p.m., I actually can't get a DoorDash delivery, even to the building I'm in, much less my door. Because we're using studen…”
Trofimova: Nestlé spends over $1B annually on US digital marketing
“If you take just one brand, let's say Nestle, they're spending over just in the US and just on digital marketing over a billion dollars every year.”
Trofimova: US online grocery grew from 2-3% in 2019 to nearly 20%
“So I can tell you that in 2019, just in the US, online grocery shopping was two or three percent of the total market. Now it's almost 20%.”
Metzer: Studies show up to 79% of runners get injured annually
“Studies show that up to 79% of runners are injured every single year.”
The Trump administration carved out Work-Study from Department of Education cuts
“But they actually carved out work study and financial aid and FAFSA.”
Robbins: DoorDash couriers cannot access USC campus after 10 p.m.
“So if I'm a USC student, after 10 p.m., I actually can't get a DoorDash delivery, even to the building I'm in, much less my door. Because we're using students, they have student IDs, they can get in at any time, and we're able to deliver the best customer expe…”
Competitor Nate Raised Over $50M Before Shutting Down in January
“They raised over fifty million dollars and closed their doors January of this year and laid off their entire team.”
Locker Founder: 85% of US Consumer Spending Is Driven by Women
“85% of consumption in America is, like, driven by females, so it's the woman buying for the house, it's the woman shopping for her partner, and so it's definitely not speaking to the pain points, per se, of those investors”
Hershberg: Golf participation is up nearly 20% from pre-pandemic levels
“So the growth in the game is nearly 20% from what it was prior to the pandemic.”
Braima: Companies spend $2.2B annually on research in Africa
“Companies are spending an annual 2.2 billion dollars on research. In Africa.”
Braima: Africa Has Only Nine or Ten Tech Unicorns
“And there's only nine unicorns or 10 unicorns in Africa.”
Besenval: Switching from graphite to lithium metal increases energy density 50%
“So when I say that we can increase range, that's because our electrolyte enables the use of lithium metal in the battery cell, so right now batteries use graphite. You switch to lithium metal, very easy to increase energy density by 50%.”
Calendly raised under $500K before hitting a multi-billion dollar valuation
“And he literally only raised like half a million dollars or a little less than half a million dollars until the most recent raise. Which was in the billions of dollars valuation.”
Medina: Ford F-150 Lightning backup power ignores electric grid coordination
“What you mentioned about the Ford F one 50, basically what they're doing is they're discharging their battery on their house, right? But they're not coordinating that with the grid. They're not actively participating on those markets.”
Allen: Competitor Hydrow raised $1M pre-product while Rowvigor struggled
“And meanwhile, companies like Hydro Row get a million dollars without having product one for an idea on rowing-based fitness.”
Downey: VCs are still writing checks despite pandemic slowdown
“Yeah, and I think, like, people are writing checks right now. It's definitely slowed down, to be clear, but we as investors are in the business of funding companies we think are going to be great.”
Carriers spend $15K to hire drivers who quit within 30 days
“Companies are spending 15 K to hire a driver, and they come to find out that driver quit in 30 days.”
Blue Bottle Coffee was acquired for $700M with only 30-40 retail stores
“Blue Bottle was a seven hundred million dollar outcome with maybe 30 or 40 retail locations at the time that they sold.”
Sheel Mohnot defends Debbie Wei Mullin for reaching $1M revenue alone
“She built this to a million dollars in revenue all on her own, and you're like, oh, I need to see more proof?”
McGarrity: 2.5 Billion Images Are Stolen Daily Worldwide
“In fact, 2.5 billion images are stolen daily on a global level”
A Canadian government program plans to match Virtual Gurus' funding dollar-for-dollar
“Western Diversification were on the first mailing list to get that once they release it. And so they want to match the million for a million.”
Israel says nicotine patch and gum success rates are 5% to 15%
“Like, if you look at the success rates for the patch of the gum, it's five to 15%. People try seven to eight times with those products on average to quit. They don't work.”
Israel says pre-2016 vape makers like Juul launched with zero FDA testing
“They haven't done any tests at all. It was like a pretty much a free for all pre-two 1016 where anybody could release a product and they were grandfathered in.”
Dufu: The Cru signed Morgan Stanley and Disney as founding corporate partners
“We've brought on Morgan Stanley and Disney as our founding partners. And we charge more for that experience. It's 1800 dollars.”
Madho: 50% of US women are petite and 67% are plus-size
“I'm five feet tall, which means I'm petite, which is 50% of all American women. I'm also size 18, which means I'm 67% of all American women because I'm plus.”
Madho: Fashion brands typically use only one fit model
“Typical fashion is one fit model per brand.”
Saxton: Tot Squad signed a contract with Walmart
“So I literally two days ago signed the Walmart contract, which is so exciting.”
Saxton: Amazon controls only about 20% of the market
“Amazon only controls about 20% of the market right now.”
Muccio: Investors stalled and Phil Nadel passed on Earbuds
“Charles, Michael, and Jillian, they still haven't actually given Jason any money. And Phil, well, he already told Jason he's out.”
Wang: US government has expanded leeway to deny incomplete applications
“The government now has far more leeway to both request more evidence from families who are applying for immigration, as well as deny applications that are incomplete or missing documents.”
Military pays active-duty service members' salaries during Shift corporate internships
“So the military still pays their salary.”