Forbes

includes Forbes Global 2000, Forbes Councils, Forbes Technology Council, Forbes Cloud 100, Forbes 400, Forbes Agency Council, Forbes Asia, Forbes Coaches Council, Forbes Communications Council, Forbes Legal Council, Forbes Nonprofit Council, Forbes Ukraine

7 statements across 5 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Apr 12, 2016 by Ryan Paugh · said 198 times in 121 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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brought up most by Nathan Latka (124), Ryan Paugh (19), Chitong Liang (Chi-Tung Leong) (7), Laduram Vishnoi (4), Katika Roy (4), Stig Brodersen (3), Sarah Tuneberg (3), Rytis Lauris (3)

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2018 50 mentions in 27 episodes 2 per episode
2017 20 mentions in 14 episodes 1 per episode
2016 73 mentions in 42 episodes 2 per episode

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Apr 12, 2016 bullish
Disclosure
Forbes Councils Reached Thousands of Paying Members by Early 2016
“Oh, we're getting into the thousands, absolutely.”
Ryan Paugh Apr 12, 2016 ▶ 9:32 YEC Lands Forbes Partnership, 1000's of Paying Members Early EP 232
Apr 12, 2016 positive
Disclosure
Community Co. Partnered With Forbes to Build 12 Communities in 2016
“Scott's our biz dev guy. He's the one who is, you know, out pounding the pavement, being able to share our ideas with people that we'd like to partner with, like Forbes, who we just started working with and are building a dozen professional communities for in …”
Ryan Paugh Apr 12, 2016 ▶ 3:25 YEC Lands Forbes Partnership, 1000's of Paying Members Early EP 232
Apr 12, 2016 neutral
Disclosure
Forbes Councils Charges a $1,200 Annual Membership Fee
“So Forbes Councils is 1200 dollars per year currently”
Ryan Paugh Apr 12, 2016 ▶ 8:29 YEC Lands Forbes Partnership, 1000's of Paying Members Early EP 232
Sep 14, 2016 negative
Assertion Supported
Latka: Success Magazine gets 2M unique visitors compared to Forbes' 30M
“This is why I'm going to throw a five million dollar acquisition out for success magazine when frankly, it's like the worst performing magazine, two million uniques when Forbes gets thirty million.”
Nathan Latka Sep 14, 2016 ▶ 35:53 EP 417 SPECIAL: Warner Interviews Latka: Con Artist or Brilliant Genius?
Apr 14, 2018
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Forbes' college match quiz is taken 250,000 times per year
“So Forbes has this college quiz that they've used for almost four years now. Basically, it's find your perfect college match, and it's a personality quiz that directs you to one of a series of colleges, and then it ties into another tool that they have that ac…”
Josh Haynam Apr 14, 2018 ▶ 1:10 994 Why Forbes Uses Quizzes Instead of "Opt In Landing Pages"
Dec 20, 2018 neutral
Assertion Supported
Latka notes Forbes reported FreshBooks at over $50M ARR
“Forbes reports over fifty million bucks in annual recurring revenue. He did not confirm or deny that”
Nathan Latka Dec 20, 2018 ▶ 20:30 1244 Why Freshbooks CEO was Anti-VC, then Raised $75m
Jan 28, 2021 positive
Opinion
Indig: Google likely tracks unlinked brand mentions for SEO
“So we think that Google even looks at unlinked mentions on other sites, meaning you don't even need a backlink, but when Forbes or New York Times or these big publishers write a lot and mention your name a lot, that could be a signal that Google might be able …”
Kevin Indig Jan 28, 2021 ▶ 15:44 SEO Secrets from Shopify, G2 Head of SEO Strategy
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