TikTok

includes TikTok Pixel, TikTok Shop

15 statements across 8 episodes · 11 bullish · 1 bearish · 8 people on the record · first statement Dec 8, 2020 by Jagat Singh · said 126 times in 34 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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2021 8 mentions in 6 episodes 1 per episode
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Everything said about TikTok, oldest first

Dec 8, 2020 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Singh: TikTok reached $74B valuation and 500M users via watermark distribution
“And it has the big watermark in the corner, which is how TikTok grew to their seventy four billion valuation and five hundred million users and how that face app, which I'm sure you saw like a few months ago, made everyone old, blew up to number one in a week.”
Jagat Singh Dec 8, 2020 ▶ 12:16 Vid.Camera Sells $20m in Tokens, Converting 100% to Fiat for New Facebook Where Creators Own Upside
Feb 17, 2021 positive
Assertion Supported
Logan: Cohley is one of five TikTok creative partners
“We're one of five creative partners for TikTok as well.”
Tom Logan Feb 17, 2021 ▶ 8:16 Brand to Influencer Marketplace Hits $4m On Just $2m Raised
May 19, 2021 positive
Assertion Supported
Perry: MyHeritage Hit No. 1 Free App in 22 Countries Using D-ID Tech
“Their app, MyHeritage app, because of our technology, was first place in the App Store, in the free apps, in 22 countries. Above Facebook, TikTok, Instagram.”
Gil Perry May 19, 2021 ▶ 15:54 Deep Fake Tech Pivoted from $0 Last Year, $24m Raised, CEO teases new round
Jul 4, 2021 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Beckor: Uptime users average about eight minutes of daily consumption
“And we're getting around people completing about eight minutes a day average for, which puts us actually probably close to TikTok territory.”
Jack Beckor Jul 4, 2021 ▶ 2:05 How Knowledge Hacking App Raised $20m Pre Product at $100m Valuation
Feb 20, 2023
Assertion Supported
Lempiäinen: Only 20% to 30% of Mobile Ad Clickers Install the App
“So on average, around like 20 to 30% of those people actually only end up installing the app.”
Jesse Lempiäinen Feb 20, 2023 ▶ 1:41 $720k in ARR SaaS Raising at $12m Valuation Right Now for App Install SaaS
Jun 14, 2023 bullish
Opinion
James Ski: New TikTok Creators Can Reach Thousands in Weeks
“I believe you can start from zero, and within a couple of weeks on TikTok, there's no other platform you could do this right now. You could be at thousands of followers influencing your market.”
James Ski Jun 14, 2023 ▶ 7:54 Why Tiktok is the Best Marketing Channel for Bootstrapped Startups in 2023
Jun 14, 2023 bullish
Opinion
James Ski: Any Business Can Generate Sales Using TikTok
“I believe TikTok has the biggest reach, and I actually believe whatever business you can and you've got, you can make sales on TikTok.”
James Ski Jun 14, 2023 ▶ 3:26 Why Tiktok is the Best Marketing Channel for Bootstrapped Startups in 2023
Jun 14, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
James Ski Closed a $3,000 B2B Deal Originating From TikTok
“A week later, I sold him a package for 3000 dollars. That was directly related because he saw me on TikTok, but he messaged me on LinkedIn.”
James Ski Jun 14, 2023 ▶ 14:08 Why Tiktok is the Best Marketing Channel for Bootstrapped Startups in 2023
Jun 14, 2023 positive
Assertion Supported
James Ski: $100 on TikTok Ads Yields 10k to 50k Views
“Right now, you could get a video that, if you put it on any other channel, no one will see, but if you put it on TikTok, and you spend a hundred dollars, like I just spent, you will get 10,000, maybe 50,000 views.”
James Ski Jun 14, 2023 ▶ 9:12 Why Tiktok is the Best Marketing Channel for Bootstrapped Startups in 2023
Jun 14, 2023 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
James Ski Predicts TikTok Will Optimize Its Feed for B2B Content
“And I do believe that TikTok are going to figure out B to B. Even if you look at the feed right now, and you know, you see silly dances, and I mean, there's so much more the, in 20 20 I thought it was just silly dances, but now anything I like, music, fashion,…”
James Ski Jun 14, 2023 ▶ 13:01 Why Tiktok is the Best Marketing Channel for Bootstrapped Startups in 2023
Jun 14, 2023 neutral
Disclosure
James Ski Reached 6,000 TikTok Followers in 50 Days
“I kicked off my TikTok journey in, like, the 10th of January, and I've gone to 6000 in, like, 50 days.”
James Ski Jun 14, 2023 ▶ 4:24 Why Tiktok is the Best Marketing Channel for Bootstrapped Startups in 2023
Jun 14, 2023 positive
Assertion Partly supported
James Ski: TikTok Views Are Cheaper Than Any Other Platform
“You can buy views very low cost. Very low cost. Low cost compared to any other platform right now.”
James Ski Jun 14, 2023 ▶ 3:34 Why Tiktok is the Best Marketing Channel for Bootstrapped Startups in 2023
Jul 8, 2025 negative
Insight
Torres: TikTok suppresses organic reach on accounts posting 10 times daily
“Actually, I very quickly realized that if you post 10 times a day on the same accounts, TikTok will not push your content too much because they don't really want people to be posting that much.”
Romain Torres Jul 8, 2025 ▶ 12:39 My Agent Army Brings Me $500,000 Per Month (Exploding SaaS)
Jul 15, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Olive: 2023 TikTok campaign captured top 3–5 search results for elite colleges
“For example, like in the fall of 20, 23 we ran this like man in the street campaign where if you search like Harvard, Boston, Columbia, NYU on Tik Tok we were the first three videos, if not the first five.”
Sid Bendray Jul 15, 2025 ▶ 24:50 How This 25 Year Old College Kid Built a $500K/Month App Empire
Jul 15, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bendray: Olive's initial TikTok hit 1M views and converted 10k users overnight
“The first product had gone out, it had gone with, ah, a TikTok video, got a million views overnight. It turned to 10,000 users.”
Sid Bendray Jul 15, 2025 ▶ 2:08 How This 25 Year Old College Kid Built a $500K/Month App Empire
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