Bill Lyons

1 appearance on the record.

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4 assertions · 1 opinion · 3 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 4 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, and 3 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Bill argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted
Lyons: No tech companies had appeared on Shark Tank before 2012
“I mean, at the time there had been no tech companies on Shark Tank.”
Bill Lyons Nov 5, 2016 ▶ 3:40 EP 469: SharkTank Sunk Him, Then He Won Big With $1.4M with Revestor CEO Bill Lyons

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Everything Bill Lyons said on Top Founders that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Opinion
Lyons: San Diego properties cannot cash flow on long-term rental leases
“In San Diego, you know, you're never going to get anything to cashflow on a long-term basis on a short-term basis. You know, you can get five or 600 bucks a night.”
Bill Lyons Nov 5, 2016 ▶ 10:37 EP 469: SharkTank Sunk Him, Then He Won Big With $1.4M with Revestor CEO Bill Lyons
Assertion Contradicted
Lyons: No tech companies had appeared on Shark Tank before 2012
“I mean, at the time there had been no tech companies on Shark Tank.”
Bill Lyons Nov 5, 2016 ▶ 3:40 EP 469: SharkTank Sunk Him, Then He Won Big With $1.4M with Revestor CEO Bill Lyons
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bill Lyons: Mortgage company grew from $500K in 2014 to $5.5M in 2016
“At the end of 2013 and in 2014, we did 500 K in revenue, 2015, 1.7. And in 2016, we're going to do 5.5 million.”
Bill Lyons Nov 5, 2016 ▶ 5:05 EP 469: SharkTank Sunk Him, Then He Won Big With $1.4M with Revestor CEO Bill Lyons
Disclosure
Revestor generated zero revenue in September 2016
“Zero.”
Bill Lyons Nov 5, 2016 ▶ 5:56 EP 469: SharkTank Sunk Him, Then He Won Big With $1.4M with Revestor CEO Bill Lyons
Disclosure
Producer told Lyons to lower Shark Tank ask: 'sharks are pissed today'
“Originally I was asking for 500 grand for 10%, and then in the dressing room, the producer came back, he goes, man, the sharks are pissed today, you need to lower it.”
Bill Lyons Nov 5, 2016 ▶ 3:02 EP 469: SharkTank Sunk Him, Then He Won Big With $1.4M with Revestor CEO Bill Lyons
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bill Lyons: Revestor never surpassed 1,000 paying users post-Shark Tank
“We built it up to about 15,000 users. We never got over a thousand paid users and it just kind of sat there for awhile.”
Bill Lyons Nov 5, 2016 ▶ 4:26 EP 469: SharkTank Sunk Him, Then He Won Big With $1.4M with Revestor CEO Bill Lyons
Disclosure
Revestor pays ListHub around $6,000 per month for MLS data
“It's like six grand a month.”
Bill Lyons Nov 5, 2016 ▶ 7:33 EP 469: SharkTank Sunk Him, Then He Won Big With $1.4M with Revestor CEO Bill Lyons
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lyons: Prior business reached $20M revenue before losing everything in 2007
“You know, I had a company before, It did twenty million in revenue you know, seven and I lost everything.”
Bill Lyons Nov 5, 2016 ▶ 11:36 EP 469: SharkTank Sunk Him, Then He Won Big With $1.4M with Revestor CEO Bill Lyons

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Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
EP 469: SharkTank Sunk Him, Then He Won Big With $1.4M with Revestor CEO Bill Lyons Nov 5, 2016 8m
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