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Kenny Hawk

CEO, Mojio · 1 appearance on the record.

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Kenny Hawk is the CEO of connected car platform Mojio. He previously founded mobile power accessory company iGo and took it public at a valuation over $1 billion.

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1 supported 1 partly supported 1 contradicted 2 not yet assessed 2 not checkable as stated how the 7 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

7 assertions · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 7 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 3 are resolved, 2 are not yet assessed, and 2 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 Kenny argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Hawk: iGo's valuation crashed below $100 million before its acquisition
“We were below a hundred million by the time we got acquired.”
Kenny Hawk Jun 12, 2016 ▶ 5:54 EP 323: He took his company public for $1b

Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted
Hawk: iGo reached a peak market cap of nearly $1 billion
“The peak of market cap was just under a billion.”
Kenny Hawk Jun 12, 2016 ▶ 5:38 EP 323: He took his company public for $1b

How they sound: not measured why? →

We measure speaking style by listening to the audio itself, and a fair number needs at least 2,000 words from one person on tape we have measured. There is too little of Kenny Hawk on measured tape to publish a rate. This says nothing about how they speak.

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

Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hawk: Dot-com founders went bankrupt paying taxes on phantom stock gains
“I had good friends that had you know, gone public, actually exercise their options to pay the tax on the lower tax basis saw their value go all the way up and then down to zero. And they'd already paid tax on a phantom gain and, you know, were bankrupt, lost t…”
Kenny Hawk Jun 12, 2016 ▶ 9:27 EP 323: He took his company public for $1b
Assertion Open · timeframe Dec 1999
Hawk: iGo raised less than $10 million before its 1999 IPO
“We raised less than ten million before we went public.”
Kenny Hawk Jun 12, 2016 ▶ 3:17 EP 323: He took his company public for $1b
Assertion Contradicted
Hawk: iGo reached a peak market cap of nearly $1 billion
“The peak of market cap was just under a billion.”
Kenny Hawk Jun 12, 2016 ▶ 5:38 EP 323: He took his company public for $1b
Assertion Supported
Hawk: iGo's valuation crashed below $100 million before its acquisition
“We were below a hundred million by the time we got acquired.”
Kenny Hawk Jun 12, 2016 ▶ 5:54 EP 323: He took his company public for $1b
Assertion Not yet assessed · timeframe Jun 2016
Hawk: iGo achieved profitability during its first three years in business
“We were profitable our first three years in business.”
Kenny Hawk Jun 12, 2016 ▶ 7:16 EP 323: He took his company public for $1b
Assertion Partly supported
Hawk: iGo bit off too much acquiring three companies post-IPO
“We ended up acquiring three companies in nine months, you know, bit off more than we can chew.”
Kenny Hawk Jun 12, 2016 ▶ 3:43 EP 323: He took his company public for $1b
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hawk: 31 of 33 employees relocated when iGo moved to Nevada
“And we ended up having 31 out of 33 employees move with us.”
Kenny Hawk Jun 12, 2016 ▶ 4:43 EP 323: He took his company public for $1b

The other half of the tape: Kenny Hawk's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 5 times in 2 episodes on Top Founders. every mention, with the transcript →

Who brings them up most Nathan Latka 5

Every mention by year

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2016 5 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
EP 323: He took his company public for $1b Jun 12, 2016 13m
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