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Mobilewalla monitored swing state polling locations in real-time for campaign teams
“What we did for this particular party, who spent way less on, feet on the street than the other party, we were monitoring every polling booth, every polling location in a certain number of states, And we were telling the ground team who showed up to vote and w…”
Anindya Datta Aug 29, 2017 ▶ 24:26 766: This Company Used Evangelical Christian Mobile Data to Influence US Elections
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gamito: Nathan Barry fired him two weeks before ConvertKit equity vested
“I think my equity was supposed to vest and that director position was supposed to vest the next month, like two weeks after that. So it was a very strategic move on his part.”
Dan Gamito Jun 23, 2017 ▶ 15:16 699: The Fired ConvertKit Co-Founder You've Never Heard Of, Father Made Me Feel "Not Worth Enough"
Opinion
Harris: The Venture Capital Model Is Effectively a Ponzi Scheme
“Because that VC model is, if you were, if you're being a little bit mean about it, you'd call it a Ponzi scheme. Because people have to lose.”
Bridget Harris Sep 19, 2022 ▶ 4:07 How Bootstrapped YouCanBookMe Hit $5m using team profit sharing as internal motivation
Opinion
Zach Resnick believes Craig Wright is very likely Satoshi Nakamoto
“Most of our thesis and our focus on the reason we're really long BSV and not other blockchains comes from the technology of Bitcoin and is, doesn't have to do with Craig Wright, but yes, you are correct in that I do think that Craig Wright is very likely to be…”
Zach Resnick Mar 4, 2021 ▶ 3:06 Is This The Creator of Bitcoin? Crypto Fund Thinks So.
Opinion
Zach Resnick sees no compelling evidence that Craig Wright is a fraudster
“I personally haven't seen any compelling evidence of him doing kind of unethical things or being a fraudster the way that a lot of those arguments are painted in kind of the crypto media.”
Zach Resnick Mar 4, 2021 ▶ 3:28 Is This The Creator of Bitcoin? Crypto Fund Thinks So.
Opinion
Organ: Venture-backed software jobs are more important than serving food
“You know, the restaurant business is not actually one that is sustainable. That doesn't sustainably create lots of, you know, lots of, you know, high tech Innovative jobs. Whereas I think what I'm doing does. So I know that might sound selfish, but I don't thi…”
Mark Organ Apr 6, 2020 ▶ 6:14 1717 3 Genius Ways To Conserve SaaS Cash To Survive Virus From Eloqua Founder Who Survived 9/11
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Malone: Tech will create a permanent underclass of zero-economic-value citizens
“We've got zero, we have what are called ZEVs coming, and those are zero economic value citizens. Which are people that even if you had a job opening, you would never hire them, because technology will do the job instead, and this is going to represent a sizabl…”
Mike Malone Feb 16, 2020 ▶ 7:22 1667 Top Tech Journalist Predicts We'll All Be Unemployed, Blockchain Takeover, Less Taxes!
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Antonopoulos: State agencies and corporate banks fund most global terrorism
“The truth is that the vast majority of terrorism is funded by state agencies, intelligence agencies, and large corporate banking consortia.”
Andreas Antonopoulos Sep 28, 2017 ▶ 15:09 796: Crypto: Kim Jong-un Crypto Funded Nukes vs. Billions Out of Poverty
Opinion
Latka claims 99 percent of people on Earth are totally useless
“I think 99% of people on earth, they're totally useless. They don't think much, and they rely on other people.”
Nathan Latka Sep 14, 2016 ▶ 31:27 EP 417 SPECIAL: Warner Interviews Latka: Con Artist or Brilliant Genius?
Disclosure
Latka deceptively lists unconfirmed speakers to sell conference tickets
“What it said, if you go look at that particular part, it said confirmed and invited. They have been either confirmed or invited. And what I will tell you, as sales come in and I have more money to play with, the likelihood that I actually confirm all of them i…”
Nathan Latka Sep 14, 2016 ▶ 50:42 EP 417 SPECIAL: Warner Interviews Latka: Con Artist or Brilliant Genius?
Opinion
Ley: SSRIs are very likely causing many mass shooting incidents
“And then the second thing is that it's very likely that SSRIs are actually causing a lot of these.”
Brian Lay Jun 16, 2016 ▶ 11:12 The Math Behind Donald Trumps Brain, EP 293: Brian Ley,
Opinion
Tim Draper Defended Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes as 'Terrific' in 2016
“Oh yeah, she's terrific.”
Tim Draper Feb 9, 2016 ▶ 21:26 This is The Worlds Most Influential, Powerful Investor with Tim Draper of DFJ Venture (Timothy Draper)
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