why aren't all 9 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable
Assertion Contradicted
Fessler: Total Market for IP Protection Is Under $50M
“I would be surprised if the size of the total market today For intellectual property protection is more than 25 or fifty million dollars.”
Opinion
Fessler: Crypto winners do not understand their risk exposure
“I see people today that are doing really well in the crypto space and think that they're rock stars, and the reality is they just don't understand the risks that they're exposed to yet.”
Insight
Fessler: Exotic car rentals fail when founders overspend on passion
“People who get into the exotic car space often make decisions out of their own passion for a particular car. You know, they might find something new and decide to spend a lot of money on that as opposed to looking really carefully about every dollar that's spe…”
Disclosure
Fessler: Email security SaaS reached $12M TTM revenue before 1999 acquisition
“Our trailing 12 was around twelve million bucks at the time.”
Assertion Partly supported
Fessler: Brightmail sold for roughly $400M with similar SaaS revenue
“One was Brightmail, which sold for about four hundred million dollars. The exact same platform, similar revenue, an impressive company”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Fessler: Speed Vegas Launched With $3 Million in Supercar Inventory
“Well, they're about three million dollars worth of cars.”
Disclosure
Fessler: Speed Vegas Is About a $35 Million Project
“It was it's about a thirty five million odd project.”
Disclosure
Fessler: Speed Vegas has around $10 million annual revenue run rate
“Our current run rate is around ten million bucks, something like that.”
Disclosure
Fessler: Speed Vegas averages $500 spend across 20,000 yearly visitors
“It's around 500 bucks average spend. So about 20,000 people a year.”