why aren't all 6 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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Assertion Contradicted
Bickley: Every Shark Tank deal is renegotiated after filming
“We also knew that every deal was renegotiated after the fact by the entrepreneur and the sharks.”
Disclosure
Hold Your Haunches took less money for less equity after Shark Tank
“They own far less of the, much, much less of the equity in the company, and we got way less money.”
Insight
Bickley: Overvaluing your company guarantees evisceration on Shark Tank
“And that, and the, for all the studying that we did and you've watched it, the best way to get eviscerated on television is to overvalue.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hold Your Haunches generated over $1.5M in sales in 2014
“So, and, 2014, we sold over 1.5 million dollars.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bickley: Amazon drove 15% of Hold Your Haunches 2015 sales
“And I would say we, 15% of one and a half million dollars in sales in 15 was from Amazon.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hold Your Haunches grew email subscribers from 800 to 16,000 overnight
“Gosh, we went from 800 emails to, I think it was 16,000 dollars, and that, I mean, 16,000 subscribers, that was overnight.”