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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▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Muccio: The Pitch sold Season 2 sponsorships at over $200 CPM
“It's over 200 dollars CPM per episode.”
Insight
Muccio: VCs make investments by committee, not on the spot
“Nobody, nobody invests like that. The shark tank one hour, I'm going to make a decision on the spot. It doesn't happen. So people make investment by committee.”
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Muccio: The Pitch made $80,000 in first-year advertising revenue
“So in the past year, okay, ads alone. So I was going to say the whole business because we do also do some coaching. So we do a tiny little bit of hawking our own stuff. Nathan Latka: Ignore the coaching stuff. Josh Muccio: Yes. Okay. Ignore the coaching stuff.…”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Muccio: The Pitch reached 750,000 total downloads across its first episodes
“Total downloads, 750,000.”
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Muccio: iHeart Repair reached $750K in annual revenue before 2014 acquisition
“I think by the end of it, we were at like 750 K per year.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Muccio: Product Hunt homepage placement drove significantly more podcast traffic
“When you get podcasts on the homepage, I mean, that was a huge traffic driver, not like they have their own sub page now for podcasts. And so there's not as much traffic as there was one where there was once, but”