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
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Puri: Blab's audience will be larger than any cable TV network
“And so what we're going to do is we're going to gather the biggest audience we can. And I believe that that will end up being bigger than Any cable TV network out there.”
Insight
Shaan Puri: Winning business plan competitions provides false hope
“We started winning all these business plan competitions, which gives you know, a bit of false hope that your business plan is any good.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Puri: Blab DAUs spend over an hour daily watching live video
“The average daily active users watching for just over an hour a day which is one of the metrics that gave me the most faith. Cause that means they're using this like a replacement for TV or Netflix in many cases. So about an hour a day for every daily active u…”
Disclosure
Blab employees pay $10 to a swear jar for sending internal emails
“My company has a zero email policy, so if you email somebody in our company, you got to put 10 dollars in the swear jar.”
Assertion Supported
Puri: ESPN, UFC, Adobe, IBM, and Cisco use Blab
“We've got people as, you know, we've got people who are just sitting in their basement, and they're nobodies, but all the way up to reality TV stars, ESPN, UFC, Adobe, IBM, Cisco, big brands that have also come on and use the platform.”
Disclosure
Blab targets 7% week-over-week growth in daily watched minutes
“The watched minutes, so the amount of time people spend watching Blab every day. We want that to increase seven percent week over week.”