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Every specific figure ever claimed on the show. 53 match this view. Red rows are numbers the cited sources contradict.

All Dollars Multiples Percentages Big numbers

Figure	As spoken	The claim	Who	When	Checked?
100×	“hundred times”	Rizzoli: Tasks executed with AI cost 10x less and run 100x faster	Alberto Rizzoli	Jul 29, 2025	—
100×	“hundred X”	Corkadillo: Ripping out physical finishes costs 100x more than digital visualization	Brian Corkadillo	Jul 1, 2025	—
100×	“hundred x”	Jiddelson: Desired lifestyles require 10x income growth, not 100x	Adam Jiddelson	Jan 25, 2024	—
100×	“hundred times”	Sidelining ego-driven founders allowed Gardone to scale one company by 100x	Glenn Gardone	Apr 23, 2023	—
100×	“100 X”	Spiller: VC fundraising cycles drive the startup push for valuation markups	Nick Spiller	Mar 28, 2023	—
100×	“hundred times”	Benecke: Microdosing LSD Multiplies the Flow State a Hundred Times	Mark Beneke	Nov 11, 2021	—
84×	“84 times”	Szamosszegi: Methane is 84 times worse for the environment than CO2	William Szamosszegi	May 15, 2023	Supported
80×	“80 times”	Semenova: Average Office Workers Get Only 11 Minutes of Uninterrupted Time	Janet Semenova	Apr 6, 2021	Supported
60×	“60 times”	Weisbrot: Slack's 60x revenue multiple sale to Salesforce is insane	Sean Weisbrot	Dec 3, 2020	—
50×	“50 X”	Rusk: Three-Minute Startup Pitches Require Storytelling and a Path to 10-50X Returns	Misty Rusk	Jun 8, 2021	—
30×	“30 times”	Niedel: Rereading one book 30 times beats reading 30 different books	Ryan Niedel	Feb 1, 2023	—
20×	“20 X”	Bilkowski: Premium AI plans are a no-brainer by replacing junior software developers	Dan Bilkowski	Oct 21, 2025	—
20×	“20 X”	Blakney: SaaS Sells for 10x to 20x Multiples at Seven Figures	Ray Blakney	Aug 6, 2024	—
20×	“20 times”	Weisbrot: Consulting rates were 10 to 20 times higher than coaching	Sean Weisbrot	May 14, 2024	—
20×	“20 times”	Vysotsky: Implementing AI video production is 20x faster and 10x cheaper	Oleksandr Vysotsky	May 30, 2023	—
15×	“15 times”	Mangaluzzo: PCS receives 10 to 15 buyout inquiries per week	Anthony Mongeluzzo	Nov 16, 2022	—
10×	“10 times”	Fallows: High-net-worth insurance costs roughly double mainline carriers	Tad Fallows	Dec 30, 2025	Supported
10×	“10 X”	Wehn: 10X Growth Requires Cutting 80% of Current Activities	Philipp Wehn	Feb 10, 2026	—
10×	“10 X”	Hepworth: Bitcoin will not deliver a 10x return from current levels	Frank Hepworth	Aug 5, 2025	Held up
10×	“10 times”	Rizzoli: Tasks executed with AI cost 10x less and run 100x faster	Alberto Rizzoli	Jul 29, 2025	—
10×	“10 times”	Rizzoli: Vibe Coding Tools Enable 10x More Software Products and Demand	Alberto Rizzoli	Jul 29, 2025	—
10×	“10 times”	Wang: Founders struggle to recognize company peak during growth	Zee Wang	May 27, 2025	—
10×	“10 times”	Vysotsky: Implementing AI video production is 20x faster and 10x cheaper	Oleksandr Vysotsky	May 30, 2023	—
10×	“10 times”	Huselstein: ChatGPT Outperforms Manual Developer Daily Repo Summaries	Henri Huselstein	Apr 19, 2023	—
10×	“10 X”	Spiller: VC fundraising cycles drive the startup push for valuation markups	Nick Spiller	Mar 28, 2023	—
10×	“10 times”	Mikic: Webflow delivers full front-end capabilities in one-tenth the time	Uros Mikic	Jun 30, 2022	—
10×	“10 times”	Chris Out: Businesses often neglect their highest-spending customer typologies	Chris Out	Jun 8, 2021	—
9×	“nine times”	Barnett: Bonjoro has changed its pricing roughly nine times	Matt Barnett	Jun 8, 2021	—
8×	“eight X”	Goyal: Sellers Outperform Peers via 8x Pipeline Rather Than Selling Skill	Neal Goyal	Jun 30, 2026	—
7×	“seven times”	Goyal: Target Customers Check LinkedIn Six to Seven Times Daily	Neal Goyal	Jun 30, 2026	—
7×	“seven X”	Lulo: Voice notes deliver roughly 7x the response rate of text DMs	Gabe Lulo	Oct 17, 2025	Contradicted
7×	“seven times”	Schurig: Bad Hires Cost Four to Seven Times Their Annual Compensation	Darwin Schurig	Oct 17, 2023	—
7×	“seven times”	Founders should reapply to Y Combinator even after seven rejections	Ryo Chikazawa	Aug 4, 2021	—
6×	“six X”	Sauer: Business strength drives agency multiples between 3x and 6x EBITDA	Jeff Sauer	Mar 19, 2025	—
5×	“five X”	Hepworth: Bitcoin will surpass $200,000 during the current market cycle	Frank Hepworth	Aug 5, 2025	Open
5×	“five X”	Sauer: Business strength drives agency multiples between 3x and 6x EBITDA	Jeff Sauer	Mar 19, 2025	—
5×	“five times”	Glenn Gardone sold five companies over 12 years in private equity	Glenn Gardone	Apr 23, 2023	—
5×	“five times”	Zhang: Bay Area engineers cost 4 to 5 times more than Shanghai peers	Toby Zhang	Dec 20, 2020	Supported
4×	“four times”	Fallows: Historical private equity returns average 10% to 12% versus 8% to 10% for public equities	Tad Fallows	Dec 30, 2025	Supported
4×	“four times”	Weisbrot: Living in Costa Rica costs 3-4x more than Colombia.	Sean Weisbrot	Jun 14, 2024	—
4×	“four times”	Schurig: Voluntary Turnover Costs Companies 0.5x to 4x Annual Salary	Darwin Schurig	Oct 17, 2023	Supported
4×	“four times”	Red Chocolate grossed $29 million in the US and 4x globally	Glenn Gardone	Apr 23, 2023	—
4×	“four times”	Sidelining ego-driven founders allowed Gardone to scale one company by 100x	Glenn Gardone	Apr 23, 2023	—
4×	“four times”	Founders should reapply to Y Combinator even after seven rejections	Ryo Chikazawa	Aug 4, 2021	—
3×	“three X”	Narkar: Expecting a 3x Direct ROI From Tech Conferences Is Unrealistic	Sameer Narkar	Oct 24, 2025	—
3×	“three times”	Founders should seek advisors who cleared their next milestone three times	Renan de Villiers	Jul 8, 2025	—
3×	“three times”	Hire newcomers for go-to-market, but experienced veterans for technical decisions	Renan de Villiers	Jul 8, 2025	—
3×	“three X”	Sauer: Business strength drives agency multiples between 3x and 6x EBITDA	Jeff Sauer	Mar 19, 2025	—
3×	“three times”	Weisbrot: Inexperienced founders need 3x more capital than anticipated	Sean Weisbrot	Feb 11, 2025	—
3×	“three times”	Sean Weisbrot: Portugal's cost of living tripled between 2019 and 2024	Sean Weisbrot	Feb 27, 2024	Contradicted
3×	“three times”	Cohen: Tripling a plumber's hourly rate generated more customer leads	Oshree Cohen	Jan 9, 2024	—
3×	“three times”	Founders should reapply to Y Combinator even after seven rejections	Ryo Chikazawa	Aug 4, 2021	—
3×	“three times”	Benatar: Gaming reached $180B pre-COVID, triple Hollywood's annual revenue	Shlomi Benatar	Jul 13, 2021	Partly supported

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