| 8,085% | “8085%” | ShopFlo Generates 80% to 85% Gross Margins in India | Ishan Rakshit | Apr 5, 2023 | — |
| 5,000% | “5000%” | Hepworth: Successful early-stage crypto assets will return up to 5,000% | Frank Hepworth | Aug 5, 2025 | — |
| 3,000% | “3000%” | Cataldo: Indigo H2O sales jumped 3,000% after 2015 awards publicity | Yuri Cataldo | Dec 10, 2020 | — |
| 2,000% | “2000%” | Hepworth: Successful early-stage crypto assets will return up to 5,000% | Frank Hepworth | Aug 5, 2025 | — |
| 150% | “150%” | Mishra: Business presentation volume grew 150% during COVID-19 | Rajat Mishra | Nov 25, 2021 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Weisbrot: 100% of Consulting Clients Came from Referrals After Marketing Failed | Sean Weisbrot | Apr 28, 2026 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Weisbrot: 100% of Bootstrapped Founders Love Life, While VC-Backed Founders Face Constant Stress | Sean Weisbrot | Dec 12, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Turney: Site With 100% AI Content Drew Millions of Monthly Clicks | Eric Turney | Dec 9, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Weisbrot's most successful business was 100% referral with $20,000 commissions | Sean Weisbrot | Oct 27, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Blue: Move B2B Repeat Buyers to Digital to Free Up Sales Reps | David Blue | Sep 23, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Weisbrot: Businesses Without AI Will 100% Fail Within 24 Months | Sean Weisbrot | Sep 23, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Weisbrot: All daily podcast guest pitches he receives are AI-generated | Sean Weisbrot | Aug 26, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Corkadillo: Ultra-luxury real estate visualizations demand 100% accuracy and zero error | Brian Corkadillo | Jul 1, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Weisbrot: Only ~2% of Podcast Guests Actually Promote Their Episode | Sean Weisbrot | May 23, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Stafford: Current AI workflows might be completely outdated within six months | Matthew Stafford | Jun 10, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “100%” | Adam Shell: Coached psilocybin macrodoses permanently rewire the brain's fear of darkness | Adam Shell | Jun 3, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Adam Shell: Initial sleepiness from microdosing is purely caused by brain dehydration | Adam Shell | Jun 3, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Guha: VCs prefer a 10% chance at $1B over guaranteed $100M | Rabbi Guha | Mar 4, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “100%” | Klubeck: Accountability feels like an attack without full personal responsibility | Jeffrey Klubeck | Aug 13, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Klubeck: Salespeople Must Take 100% Responsibility for Wasted Time | Jeffrey Klubeck | Aug 13, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Lacritz: Omnix targets resistant bacteria that kill 50% of infected patients | Rom Lakritz | Aug 9, 2024 | Supported |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Weisbrot: A US supplement brand generates $30M annually purely from affiliates | Sean Weisbrot | Jul 16, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Weisbrot: Reinvesting 100% of revenue runs business owners into the ground | Sean Weisbrot | Apr 16, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Weisbrot: Transitioned Consulting Business to No Contracts and 100% Upfront Payment | Sean Weisbrot | May 7, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “100%” | Cox: Nonverbal Autistic Son Is Highly Aware and Desires to Speak | Ken Cox | Nov 21, 2023 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Musselman: Consultants must commit to process while remaining outcome-independent | Mark Musselman | Oct 31, 2023 | — |
| 100% | “100%” | Ken Cox: Cannabis is 100% better as medicine than any market opioid | Ken Cox | Sep 5, 2023 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Tom Pierce: Information Loses Fidelity and Trust Across Intermediate Transformation Layers | Tom Pierce | Aug 22, 2023 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Pierce: Increased human data filtering multiplies opportunities for deception | Tom Pierce | Aug 22, 2023 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Sean Weisbrot: We Live to Build will never take outside funding | Sean Weisbrot | Jul 12, 2023 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Weisbrot: A referral network raised his close rate from 10% to 90% | Sean Weisbrot | Jun 6, 2023 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Weisbrot: Canadian Government Pays 100% Wage Subsidy For Indigenous Startup Hires | Sean Weisbrot | Jul 5, 2023 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Clayton: Improving retention 1-3% equals a 100% boost in signups | Bryan Clayton | Nov 8, 2022 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Bramlett: 100% of Science Natural Supplements Revenue Comes From Affiliates | Cody Bramlett | Sep 21, 2022 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Pearl: Kirobo prevents beneficiaries from altering deceased users' fund distributions | Michael Pearl | Sep 13, 2022 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | The FDA will not approve psychedelic medicines without accompanying talk therapy | Dr. Linda Strauss | Apr 28, 2022 | Open |
| 100% | “100%” | Salinas: Being distractedly present with family beats being completely absent | Julien Salinas | Jul 13, 2021 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Gisenau: Microsoft Teams takes zero cut of app revenue | Hilton Gisenau | Mar 26, 2021 | Supported |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Naylor: Shark Tank producers leak pitch details to the Sharks | Ryan Naylor | Jan 8, 2021 | — |
| 100% | “99.999999%” | Cohen: Tech startup equity is a lottery ticket destined to lose | Oshree Cohen | Jan 9, 2024 | — |
| 99.9% | “99.9%” | Latour: Businesses should not build operational systems around rare bad actors | Renee Latour | Dec 17, 2022 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Weisbrot: YouTube ads brought hundreds of thousands of non-returning subscribers | Sean Weisbrot | Jan 13, 2026 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Twa: Only 1% of founders create new demand; 99% innovate | Neil Twa | Aug 12, 2025 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Weisbrot: 99% of people vibe coding lack commercial business knowledge | Sean Weisbrot | May 23, 2025 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Bramlett: 99% of available copywriters are worthless | Cody Bramlett | Apr 30, 2024 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Jeremy Barr: Founders Should Expect a 99% Rejection Rate and Need Volume | Jeremy Barr | Dec 5, 2023 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Weisbrot: Ethereum cut energy consumption by 99% switching to Proof of Stake | Sean Weisbrot | May 15, 2023 | Supported |
| 99% | “99%” | Winter: 99% of market innovation is gluing tools together, not R&D | Tom Winter | Nov 29, 2022 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Mangaluzzo Manages 12 LLCs With 99% of Email Directed to PCS Account | Anthony Mongeluzzo | Nov 16, 2022 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Wade: Ads account for only 10% to 15% of WeChat's revenue | Robbie Wade | Jul 12, 2022 | Supported |
| 99% | “99%” | Garcia-Cotte: 99% of business books are poisonous trash by non-practitioners | Hugo Garcia-Cotte | Dec 28, 2020 | — |
| 98% | “98%” | Mailchimp Founders Kept 98% of Sale Proceeds by Bootstrapping | Scott Kelly | Sep 16, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 98% | “98%” | Corkadillo: Ultra-luxury real estate visualizations demand 100% accuracy and zero error | Brian Corkadillo | Jul 1, 2025 | — |
| 98% | “98%” | Sullivan: Investors only bet on the founder for 2% of entrepreneurs | Breen Sullivan | Feb 11, 2025 | — |
| 98% | “98%” | Spiller: 98% of Capital Factory's portfolio companies are based in Texas | Nick Spiller | Mar 28, 2023 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 98% | “98%” | Niedel: Private equity firms have a 92% to 98% success rate | Ryan Niedel | Feb 1, 2023 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Adam Shell: Microdosing works for 95% of people unless biased against it | Adam Shell | Jun 3, 2025 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Sherman: Probably 95% of Socium Media clients come from referrals | Sam Sherman | Apr 16, 2024 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Staus: Consulting Firms Only Capture About 5% of Created Value | Mark Staus | Dec 19, 2023 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Musselman: Five clients drive roughly 95% of his referral business | Mark Musselman | Oct 31, 2023 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Weisbrot: Deep learning acoustic attacks classify keystrokes with up to 95% accuracy | Sean Weisbrot | Sep 5, 2023 | Supported |
| 95% | “95%” | Freckling: 95% of marketing websites use Google Analytics | Dan Freckling | Jan 24, 2023 | Partly supported |
| 95% | “95%” | Schillebeeckx: 90% to 95% of sustainability competitors focus on carbon offsets | Simon Schillebeeckx | Jan 18, 2023 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Clayton: 95% of startups fail to generate more than $2,000 in revenue | Bryan Clayton | Nov 8, 2022 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Dragan: 95% of potential cross-border EU transactions remain untapped | Mike Dragan | Feb 17, 2021 | — |
| 94% | “94%” | Naylor: Business school placement rate dropped from 94% to 8% in 2008 | Ryan Naylor | Jan 8, 2021 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 93% | “93%” | Booth: AINDT achieves a 93% job placement rate for graduates | Donald Booth | Jul 2, 2024 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 93% | “93%” | Weisbrot: Deep learning acoustic attacks classify keystrokes with up to 95% accuracy | Sean Weisbrot | Sep 5, 2023 | Supported |
| 92% | “92%” | Niedel: Private equity firms have a 92% to 98% success rate | Ryan Niedel | Feb 1, 2023 | — |
| 91% | “91%” | Robles: Roughly 87% to 91% of SEC Reg A filings get qualified | Cecil Robles | Jul 19, 2022 | Supported |
| 90% | “90%” | Snyder: 90% of Industrial Workers Do Not Use Computers Regularly | Dustin Snyder | Aug 4, 2026 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Goyal: About 90% of my LinkedIn connections match my ICP | Neal Goyal | Jun 30, 2026 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Indries: AI Outreach Scripts Underperform Agency Scripts 90% of the Time | Robert Indries | Jun 16, 2026 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | May: AT&T cut AI token costs 90% using small language models | Rob May | Apr 10, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 90% | “90%” | Cakir conducts 90% of his daily work directly in the terminal | Tim Cakir | Jan 20, 2026 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Narkar: Scaling SaaS Founders Should Target 70% to 90% CAGR | Sameer Narkar | Oct 24, 2025 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Shepherd: Clients who maintained 2020 ad spend grew 80% to 90% | Brooke Shepherd | May 6, 2025 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Weisbrot: Switching to referrals boosted close rates from 10% to 90% | Sean Weisbrot | Jul 30, 2024 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Sparrow: AI can do 90% of copywriting | Kerry Sparrow | Aug 29, 2023 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Buildpan Automated Bug Reports Claim 80% to 90% Accuracy | Vaibhav Tiwari | Dec 23, 2022 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Bramlett: Brand Targets $10M Revenue With 90% Backend Profit Margins | Cody Bramlett | Sep 21, 2022 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Mikic: 80% to 90% of Flow Ninja Clients Need No Ongoing Maintenance | Uros Mikic | Jun 30, 2022 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Kim Desmond: Bali's economy is 80% to 90% reliant on tourism | Kim Desmond | Nov 11, 2021 | Contradicted |
| 80% | “80%” | Fredrickson: Founders Can Delegate 80% of Delivery Like Dentists Use Hygienists | Derek Fredrickson | Aug 25, 2026 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Goyal: Relationship-First Engagement Drives 80% LinkedIn Connection Acceptance Rate | Neal Goyal | Jun 30, 2026 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Cakir: Claude Code with n8n MCP automates 80% of workflow creation | Tim Cakir | Jan 20, 2026 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Wehn: 10X Growth Requires Cutting 80% of Current Activities | Philipp Wehn | Feb 10, 2026 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Shelton: Keeping founders at 20% equity de-risks acquisitions and accelerates learning | Gary Shelton | Oct 3, 2025 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Agobin: Low-yield revenue activities consume 80% of overhead and mental bandwidth | Todd Agobin | Sep 26, 2025 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Weldon: Study found 80% of SDR tasks can be automated | Jim Weldon | Jul 25, 2025 | Contradicted |
| 80% | “80%” | Nanavati: Cimphony generates 75% to 80% margins | Arpan Nanavati | May 30, 2025 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Hale: AI workflows follow a 10-80-10 rule requiring heavy human refinement | Joshua Hale | May 9, 2025 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Shepherd: Clients who maintained 2020 ad spend grew 80% to 90% | Brooke Shepherd | May 6, 2025 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Nitzos: People Account for 60% to 80% of SaaS Company Costs | Anthony Nitzos | Mar 11, 2025 | Supported |
| 80% | “80%” | Appel: Organizations cannot execute more than four or five turnaround priorities simultaneously | Michael Appel | Nov 14, 2023 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Schurig: 80% of New Recruiters Fail Within Their First Year | Darwin Schurig | Oct 17, 2023 | Contradicted |
| 80% | “80%” | Bramlett: 80% of Direct-Response Affiliates Operate on ClickBank | Cody Bramlett | Sep 21, 2022 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Bramlett: Only 4% of Direct-Response Copywriters Are Actually Worth Hiring | Cody Bramlett | Sep 21, 2022 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Rocha: 70-80% confident cybersecurity will adapt before quantum decrypts systems | Dr. Eduardo Rocha | Jun 21, 2022 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Cohen: Emotion drives 80% of purchase decisions for products and services | Stacey Ross Cohen | Mar 3, 2021 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Burgin-Doyle: Founders Claiming 75% Conversion Rates Are Almost Always Wrong | Ril Bergen Doyle | Jan 12, 2021 | — |
| 79% | “79%” | Schurig: 79% of Voluntary Turnover Stems from Lack of Appreciation or Bad Managers | Darwin Schurig | Oct 17, 2023 | Contradicted |
| 76% | “76%” | Google penalty wiped out 76% of traffic for Company Folders | Vladimir Gendelman | May 28, 2024 | — |
| 75% | “75%” | Windley's recruiting business lost 75% of revenue at COVID-19 onset | David Windley | Nov 25, 2025 | — |
| 75% | “75%” | Lundin: Sales is 75% science framework and 25% human attributes | Ken Lundin | Apr 15, 2025 | — |
| 75% | “75%” | Lopicolo: Agencies should lose 75% of deals on price to maximize rates | Jared Lopicolo | Jul 10, 2024 | — |
| 75% | “75%” | Rakshit: 70% to 75% of e-commerce shoppers drop off before checkout | Ishan Rakshit | Apr 5, 2023 | Supported |
| 70% | “70%” | Lulo: My LinkedIn DM response rate is 70 percent | Gabe Lulo | Oct 17, 2025 | — |
| 70% | “70%” | Narkar: Scaling SaaS Founders Should Target 70% to 90% CAGR | Sameer Narkar | Oct 24, 2025 | — |
| 70% | “70%” | McKay: 60% to 70% of Order Editing's software is built with AI | Hamish McKay | Jul 18, 2025 | — |
| 70% | “70%” | Company Folders lost roughly 70% of its revenue in April 2020 | Vladimir Gendelman | May 28, 2024 | — |
| 70% | “70%” | Staus: Externalities Account for 65% to 70% of Modeled Situations | Mark Staus | Dec 19, 2023 | — |
| 70% | “70%” | Schurig: 70% of Companies Across All Industries Fail Within 10 Years | Darwin Schurig | Oct 17, 2023 | Partly supported |
| 70% | “70%” | Schurig: 70% of At-Risk Employees Believe Leaving Is Necessary for Career Advancement | Darwin Schurig | Oct 17, 2023 | Supported |
| 70% | “70%” | Schurig: Poor Leadership Drives 70% of Stage 3 Clinical Trial Failures | Darwin Schurig | Oct 17, 2023 | — |
| 70% | “70%” | Schurig: 70% of Medical Device 510(k) Submissions Fail Initial FDA Approval | Darwin Schurig | Oct 17, 2023 | Supported |
| 70% | “70%” | Todd: Influence Mobile scaled joint partner revenue from $40K to $4M monthly | Daniel Todd | Aug 8, 2023 | — |
| 70% | “70%” | Freckling: Digital ads represent over 70% of marketing and $500B globally | Dan Freckling | Jan 24, 2023 | Partly supported |
| 70% | “70%” | Mirai Flights Users Save Up to 70% by Booking Empty Ferry Flights | Irakli Litanishvili | May 24, 2022 | — |
| 70% | “70%” | Weisbrot: 70% of YouTube Viewers Drop Off After Three Minutes | Sean Weisbrot | Sep 16, 2021 | — |
| 70% | “70%” | Chris Out: 70% of Sales Pipeline Value Comes From Existing Clients | Chris Out | Jun 8, 2021 | — |
| 66% | “66%” | Adam Shell: 66% of Brain Supreme first-time buyers convert to recurring subscribers | Adam Shell | Jun 3, 2025 | — |
| 65% | “65%” | Sadan: 65% of New Websites on Duda Are Built With AI Assistants | Itai Sadan | Jan 6, 2026 | — |
| 65% | “65%” | Booth: Only 55-65% finish college, and 40% work in their field | Donald Booth | Jul 2, 2024 | Supported |
| 64% | “64%” | Pandemic Drove 64% Surge in Commercial Flyers Moving to Private Aviation | Irakli Litanishvili | May 24, 2022 | — |
| 60% | “60%” | Fallows: Borrowing 10% to 20% against a portfolio carries minimal risk | Tad Fallows | Dec 30, 2025 | — |
| 60% | “60%” | Blue: Millennials Make Up Close to 60% of B2B Buyers | David Blue | Sep 23, 2025 | Supported |
| 60% | “60%” | Smith: Influencers drive 60 percent of global buying decisions today | Keith Smith | Jan 2, 2024 | — |
| 60% | “60%” | Cohen: Visuals increase information recall rates from 10% to 60% | Stacey Ross Cohen | Mar 3, 2021 | Supported |
| 56% | “56%” | Schurig: 56% of Manufacturing Plants Still Rely on Pen and Paper | Darwin Schurig | Oct 17, 2023 | Partly supported |
| 52% | “52%” | Cox: 50% to 52% of all US men go to jail in their lifetime | Ken Cox | Sep 5, 2023 | Contradicted |
| 51% | “51%” | Weisbrot: Building non-teaching careers or businesses in Asia is extremely difficult | Sean Weisbrot | Feb 14, 2023 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Sadan: 50% of Duda's users were agencies outgrowing single SMBs | Itai Sadan | Jan 6, 2026 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Sadan: Duda faced two years of flat growth transitioning to responsive builder | Itai Sadan | Jan 6, 2026 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Weisbrot Built a $6K Monthly Passive Commission Stream via Revenue Splits | Sean Weisbrot | Nov 4, 2025 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Weisbrot avoids investors after past backers breached contracts and killed his business | Sean Weisbrot | Jul 4, 2025 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Stuart Cohen: Copyright Enforcement Services Take 30% to 50% of Settlements | Stuart Cohen | Jun 20, 2025 | Supported |
| 50% | “50%” | Bishop: PE Buyers Walk Away If One Customer Exceeds 20% Revenue | Cameron Bishop | Apr 8, 2025 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Renoui: Trump tariffs add 10% to 50% to e-commerce cost of goods | Saleem Renoui | Apr 29, 2025 | Supported |
| 50% | “50%” | Renoui: MENA e-commerce features 50% lower CPMs, higher AOV, and higher LTV | Saleem Renoui | Apr 29, 2025 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Lacritz: Omnix targets resistant bacteria that kill 50% of infected patients | Rom Lakritz | Aug 9, 2024 | Supported |
| 50% | “50%” | Blakney: Raising weak skills from 20% to 50% beats marginal optimization | Ray Blakney | Aug 6, 2024 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Rutledge: Opening food franchise in existing space costs $500K to $750K | Tom Rutledge | Apr 10, 2024 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Weisbrot: I charge clients 50% of factory cost savings over one year | Sean Weisbrot | Feb 13, 2024 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | MeForYou splits 50% of net revenue with creator partners | Keith Smith | Jan 2, 2024 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | ASX Study Found Female CEOs Returned 50% More Profit Over Five Years | Sean Weisbrot | Nov 7, 2023 | Contradicted |
| 50% | “50%” | Schurig: 70% of Companies Across All Industries Fail Within 10 Years | Darwin Schurig | Oct 17, 2023 | Partly supported |
| 50% | “50%” | Jordan: Narrative Halved $95K Monthly AWS Bill While Doubling Revenue | Nick Jordan | Mar 14, 2023 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Clayton: GreenPal grows 50% annually and serves hundreds of thousands of users | Bryan Clayton | Nov 8, 2022 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Ben Nun: California's 2030 goal is to reach 50% solar energy | Yaron Ben Nun | Apr 20, 2022 | Contradicted |
| 50% | “50%” | Dennis Lennard: Scaling an unoptimized business model multiplies operational waste | Dennis Lennard | Jun 9, 2022 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Weisbrot: Study Found ASX Female-Led Companies Generated 50% More Profit | Sean Weisbrot | May 18, 2022 | Contradicted |
| 50% | “50%” | Stephen Keery limits margin loan borrowing to 25% to prevent margin calls. | Stephen Keery | Jul 20, 2021 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Cien: France offers annual subsidies covering 50% of R&D spending | Gabriel Cien | Mar 20, 2021 | Contradicted |
| 50% | “50%” | Weisbrot: Petronas accounts for 40% to 50% of Malaysia's GDP | Sean Weisbrot | Nov 4, 2020 | Contradicted |
| 45% | “45%” | Garcia-Cotte: 45% of Protected Anti-Cancer Medicine in China Was Counterfeit | Hugo Garcia-Cotte | Dec 28, 2020 | — |
| 42% | “42%” | Mikic: WordPress powers 40-42% of global websites versus 0.5% for Webflow | Uros Mikic | Jun 30, 2022 | Supported |
| 41% | “41%” | Frasier: 41% of US Podcast Listeners Are Non-White | Anthony Frasier | Nov 25, 2021 | Supported |
| 40% | “40%” | Hale: AI workflows follow a 10-80-10 rule requiring heavy human refinement | Joshua Hale | May 9, 2025 | — |
| 40% | “40%” | Shepherd: 40% of Mason Interactive's business evaporated overnight in 2020 | Brooke Shepherd | May 6, 2025 | — |
| 40% | “40%” | Franchises account for 8% of US retail businesses but 40% of revenue | Lyle Myers | Jun 25, 2024 | Supported |
| 40% | “40%” | Booth: Only 55-65% finish college, and 40% work in their field | Donald Booth | Jul 2, 2024 | Supported |
| 40% | “40%” | Rutledge: Opening food franchise in existing space costs $500K to $750K | Tom Rutledge | Apr 10, 2024 | — |
| 40% | “40%” | TRIPP boosts HRV 35% to 40% more than Headspace, test shows | Martin Tobias | Apr 6, 2022 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 40% | “40%” | GreenPal required 40% seasonal customer retention before expanding into new cities | Bryan Clayton | Jul 27, 2021 | — |
| 33% | “33%” | Weisbrot: Study Shows 33% of COVID Patients Developed First-Time Mental Illness | Sean Weisbrot | Apr 6, 2021 | Partly supported |
| 30% | “30%” | Windley: Recruiting firm sustained 30% CAGR from under $1M base | David Windley | Nov 25, 2025 | Supported |
| 30% | “30%” | Jamison targets 30%+ IRR by passively acquiring profitable small businesses | Travis Jamison | Jul 4, 2025 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Weisbrot: Transitioned Consulting Business to No Contracts and 100% Upfront Payment | Sean Weisbrot | May 7, 2024 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Rutledge: Franchisor fees often slash expected 30% bottom-line margins down to 10% | Tom Rutledge | Apr 10, 2024 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Sobiech: Delve has scaled to 140 employees with 20-30% annual growth | Greg Sobiech | Feb 21, 2024 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Weisbrot: $500k Buys 30% Equity in Europe Versus 2-5% in US Startups | Sean Weisbrot | Jan 30, 2024 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Schurig: 70% of Companies Across All Industries Fail Within 10 Years | Darwin Schurig | Oct 17, 2023 | Partly supported |
| 30% | “30%” | Todd: Influence Mobile scaled joint partner revenue from $40K to $4M monthly | Daniel Todd | Aug 8, 2023 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Bramlett: Email Marketers Must Target 30% Open Rates Post-Apple Changes | Cody Bramlett | Sep 21, 2022 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Gisenau: Microsoft Teams takes zero cut of app revenue | Hilton Gisenau | Mar 26, 2021 | Supported |
| 30% | “30%” | Cheek regrets giving 30% equity to two partners with identical skill sets. | Lori Cheek | Dec 2, 2020 | — |
| 25% | “25%” | Wehn: Our AI Startup Charges 15-25% of Customers' Created Annual Value | Philipp Wehn | Feb 10, 2026 | — |
| 25% | “25%” | Lundin: Sales is 75% science framework and 25% human attributes | Ken Lundin | Apr 15, 2025 | — |
| 25% | “25%” | Joe Rare: Hidden tax benefits boost 9% real estate returns to 25% | Joe Rare | Feb 27, 2024 | — |
| 25% | “25%” | Schurig: Voluntary Turnover Costs Companies 0.5x to 4x Annual Salary | Darwin Schurig | Oct 17, 2023 | Supported |
| 25% | “25%” | Stephen Keery limits margin loan borrowing to 25% to prevent margin calls. | Stephen Keery | Jul 20, 2021 | — |
| 23% | “23%” | Web Street Takes 10% Carry; Zero-Salary Operators Receive 23% | Kyle Kodawiski | Apr 2, 2024 | — |
| 22% | “22%” | Dunn: Holden's algorithmic soccer betting fund averages 15% to 22% annual returns | Brendan Holt Dunn | Jun 27, 2023 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Fredrickson: Founders Can Delegate 80% of Delivery Like Dentists Use Hygienists | Derek Fredrickson | Aug 25, 2026 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Gupta: Enterprises use only 15% of their data tools' capabilities | Saurabh Gupta | Aug 18, 2026 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | May: Companies address LLM inference costs at $20k-$50k monthly spend | Rob May | Apr 10, 2026 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | May: Reasoning AI tactics increase token usage 20% of the time | Rob May | Apr 10, 2026 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Fallows: Borrowing 10% to 20% against a portfolio carries minimal risk | Tad Fallows | Dec 30, 2025 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Cakir: Claude Code with n8n MCP automates 80% of workflow creation | Tim Cakir | Jan 20, 2026 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Wehn: 10X Growth Requires Cutting 80% of Current Activities | Philipp Wehn | Feb 10, 2026 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Wightman's PR agency grew 15-20% annually for three years without new hires | Jackson Wightman | Dec 23, 2025 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Lazerow: Venture capital is the best business model ever due to fees | Michael Lazerow | Nov 11, 2025 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Lechner: Only about 20% of coaching clients personally use AI daily | Ariel Lechner | Oct 14, 2025 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Agobin: Low-yield revenue activities consume 80% of overhead and mental bandwidth | Todd Agobin | Sep 26, 2025 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Jamison: Holding 10-20% cash pays off by preventing panic selling during crashes | Travis Jamison | Jul 4, 2025 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Stuart Cohen: Content Rights Holders Must Accept 20% Unauthorized Usage | Stuart Cohen | Jun 20, 2025 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Adam Shell: Microdosing yields a 5% to 20% improvement over standard supplements | Adam Shell | Jun 3, 2025 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Bishop: PE Buyers Walk Away If One Customer Exceeds 20% Revenue | Cameron Bishop | Apr 8, 2025 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Timberlake: Forte Consulting grew about 20% during the pandemic | Hope Timberlake | Aug 10, 2024 | — |
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