| 10M | “ten million” | Saleem Renoui: E-commerce brands under $5M revenue manage expenses poorly | Saleem Renoui | Apr 29, 2025 | — |
| 15% | “15%” | Saleem Renoui: E-commerce brands under $5M revenue manage expenses poorly | Saleem Renoui | Apr 29, 2025 | — |
| 8% | “eight percent” | Saleem Renoui: E-commerce brands under $5M revenue manage expenses poorly | Saleem Renoui | Apr 29, 2025 | — |
| 8% | “eight percent” | Saleem Renoui: E-commerce brands should keep operating expenses below 8% | Saleem Renoui | Apr 29, 2025 | — |
| 3M | “a two million” | Struppelhoff: Red Hawk Plateaued Below $2M Top-Line Revenue for Years | Matt Struppelhoff | Apr 22, 2025 | — |
| 200M | “two hundred million” | Lundin: Even $200M companies often lack basic buyer personas and client profiles | Ken Lundin | Apr 15, 2025 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Lundin: Average tech transformation uses only 10% of purchased software | Ken Lundin | Apr 15, 2025 | — |
| $1M | “1002 thousand dollars” | Weisbrot: Micro-SaaS tools can generate $100K–$300K monthly on minimal costs | Sean Weisbrot | Apr 15, 2025 | — |
| 75% | “75%” | Lundin: Sales is 75% science framework and 25% human attributes | Ken Lundin | Apr 15, 2025 | — |
| 25% | “25%” | Lundin: Sales is 75% science framework and 25% human attributes | Ken Lundin | Apr 15, 2025 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Bishop: PE Buyers Walk Away If One Customer Exceeds 20% Revenue | Cameron Bishop | Apr 8, 2025 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Bishop: PE Buyers Walk Away If One Customer Exceeds 20% Revenue | Cameron Bishop | Apr 8, 2025 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Bishop's Client Left $4M on the Table to Keep Working Post-Acquisition | Cameron Bishop | Apr 8, 2025 | — |
| $4M | “four million dollars” | Bishop's Client Left $4M on the Table to Keep Working Post-Acquisition | Cameron Bishop | Apr 8, 2025 | — |
| 2M | “two million” | Bishop's Client Left $4M on the Table to Keep Working Post-Acquisition | Cameron Bishop | Apr 8, 2025 | — |
| 3M | “three million” | Bishop's Client Left $4M on the Table to Keep Working Post-Acquisition | Cameron Bishop | Apr 8, 2025 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | King: A 20-something Amazon FBA roll-up founder is generating over $100M annually | Ed King | Apr 1, 2025 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | King: IBM Watson boosted cupcake sales 10% by correlating frosting to weather | Ed King | Apr 1, 2025 | Contradicted |
| 5× | “five X” | Sauer: Business strength drives agency multiples between 3x and 6x EBITDA | Jeff Sauer | Mar 19, 2025 | — |
| 3× | “three X” | Sauer: Business strength drives agency multiples between 3x and 6x EBITDA | Jeff Sauer | Mar 19, 2025 | — |
| 6× | “six X” | Sauer: Business strength drives agency multiples between 3x and 6x EBITDA | Jeff Sauer | Mar 19, 2025 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Nitzos: People Account for 60% to 80% of SaaS Company Costs | Anthony Nitzos | Mar 11, 2025 | Supported |
| 5M | “five million” | Weisbrot: Venture Debt Extends Seed Runway to Boost Series A Valuations | Sean Weisbrot | Mar 11, 2025 | — |
| $1.5M | “a half million dollars” | Weisbrot: Venture Debt Extends Seed Runway to Boost Series A Valuations | Sean Weisbrot | Mar 11, 2025 | — |
| 1B | “a billion” | Guha: VCs prefer a 10% chance at $1B over guaranteed $100M | Rabbi Guha | Mar 4, 2025 | — |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | Guha: VCs prefer a 10% chance at $1B over guaranteed $100M | Rabbi Guha | Mar 4, 2025 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Guha: VCs prefer a 10% chance at $1B over guaranteed $100M | Rabbi Guha | Mar 4, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Guha: VCs prefer a 10% chance at $1B over guaranteed $100M | Rabbi Guha | Mar 4, 2025 | — |
| $8M | “eight million dollars” | Weisbrot: The AI agent Bordy autonomously raised an $8M funding round | Sean Weisbrot | Mar 4, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 9M | “an eight million” | Weisbrot: Bordy.ai's AI Agent Raised an $8M Seed Round on Its Own | Sean Weisbrot | Feb 25, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 2% | “two percent” | Sullivan: Investors only bet on the founder for 2% of entrepreneurs | Breen Sullivan | Feb 11, 2025 | — |
| 98% | “98%” | Sullivan: Investors only bet on the founder for 2% of entrepreneurs | Breen Sullivan | Feb 11, 2025 | — |
| 3× | “three times” | Weisbrot: Inexperienced founders need 3x more capital than anticipated | Sean Weisbrot | Feb 11, 2025 | — |
| 14% | “14%” | Sullivan: 14% of the population holds over 90% of corporate equity | Breen Sullivan | Feb 11, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 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 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Wilson: Young startups cannot realistically exceed ten percent growth per quarter | Skip Wilson | Aug 12, 2024 | — |
| 1.5M | “a half million” | Dubois: US manufacturing faces a 500,000-job shortfall per BLS data | Brian Dubois | Aug 11, 2024 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Timberlake: Forte Consulting collectively generates over $1 million annually | Hope Timberlake | Aug 10, 2024 | — |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Timberlake: Forte Consulting collectively generates over $1 million annually | Hope Timberlake | Aug 10, 2024 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Timberlake: Forte Consulting grew about 20% during the pandemic | Hope Timberlake | Aug 10, 2024 | — |
| $30M | “thirty million dollars” | Weisbrot: Most interviewed founders are bootstrapped, generating $3M to $30M | Sean Weisbrot | Aug 10, 2024 | — |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Weisbrot: US CMOs with scaling experience demand $250k and 5% equity | Sean Weisbrot | Aug 10, 2024 | Partly supported |
| $1.3M | “a quarter million dollars” | Weisbrot: US CMOs with scaling experience demand $250k and 5% equity | Sean Weisbrot | Aug 10, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 5% | “five percent” | Weisbrot: US CMOs with scaling experience demand $250k and 5% equity | Sean Weisbrot | Aug 10, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 50% | “50%” | Lacritz: Omnix targets resistant bacteria that kill 50% of infected patients | Rom Lakritz | Aug 9, 2024 | Supported |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Lacritz: Omnix targets resistant bacteria that kill 50% of infected patients | Rom Lakritz | Aug 9, 2024 | Supported |
| $15M | “fifteen million dollars” | Lacritz: Anchor has raised $15M in funding to date | Rom Lakritz | Aug 9, 2024 | Supported |
| $3M | “three million dollars” | Lacritz: Failing to sell company shares cost around $3 million | Rom Lakritz | Aug 9, 2024 | — |
| 20M | “twenty million” | Weisbrot: $650K invested in Nerve cost $20M in opportunity | Sean Weisbrot | Aug 9, 2024 | — |
| 50M | “fifty million” | Lacritz turned down co-CEO role at startup now valued around $50M | Rom Lakritz | Aug 9, 2024 | — |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | Todd: HVAC e-commerce business did around $100M in revenue prior to 2011 sale | Jason Todd | Aug 8, 2024 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Todd: Hiring safe acquaintances has cost him up to $1M or more | Jason Todd | Aug 8, 2024 | — |
| 20× | “20 X” | Blakney: SaaS Sells for 10x to 20x Multiples at Seven Figures | Ray Blakney | Aug 6, 2024 | — |
| 1% | “one percent” | Blakney: Most Successful CEOs See Therapists but Under 1% Discuss It | Ray Blakney | Aug 6, 2024 | — |
| 1% | “One percent” | Blakney: Raising weak skills from 20% to 50% beats marginal optimization | Ray Blakney | Aug 6, 2024 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Blakney: Raising weak skills from 20% to 50% beats marginal optimization | Ray Blakney | Aug 6, 2024 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Blakney: Raising weak skills from 20% to 50% beats marginal optimization | Ray Blakney | Aug 6, 2024 | — |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Markevics: Seed Communications crossed $1M in revenue at two years old | Loretta Markevics | Jul 30, 2024 | — |
| 8% | “eight percent” | Weisbrot: Switching to referrals boosted close rates from 10% to 90% | Sean Weisbrot | Jul 30, 2024 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Weisbrot: Switching to referrals boosted close rates from 10% to 90% | Sean Weisbrot | Jul 30, 2024 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Weisbrot: Switching to referrals boosted close rates from 10% to 90% | Sean Weisbrot | Jul 30, 2024 | — |
| $1K | “a thousand dollars” | Weisbrot: Individuals must pay off personal debt before financially supporting parents | Sean Weisbrot | Jul 23, 2024 | — |
| 60M | “sixty million” | Sekinger: NERP will generate $50M to $60M in 2024 | Jeff Sekinger | Jul 23, 2024 | — |
| 31M | “a thirty million” | Weisbrot: A US supplement brand generates $30M annually purely from affiliates | Sean Weisbrot | Jul 16, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Weisbrot: A US supplement brand generates $30M annually purely from affiliates | Sean Weisbrot | Jul 16, 2024 | — |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Weisbrot: Agency founders taking home $30K monthly need $1M+ annual revenue | Sean Weisbrot | Jul 16, 2024 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Merola: Move Marketing reached $1M in revenue and is pacing toward $2M | Caitlin Merola | Jul 16, 2024 | — |
| 2M | “two million” | Merola: Move Marketing reached $1M in revenue and is pacing toward $2M | Caitlin Merola | Jul 16, 2024 | — |
| $20M | “twenty million dollars” | Weisbrot: Founder anxiety persists whether generating zero dollars or twenty million | Sean Weisbrot | Jul 10, 2024 | — |
| 75% | “75%” | Lopicolo: Agencies should lose 75% of deals on price to maximize rates | Jared Lopicolo | Jul 10, 2024 | — |
| 93% | “93%” | Booth: AINDT achieves a 93% job placement rate for graduates | Donald Booth | Jul 2, 2024 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 65% | “65%” | Booth: Only 55-65% finish college, and 40% work in their field | Donald Booth | Jul 2, 2024 | Supported |
| 40% | “40%” | Booth: Only 55-65% finish college, and 40% work in their field | Donald Booth | Jul 2, 2024 | Supported |
| 8% | “eight percent” | Franchises account for 8% of US retail businesses but 40% of revenue | Lyle Myers | Jun 25, 2024 | Supported |
| 40% | “40%” | Franchises account for 8% of US retail businesses but 40% of revenue | Lyle Myers | Jun 25, 2024 | Supported |
| 3% | “three percent” | Myers: Regional Franchise Partners Receive 50% Franchise Fee and 3% Royalties | Lyle Myers | Jun 25, 2024 | — |
| 4× | “four times” | Weisbrot: Living in Costa Rica costs 3-4x more than Colombia. | Sean Weisbrot | Jun 14, 2024 | — |
| $1K | “a thousand dollars” | Sean Weisbrot Spent Nearly $1,000 Monthly Running His Podcast | Sean Weisbrot | Jun 11, 2024 | — |
| $4M | “four million dollars” | Caruana D: Helped Over 200 Entrepreneurs Add $3M–$4M in Revenue | Caruana D | Jun 4, 2024 | — |
| 1.5M | “half a million” | Caruana D: Secured multiple government contracts generating $500K in six months | Caruana D | Jun 4, 2024 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Sean Weisbrot: Reaching $10M Revenue Requires Executives to Manage Other Managers | Sean Weisbrot | Jun 4, 2024 | — |
| 5M | “five million” | Sean Weisbrot: Reaching $10M Revenue Requires Executives to Manage Other Managers | Sean Weisbrot | Jun 4, 2024 | — |
| 10M | “ten million” | Sean Weisbrot: Reaching $10M Revenue Requires Executives to Manage Other Managers | Sean Weisbrot | Jun 4, 2024 | — |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Caruana D: Delaying government contracting cost $880K annually over seven years | Caruana D | Jun 4, 2024 | — |
| 5M | “five million” | Gendelin says Company Folders generates $3M to $5M in annual revenue | Vladimir Gendelman | May 28, 2024 | — |
| 76% | “76%” | Google penalty wiped out 76% of traffic for Company Folders | Vladimir Gendelman | May 28, 2024 | — |
| 70% | “70%” | Company Folders lost roughly 70% of its revenue in April 2020 | Vladimir Gendelman | May 28, 2024 | — |
| 50M | “fifty million” | Weisbrot says a Texas PPE startup reached $150M revenue in two years | Sean Weisbrot | May 28, 2024 | Partly supported |
| $10M | “ten million dollars” | Cecil Robles's portfolio of businesses generates over $10M in gross annual revenue | Cecil Robles | May 21, 2024 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Robles: Building a worthwhile company almost always requires raising capital | Cecil Robles | May 21, 2024 | — |
| 20× | “20 times” | Weisbrot: Consulting rates were 10 to 20 times higher than coaching | Sean Weisbrot | May 14, 2024 | — |
| $3.7M | “3.7 million dollars” | Bimani: BPS Security Generates Roughly $3.7M in Annual Revenue | Glenn Bimani | May 7, 2024 | — |
| $13.2M | “13.2 million dollars” | Bimani: BPS Security Turned Down a Prospective $13.2 Million Client Contract | Glenn Bimani | May 7, 2024 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Bimani: BPS Security Quoted a 20% Surcharge to Force Weekly Payments | Glenn Bimani | May 7, 2024 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Weisbrot: Transitioned Consulting Business to No Contracts and 100% Upfront Payment | Sean Weisbrot | May 7, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Weisbrot: Transitioned Consulting Business to No Contracts and 100% Upfront Payment | Sean Weisbrot | May 7, 2024 | — |
| 4% | “four percent” | Bramlett: Direct-Response Funnels Convert 2% to 4% of Cold Traffic on First Touch | Cody Bramlett | Apr 30, 2024 | — |
| 1.5M | “a half million” | Bramlett: Supplement Business Has Maintained Eight-Figure Revenue Since 2020, Peaking at $18M | Cody Bramlett | Apr 30, 2024 | — |
| 4M | “four million” | Bramlett: Science Natural Supplements Did $3.5M–$4M in Year-One Turmeric Sales | Cody Bramlett | Apr 30, 2024 | — |
| $6M | “six million dollars” | Bramlett generated $6 million annually from his second basic sales page | Cody Bramlett | Apr 30, 2024 | — |
| 1.5M | “half a million” | Bramlett: Affiliate lists can scale an offer to $1M in 30 days | Cody Bramlett | Apr 30, 2024 | — |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Bramlett: Affiliate lists can scale an offer to $1M in 30 days | Cody Bramlett | Apr 30, 2024 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Bramlett: 99% of available copywriters are worthless | Cody Bramlett | Apr 30, 2024 | — |
| $6M | “six million dollars” | Bramlett: Making $1M to $6M in direct marketing is easy | Cody Bramlett | Apr 30, 2024 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Sherman: Probably 95% of Socium Media clients come from referrals | Sam Sherman | Apr 16, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Weisbrot: Reinvesting 100% of revenue runs business owners into the ground | Sean Weisbrot | Apr 16, 2024 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Rutledge: Franchisor fees often slash expected 30% bottom-line margins down to 10% | Tom Rutledge | Apr 10, 2024 | — |
| $1.5M | “half a million dollars” | Rutledge: Opening food franchise in existing space costs $500K to $750K | Tom Rutledge | Apr 10, 2024 | — |
| 1.5M | “half a million” | Rutledge: Opening food franchise in existing space costs $500K to $750K | Tom Rutledge | Apr 10, 2024 | — |
| 40% | “40%” | Rutledge: Opening food franchise in existing space costs $500K to $750K | Tom Rutledge | Apr 10, 2024 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Rutledge: Opening food franchise in existing space costs $500K to $750K | Tom Rutledge | Apr 10, 2024 | — |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | Rutledge: $100M business founders execute strategy in hours; $2M founders take days | Tom Rutledge | Apr 10, 2024 | — |
| 2M | “two million” | Rutledge: $100M business founders execute strategy in hours; $2M founders take days | Tom Rutledge | Apr 10, 2024 | — |
| $15M | “fifteen million dollars” | Empire Flippers Recently Brokered a $15 Million Online Business Sale | Kyle Kodawiski | Apr 2, 2024 | Partly supported |
| $1M | “one million dollars” | Web Street SPVs Raise $1M-$2.5M From 50 to 70 Investors | Kyle Kodawiski | Apr 2, 2024 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Web Street Takes 10% Carry; Zero-Salary Operators Receive 23% | Kyle Kodawiski | Apr 2, 2024 | — |
| 23% | “23%” | Web Street Takes 10% Carry; Zero-Salary Operators Receive 23% | Kyle Kodawiski | Apr 2, 2024 | — |
| 5% | “five percent” | Web Street Takes 10% Carry; Zero-Salary Operators Receive 23% | Kyle Kodawiski | Apr 2, 2024 | — |
| $1.5B | “half a billion dollars” | Top Online Business Brokerages Have Eclipsed $500M in Cumulative Sales | Kyle Kodawiski | Apr 2, 2024 | Supported |
| $40M | “forty million dollars” | Web Street Has Raised $40M to Acquire 40 Digital Assets | Kyle Kodawiski | Apr 2, 2024 | — |
| 30M | “thirty million” | Web Street Has Raised $40M to Acquire 40 Digital Assets | Kyle Kodawiski | Apr 2, 2024 | — |
| $1.5M | “half a million dollars” | Joe Rare: Earning $500k in passive income is extremely difficult for almost anyone | Joe Rare | Feb 27, 2024 | — |
| 8% | “eight percent” | Joe Rare: Bozeman median homes cost $800k with $7k monthly mortgages | Joe Rare | Feb 27, 2024 | Supported |
| $1.5M | “half a million dollars” | Sean Weisbrot: Launching a software startup cost $500,000 in personal funds | Sean Weisbrot | Feb 27, 2024 | — |
| $15M | “fifteen million dollars” | Sean Weisbrot: Selling $4,000 Bitcoin to fund startup cost $15 million | Sean Weisbrot | Feb 27, 2024 | — |
| 3× | “three times” | Sean Weisbrot: Portugal's cost of living tripled between 2019 and 2024 | Sean Weisbrot | Feb 27, 2024 | Contradicted |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Joe Rare: US transition to CBDC will wipe out dollar wealth | Joe Rare | Feb 27, 2024 | Open |
| 10% | “10%” | Joe Rare: Hidden tax benefits boost 9% real estate returns to 25% | Joe Rare | Feb 27, 2024 | — |
| 9% | “nine percent” | Joe Rare: Hidden tax benefits boost 9% real estate returns to 25% | Joe Rare | Feb 27, 2024 | — |
| 25% | “25%” | Joe Rare: Hidden tax benefits boost 9% real estate returns to 25% | Joe Rare | Feb 27, 2024 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Sobiech: Delve has scaled to 140 employees with 20-30% annual growth | Greg Sobiech | Feb 21, 2024 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Weisbrot: Founders need managers at $1M revenue and executives at $10M | Sean Weisbrot | Feb 21, 2024 | — |
| 5M | “five million” | Weisbrot: Founders need managers at $1M revenue and executives at $10M | Sean Weisbrot | Feb 21, 2024 | — |
| 10M | “ten million” | Weisbrot: Founders need managers at $1M revenue and executives at $10M | Sean Weisbrot | Feb 21, 2024 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Weisbrot: I charge clients 50% of factory cost savings over one year | Sean Weisbrot | Feb 13, 2024 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Weisbrot: California Basic Income Pilot Boosted Housing and Employment by 15-20% | Sean Weisbrot | Jan 30, 2024 | Contradicted |
| 1.5M | “half a million” | Weisbrot: $500k Buys 30% Equity in Europe Versus 2-5% in US Startups | Sean Weisbrot | Jan 30, 2024 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Weisbrot: $500k Buys 30% Equity in Europe Versus 2-5% in US Startups | Sean Weisbrot | Jan 30, 2024 | — |
| 5% | “five percent” | Weisbrot: $500k Buys 30% Equity in Europe Versus 2-5% in US Startups | Sean Weisbrot | Jan 30, 2024 | — |
| 2% | “two percent” | Weisbrot: $500k Buys 30% Equity in Europe Versus 2-5% in US Startups | Sean Weisbrot | Jan 30, 2024 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Judelson: Early VC Eases Initial Growth but Sacrifices Founder Control | Adam Jiddelson | Jan 25, 2024 | — |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Weisbrot: E-commerce brands can reach $10M in sales within a year easily | Sean Weisbrot | Jan 25, 2024 | — |
| $10M | “ten million dollars” | Weisbrot: E-commerce brands can reach $10M in sales within a year easily | Sean Weisbrot | Jan 25, 2024 | — |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Jiddelson: Desired lifestyles require 10x income growth, not 100x | Adam Jiddelson | Jan 25, 2024 | — |
| 100× | “hundred x” | Jiddelson: Desired lifestyles require 10x income growth, not 100x | Adam Jiddelson | Jan 25, 2024 | — |
| 5M | “five million” | Lundberg: UK lower mid-market deals range from £5M to £40M EV | Carl Lundberg | Jan 16, 2024 | — |
| 40M | “forty million” | Lundberg: UK lower mid-market deals range from £5M to £40M EV | Carl Lundberg | Jan 16, 2024 | — |
| 50M | “fifty million” | Cohen: Tech startup equity is a lottery ticket destined to lose | Oshree Cohen | Jan 9, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “99.999999%” | Cohen: Tech startup equity is a lottery ticket destined to lose | Oshree Cohen | Jan 9, 2024 | — |
| 3× | “three times” | Cohen: Tripling a plumber's hourly rate generated more customer leads | Oshree Cohen | Jan 9, 2024 | — |
| 200M | “two hundred million” | Smith: 50 million of the 200 million global creators work full-time | Keith Smith | Jan 2, 2024 | — |
| 50M | “fifty million” | Smith: 50 million of the 200 million global creators work full-time | Keith Smith | Jan 2, 2024 | — |
| 60% | “60%” | Smith: Influencers drive 60 percent of global buying decisions today | Keith Smith | Jan 2, 2024 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | MeForYou splits 50% of net revenue with creator partners | Keith Smith | Jan 2, 2024 | — |
| 1% | “one percent” | Staus: Lionized Version of Entrepreneurship Represents Under 1% of Reality | Mark Staus | Dec 19, 2023 | — |
| 70% | “70%” | Staus: Externalities Account for 65% to 70% of Modeled Situations | Mark Staus | Dec 19, 2023 | — |
| $10M | “ten million dollars” | Weisbrot: Competing with Slack in B2B SaaS requires $10M before profitability | Sean Weisbrot | Dec 19, 2023 | — |
| $30B | “thirty billion dollars” | Weisbrot: Competing with Slack in B2B SaaS requires $10M before profitability | Sean Weisbrot | Dec 19, 2023 | — |
| 1.5M | “a half million” | Staus: Proof Analytics Raised $4.5M from Family Offices with Zero VC | Mark Staus | Dec 19, 2023 | — |
| 5% | “five percent” | Staus: Consulting Firms Only Capture About 5% of Created Value | Mark Staus | Dec 19, 2023 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Staus: Consulting Firms Only Capture About 5% of Created Value | Mark Staus | Dec 19, 2023 | — |
| 0.03% | “0.03%” | Versteeg: Extroverts and introverts differ by only 0.03% in sales success | Alan Versteeg | Dec 19, 2023 | Contradicted |
| 99% | “99%” | Jeremy Barr: Founders Should Expect a 99% Rejection Rate and Need Volume | Jeremy Barr | Dec 5, 2023 | — |
| $1M | “one million dollars” | Barr: 6% Monthly Growth Over 7-Year IPO Timeline Yields $133 Million | Jeremy Barr | Dec 5, 2023 | Supported |
| $133M | “one hundred thirty three million dollars” | Barr: 6% Monthly Growth Over 7-Year IPO Timeline Yields $133 Million | Jeremy Barr | Dec 5, 2023 | Supported |
| 6% | “six percent” | Barr: 6% Monthly Growth Over 7-Year IPO Timeline Yields $133 Million | Jeremy Barr | Dec 5, 2023 | Supported |
| 50M | “fifty million” | Barr: Media buying can scale revenue to $50M without product repeatability | Jeremy Barr | Dec 5, 2023 | — |
| 6% | “six percent” | Barr: Media buying can scale revenue to $50M without product repeatability | Jeremy Barr | Dec 5, 2023 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Sean Weisbrot: I Will Never Build a Venture-Backed Startup Again | Sean Weisbrot | Nov 28, 2023 | — |
| 1T | “a trillion” | Tulla: Startups Rarely Achieve True Large-Scale Impact Compared to Big Tech | Ari Tulla | Nov 28, 2023 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Tulla: Startups Rarely Achieve True Large-Scale Impact Compared to Big Tech | Ari Tulla | Nov 28, 2023 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Tulla: Morning glucose spikes cause you to eat 15-20% more daily calories | Ari Tulla | Nov 28, 2023 | Contradicted |
| 100% | “100%” | Cox: Nonverbal Autistic Son Is Highly Aware and Desires to Speak | Ken Cox | Nov 21, 2023 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Appel: Organizations cannot execute more than four or five turnaround priorities simultaneously | Michael Appel | Nov 14, 2023 | — |
| 17% | “17%” | Appel: Costco marks up products roughly 15% to 17% above cost | Michael Appel | Nov 14, 2023 | Partly supported |
| 1B | “a billion” | Appel: Major off-price retailers require billion-dollar scale for acquisitions | Michael Appel | Nov 14, 2023 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | ASX Study Found Female CEOs Returned 50% More Profit Over Five Years | Sean Weisbrot | Nov 7, 2023 | Contradicted |
| 10% | “10%” | Rosati: Board Members Work Under 10% of Management Hours, Creating Information Gaps | Deborah Rosati | Nov 7, 2023 | — |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Rosati: VC Board Members Face Direct Conflicts During Down Rounds | Deborah Rosati | Nov 7, 2023 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Rosati: CFOs should focus on 10-20% budget variances, not minor expenses | Deborah Rosati | Nov 7, 2023 | — |
| 31M | “a thirty million” | Musselman took over his family's $30M manufacturing business at age 30 | Mark Musselman | Oct 31, 2023 | — |
| 12M | “an eleven million” | Musselman: Lender called $6.5M balance on an $11M credit line | Mark Musselman | Oct 31, 2023 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 6.5M | “6.5 million” | Musselman: Lender called $6.5M balance on an $11M credit line | Mark Musselman | Oct 31, 2023 | Not publicly verifiable |
| $60M | “sixty million dollars” | Musselman's former family business sold under PE ownership for around $60M | Mark Musselman | Oct 31, 2023 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 95% | “95%” | Musselman: Five clients drive roughly 95% of his referral business | Mark Musselman | Oct 31, 2023 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Musselman: Consultants must commit to process while remaining outcome-independent | Mark Musselman | Oct 31, 2023 | — |
| 1M | “one million” | Chalana: Startup operators rarely scale from $1M to $100M revenue milestones | Vikram Chalana | Oct 24, 2023 | — |
| 10M | “ten million” | Chalana: Startup operators rarely scale from $1M to $100M revenue milestones | Vikram Chalana | Oct 24, 2023 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Schurig: 70% of Companies Across All Industries Fail Within 10 Years | Darwin Schurig | Oct 17, 2023 | Partly supported |
| 50% | “50%” | Schurig: 70% of Companies Across All Industries Fail Within 10 Years | Darwin Schurig | Oct 17, 2023 | Partly supported |
| 70% | “70%” | Schurig: 70% of Companies Across All Industries Fail Within 10 Years | Darwin Schurig | Oct 17, 2023 | Partly supported |
| 25% | “25%” | Schurig: Voluntary Turnover Costs Companies 0.5x to 4x Annual Salary | Darwin Schurig | Oct 17, 2023 | Supported |
| 4× | “four times” | Schurig: Voluntary Turnover Costs Companies 0.5x to 4x Annual Salary | Darwin Schurig | Oct 17, 2023 | Supported |
| 79% | “79%” | Schurig: 79% of Voluntary Turnover Stems from Lack of Appreciation or Bad Managers | Darwin Schurig | Oct 17, 2023 | Contradicted |
| 70% | “70%” | Schurig: 70% of At-Risk Employees Believe Leaving Is Necessary for Career Advancement | Darwin Schurig | Oct 17, 2023 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Schurig: Orthopedic partner grew from $1M to $100M in 2.5 years | Darwin Schurig | Oct 17, 2023 | — |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | Schurig: Orthopedic partner grew from $1M to $100M in 2.5 years | Darwin Schurig | Oct 17, 2023 | — |
| 7× | “seven times” | Schurig: Bad Hires Cost Four to Seven Times Their Annual Compensation | Darwin Schurig | Oct 17, 2023 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Schurig: Poor Leadership Drives 70% of Stage 3 Clinical Trial Failures | Darwin Schurig | Oct 17, 2023 | — |
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