Derek Girard

Owner and Principal Consultant, DGirard Consulting · 1 appearance on the record.

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He created MyRepChat, a compliant client-texting platform for financial advisors that he scaled and sold in late 2023. He is also the author of Put to the Test and the owner of DGirard Consulting.

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4 assertions · 1 insight · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 4 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 2 are resolved, and 2 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Derek argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Girard: Startup faced simultaneous lawsuits from competitor, investor, and uncle
“So there was a competitor that sued us for patent infringement. That was the first lawsuit. I woke up to receiving that notification. And then the investor that I had piled on, he filed a state lawsuit and then my uncle. My uncle's attorneys filed a lawsuit on…”
Derek Girard Jun 6, 2025 ▶ 6:30 Self-Confidence Is a Terrible Substitution for Self-Awareness

Expressed certainty vs assessment result

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How they sound: not measured why? →

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Everything Derek Girard said on We Live to Build that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Assertion Not checkable as stated
Girard: Attorneys omitted IP assignment clause from lead programmer uncle's contract
“And we went back to our first, we went back to our first attorneys and I said, this is what they're claiming. He said, no, we put an assignment in every document we do. And I said, great. Where's that assignment? Where's that, that sentence? And he said, oh sh…”
Derek Girard Jun 6, 2025 ▶ 7:44 Self-Confidence Is a Terrible Substitution for Self-Awareness
Insight
Girard: Self-confidence is a terrible substitute for self-awareness
“Self-confidence is a terrible substitution for self-awareness.”
Derek Girard Jun 6, 2025 ▶ 21:29 Self-Confidence Is a Terrible Substitution for Self-Awareness
Assertion Supported
Girard: Startup faced simultaneous lawsuits from competitor, investor, and uncle
“So there was a competitor that sued us for patent infringement. That was the first lawsuit. I woke up to receiving that notification. And then the investor that I had piled on, he filed a state lawsuit and then my uncle. My uncle's attorneys filed a lawsuit on…”
Derek Girard Jun 6, 2025 ▶ 6:30 Self-Confidence Is a Terrible Substitution for Self-Awareness
Assertion Supported
Girard: Federal jury invalidated competitor's patent and found no infringement
“And the other one, the patent case after three and a half years ended up going to trial for eight days in federal court. And at the end of it, the jury agreed that we don't infringe on their patents. And conversely, they agreed with our counterclaims that thei…”
Derek Girard Jun 6, 2025 ▶ 9:43 Self-Confidence Is a Terrible Substitution for Self-Awareness
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Girard: Defending three simultaneous lawsuits cost company millions of dollars
“Cause it's, you know, three different lawsuits for me over three and a half years, it was millions of dollars that frankly, the company didn't have.”
Derek Girard Jun 6, 2025 ▶ 11:57 Self-Confidence Is a Terrible Substitution for Self-Awareness

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Self-Confidence Is a Terrible Substitution for Self-Awareness Jun 6, 2025 14m
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