ClaimsWarren Buffett

“Michael Porter helped in terms of developing the curriculum”

Warren Buffett, Berkshire CEO 15 December 2020 CNBC Transcript: Buffett and David Solomon (Dec 2020) (CNBC) archived copy

Factual Economics and markets

Michael Porter helped develop the curriculum of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program.

Unresolvable The public record could not settle it.

Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?

The second judge would not resolve this claim; the verdict shown is the first judge's.

The evidence is the person's or their organisation's own records.

What would count as true or false

True: program materials or credible reports show that Harvard's Michael Porter helped develop the curriculum of 10,000 Small Businesses, for example as chair of its advisory council or as a curriculum designer. Mostly true: Porter played a documented advisory role in the program that touched the curriculum, but his involvement was more general than curriculum development. Mixed: Porter's role was only nominal or loosely connected. Mostly false: Porter was associated with the program but evidently not with its curriculum. False: Porter had no role in the program.

Set before the research began.

Evidence (3)

  1. E1 Michael R. Bloomberg Joins 10,000 Small Businesses Advisory Council As Co-Chair Goldman Sachs (press release) · 2 June 2014 Own record

    “The Council assists in the development, execution and evaluation of the Goldman Sachs *10,000 Small Businesses* program, which aims to help propel small businesses forward.”
  2. E2 Michael R. Bloomberg Joins 10,000 Small Businesses Advisory Council As Co-Chair Goldman Sachs (press release) · 2 June 2014 Own record

    “has joined Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO Lloyd Blankfein, Warren Buffett and Dr. Michael Porter as a co-chair of the Goldman Sachs *10,000 Small Businesses* Advisory Council.”
  3. E3 Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Initiative Launches in Detroit Goldman Sachs · 26 November 2013 Own record

    “10,000 Small Businesses Advisory Council Co-Chairs Warren Buffett and Dr. Michael Porter were also present at the announcement”

Reasoning

The evidence shows that Michael Porter co-chairs the 10,000 Small Businesses Advisory Council [E2][E3], which assists in developing, executing and evaluating the program [E1]. No item shows whether his involvement touched the curriculum, so the evidence does not settle which level of the criteria applies.

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Warren Buffett, “Michael Porter helped develop the curriculum of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program.” (said 15 December 2020). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_3f75faa48529, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_3f75faa48529

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