Do you struggle to get members talking in your entrepreneurship community? Use Fact or Fiction prompts to instantly spark conversations and challenge assumptions. These templates make it easy to engage even the quietest members with interactive, curiosity-driven posts.
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Fact or Fiction content taps into our natural curiosity and desire to test what we know. Entrepreneurs constantly face myths and misconceptions, making this format especially relevant. By challenging members to separate truth from fiction, you invite them to reflect, share opinions, and learn together.
This approach also reduces the pressure to give a 'correct' answer, encouraging participation from both seasoned founders and newcomers. Revealing the truth or discussing the answer builds shared knowledge and trust, while keeping interactions light, fun, and memorable.
Fact or Fiction: Most entrepreneurs start with a detailed business plan. What do you think?
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: Most entrepreneurs start with a detailed business plan. What do you think?"
Fact or Fiction: 90 percent of startups fail within the first year.
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: 90 percent of startups fail within the first year."
Fact or Fiction: You need to be young to be a successful entrepreneur. Share your guess below!
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: You need to be young to be a successful entrepreneur. Share your guess below!"
Fact or Fiction: Most venture capitalists invest in solo founders.
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: Most venture capitalists invest in solo founders."
Fact or Fiction: Failure is a badge of honor in Silicon Valley. What do you think?
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: Failure is a badge of honor in Silicon Valley. What do you think?"
Fact or Fiction: Entrepreneurs work fewer hours than employees.
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: Entrepreneurs work fewer hours than employees."
Fact or Fiction: The majority of startups are funded with personal savings. Agree or disagree?
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: The majority of startups are funded with personal savings. Agree or disagree?"
Fact or Fiction: All entrepreneurs are risk-takers at heart.
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: All entrepreneurs are risk-takers at heart."
Fact or Fiction: You need a unique idea to start a successful business. Guess below!
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: You need a unique idea to start a successful business. Guess below!"
Fact or Fiction: Most entrepreneurs make money in the first year.
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: Most entrepreneurs make money in the first year."
Fact or Fiction: Networking is more important than product quality. What do you think?
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: Networking is more important than product quality. What do you think?"
Fact or Fiction: Women-owned startups get less funding than men-owned startups.
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: Women-owned startups get less funding than men-owned startups."
Fact or Fiction: You must know how to code to launch a tech startup. Share your answer!
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: You must know how to code to launch a tech startup. Share your answer!"
Fact or Fiction: Success in entrepreneurship is mostly about luck.
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: Success in entrepreneurship is mostly about luck."
Fact or Fiction: Most small businesses are profitable after five years.
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: Most small businesses are profitable after five years."
Fact or Fiction: You should quit your job before starting a business. Vote in the comments!
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: You should quit your job before starting a business. Vote in the comments!"
Fact or Fiction: Entrepreneurs never take vacations.
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: Entrepreneurs never take vacations."
Fact or Fiction: You need a lot of money to start a business. Share your thoughts!
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: You need a lot of money to start a business. Share your thoughts!"
Fact or Fiction: The customer is always right in business.
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: The customer is always right in business."
Fact or Fiction: Entrepreneurship is less stressful than a 9-to-5 job. What is your guess?
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: Entrepreneurship is less stressful than a 9-to-5 job. What is your guess?"
Fact or Fiction: All successful entrepreneurs dropped out of college.
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: All successful entrepreneurs dropped out of college."
Fact or Fiction: You need an MBA to run a successful business.
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: You need an MBA to run a successful business."
Fact or Fiction: Most entrepreneurs have multiple failed businesses before success. Agree?
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: Most entrepreneurs have multiple failed businesses before success. Agree?"
Fact or Fiction: You have to work alone to be a true entrepreneur.
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: You have to work alone to be a true entrepreneur."
Fact or Fiction: The best time to start a business is during a recession. Vote below!
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: The best time to start a business is during a recession. Vote below!"
Fact or Fiction: Most entrepreneurs regret leaving their corporate jobs.
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: Most entrepreneurs regret leaving their corporate jobs."
Fact or Fiction: You need a co-founder to raise venture capital. What is your take?
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: You need a co-founder to raise venture capital. What is your take?"
Fact or Fiction: Most entrepreneurs are extroverts.
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: Most entrepreneurs are extroverts."
Fact or Fiction: You need a perfect product before launching. Agree or disagree?
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: You need a perfect product before launching. Agree or disagree?"
Fact or Fiction: Entrepreneurs are born, not made.
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: Entrepreneurs are born, not made."
Fact or Fiction: Most startup founders pay themselves a high salary early on.
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: Most startup founders pay themselves a high salary early on."
Fact or Fiction: Only disruptive ideas attract investors. What do you think?
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: Only disruptive ideas attract investors. What do you think?"
Fact or Fiction: You need to live in a major city to succeed as an entrepreneur.
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: You need to live in a major city to succeed as an entrepreneur."
Fact or Fiction: Entrepreneurs never stop learning. Do you agree?
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: Entrepreneurs never stop learning. Do you agree?"
Fact or Fiction: You need a big social media following to succeed. True or false?
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: You need a big social media following to succeed. True or false?"
Fact or Fiction: Most entrepreneurs work from home. Guess below!
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: Most entrepreneurs work from home. Guess below!"
Fact or Fiction: Failure means you are not cut out for entrepreneurship.
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: Failure means you are not cut out for entrepreneurship."
Fact or Fiction: Most startups pivot at least once before finding product-market fit.
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: Most startups pivot at least once before finding product-market fit."
Fact or Fiction: Entrepreneurship is a lonely journey. What is your experience?
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: Entrepreneurship is a lonely journey. What is your experience?"
Fact or Fiction: All entrepreneurs are natural leaders.
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: All entrepreneurs are natural leaders."
Fact or Fiction: The most successful entrepreneurs focus on one business only.
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: The most successful entrepreneurs focus on one business only."
Fact or Fiction: You need to be a jack of all trades to run a startup. Do you agree?
💡 Example: "Fact or Fiction: You need to be a jack of all trades to run a startup. Do you agree?"
Schedule a Fact or Fiction post weekly or during slow engagement periods. Post a surprising statement about entrepreneurship, then ask your members to vote or comment with their guess. After a set time, reveal the answer or invite discussion around it. Mix up topics to keep things fresh, and encourage members to share their own myths for future posts.
On all platforms, use eye-catching visuals or polls to increase participation. Tag active members to spark the first comments. On forums or Slack, pin the post for the day. On social media, use Stories or Reels for quick engagement. Always reply to early answers to keep the conversation going.
Once a week works well, but you can adjust frequency based on your community's engagement level.
It's best to reveal the answer after some discussion, along with a credible source, to build trust and learning.
Encourage respectful debate and share sources. Disagreement can drive deeper engagement and learning.
Absolutely. Inviting member submissions increases participation and uncovers new topics.
Gently correct with credible sources and encourage an open, learning-focused environment.
Yes. They are designed to be accessible and spark discussion across all experience levels.
They work on all platforms, including forums, Slack, Discord, Facebook groups, and LinkedIn.