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Beanie Babies

3 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Aug 24, 2016 by Chad Byers · said 6 times in 4 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Aug 24, 2016
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chad Byers Flipped Beanie Babies on eBay at Age 11
“I remember being one of the first sellers on eBay during the beanie baby craze in the late nineties. So I was 11 years old. I'd set up this like little business flipping beanie babies on eBay.”
Chad Byers Aug 24, 2016 ▶ 2:24 20VC: Why Raising A Fund Is Like Raising A $25m Seed Round with No Product & Why Not All LP Money Is Equal with Chad Byers, General Partner @ Susa Ventures
Oct 16, 2023 negative
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Prince: The eBay Beanie Babies origin story is a PR myth
“So I've talked to the founders of eBay about that. That's complete and utter PR retrospective BS. And the reason that a lot of stories look like that is because almost nobody Once, if you're in the, you're the journalist that, that, that you said before we sta…”
Matthew Prince Oct 16, 2023 ▶ 41:17 Matthew Prince: The Two Biggest Mistakes Every Founder Makes | E1072 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Oct 24, 2023 negative
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Prince: The story of eBay starting with Beanie Babies is PR BS
“So, so the eBay example, you're like eBay started with Beanie Babies. So I've talked to the founders of eBay about that. That's complete and utter PR retrospective BS.”
Matthew Prince Oct 24, 2023 ▶ 11:59 Harry debates Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince: "Should startups target niche markets?" · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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