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Davis Smith: From Selling $6M of Pool Tables to Scaling Cotopaxi to $150M in Revenues | E1095 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Dec 15, 2023 · 31 mentions

• ▶ 0:34 Harry Stebbings I told you beforehand, I have the best job ever because I basically find brands that I love, like Cotopaxi, and then I get to interview the founders.
• ▶ 14:11 Harry Stebbings How does Cotopaxi come to be? 2 times in the scene
• ▶ 16:20 Davis Smith And so for us with Cotopaxi, I always tell people we're not a backpack company. 3 times in the scene
• ▶ 24:44 Davis Smith It's quite a bit bigger than it was, uh, you know, back when, you know, back when I went to college, when I went to grad school, but, you know, it's a relatively small business compared to Cotopaxi, but, uh, we converted to a benefit… 2 times in the scene
• ▶ 25:41 Davis Smith And this is what's unique, I think, about Cotopaxi.
• ▶ 27:34 Davis Smith I'm trying to figure out, and I'll just tell you, I haven't talked publicly about this, but earlier this year, about 12 months ago, I, I knew I was leaving the company, leaving my CEO role to go, uh, lead a mission for my church, uh, in… 9 times in the scene
• ▶ 36:16 Davis Smith Was I scared to leave Cotabaxi? 2 times in the scene
• ▶ 45:51 Davis Smith Let's just look at the Cotopaxi case, because that's the case I know the best, right? 2 times in the scene
• ▶ 53:04 Davis Smith And it turns out, you know, the name Cotopaxi is named after a volcano in Ecuador where I lived as a teenager.
• ▶ 54:45 Davis Smith Um, you know, the cool thing about Cotopaxi is like our mission has always been about our purpose. 2 times in the scene
• ▶ 56:46 Davis Smith I've been very specific in Cotabaxi about identifying core values, about being, uh, specifically creating rituals and traditions that reinforce the values.
• ▶ 1:04:18 Davis Smith And, um, I was so convinced 12 months ago that I would never take this company public, that I didn't want to sell it to anyone. 2 times in the scene
• ▶ 1:11:40 Harry Stebbings Are you back at Cotopaxi? 3 times in the scene