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Building Blackstone, Backing Costco, and Working with Munger | Tony James on The a16z Show
- ▶ 0:24 David Haber You led the series A into Costco.
- ▶ 15:01 David Haber One of my favorite fun facts, uh, about your time at Deal J, and you know, we're sitting in a venture capital office, was that you, you led the Series A into Costco in the 19 eighties. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 18:01 David Haber I mean, again, the other amazing fact about your, you know, time with Costco is that you've, you've been on the board, I think, 38 years, which is probably one of the longest tenures in American corporate governance that I can think of. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 22:21 David Haber I know, I know we originally met, I think, in the, in the context of the Costco, uh, you know, board meeting, and, um, you know, I, he wasn't there in person, but, you know, 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 28:53 Tony James My DLJ that I felt that same sense of proprietary ownership for that I felt for Costco was gone.
- ▶ 36:17 Tony James Um, and, but I, you know, I, I started focusing right away on culture, again, coming from DLJ, where I had, and, and my experience with Costco, culture is so important.
- ▶ 38:13 Tony James Army, uh, or Costco, or, or a huge Swiss bank for that matter.
- ▶ 1:06:04 Tony James But first of all, remember, Blackstone was my, like, since my third run, I had DLJ, I had Costco, which started the same year as Blackstone, but became even more successful.
- ▶ 1:15:26 David Haber You mentioned you had, you know, lots of interests outside of, you know, Blackstone, Costco, and DLJ.
How Truemed Is Incentivizing Americans to Invest in Prevention
- ▶ 13:05 Justin Mares Things like Costco and Walmart are the two largest sellers of organic products in the country.
“How We Can Eliminate Crime” | Ben Horowitz and Garrett Langley
- ▶ 28:41 unnamed speaker Costco, yeah.
The Death of Search: How Shopping Will Work In The Age of AI
- ▶ 29:31 Alex Rampell Like my favorite business model for commerce by far is Costco. 22 times in the scene
Mark Cuban on the NBA, Cost Plus Drugs, and How to Fix Politics
- ▶ 53:25 Mark Cuban Because we don't spend money on advertising or anything, makes 12 to fourteen million a year, and we just added Whole Foods, we just added Costco, we're adding more and more, you know, outlets.
The Marketplace 100: A Glimpse Into the Future of Commerce
- ▶ 12:01 Connie Chan When I go to Costco, when I go to Target, I go in to buy one thing.
2023 Big Ideas in Technology (Part 1)
- ▶ 8:43 Connie Chan Like when I walk into Target or Costco, I might have like one thing I need to get. 2 times in the scene
Two-Sided Networks in Healthcare - a Founder's Playbook
- ▶ 16:59 Doug Hirsch I think Costco published prices on their website.
The Future of Decision-Making: 3 Startup Opportunities
a16z Podcast | Who's Down with CPG, DTC? (And Micro-Brands Too?)
- ▶ 8:56 Ryan Caldbeck That's very different than the offline world where if I'm selling into Safeway or Whole Foods or Costco down the street, it's hard for me to switch the product out if it's not working, to tweak a package, whatever it is.
- ▶ 45:30 Ryan Caldbeck So then if you think about, okay, if it's number of, it's breadth and quality of doors, meaning TJ Maxx not as valuable as let's say Whole Foods or Costco.
a16z Podcast | The Internet of Taste, Streaming Content to Culture
- ▶ 6:42 Ted Sarandos Uh, we bought movies from Costco.
a16z Podcast | Tech and Entertainment in the 'Era of Mass Customization'
- ▶ 17:57 Reed Hastings In his first two years at Netflix, he had to work out of the home because he couldn't afford an office, and he used to drive down with his crew to Costco and, you know, buy 5000 copies, and, you know, we would load them up and mail them…
a16z Podcast | The Movement of Money
- ▶ 5:06 Alex Rampell The other problem, I call it the Costco problem, where if you go to Costco at two PM on a Saturday, the problem is actually, it's not paying. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 6:10 Patrick Collison And like, what does it mean to transact with Costco?
a16z Podcast | Reinventing Insurance
- ▶ 23:04 Frank Chen Why aren't I buying more insurance products at Costco or Amazon or through Facebook Messenger?
What's Next for Marketplace Startups
- ▶ 15:40 Frank Chen A, somebody who will pick up your stuff at Costco arrives or whatever, right?
The Autonomy Ecosystem: The Value Chain (3 of 8)
- ▶ 3:12 Frank Chen You can do the Home Depot and Costco runs in it.
What Happens When Mobile (Really) Hits the Wallet
- ▶ 7:34 Alex Rampell The other problem is what I call the Costco problem. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 10:43 Alex Rampell So one thing that you can rebundle as more and more payments happen starting at the digital wallet later, either online addressing the, uh, what I would call the pajama problem or offline, the Costco problem.