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Jim Weber

10 statements across 2 episodes · 5 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Apr 6, 2022 by David Rosenthal · said 16 times in 6 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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brought up most by Ben Gilbert (12), David Rosenthal (4)

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2022 16 mentions in 6 episodes 3 per episode

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Everything said about Jim Weber, oldest first

Apr 6, 2022 positive
Assertion Supported
Brooks Running Grew From Millions to Over $1B Revenue Under Jim Weber
“What they went from under Jim, they went from like de minimis small number of millions of revenue to over a billion in revenue a year competing with Nike and Adidas.”
David Rosenthal Apr 6, 2022 ▶ 1:00 Platforms and Power (with Hamilton Helmer and Chenyi Shi) · Acquired
May 16, 2022 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe May 2032
Weber: Brooks targets 60M unique customers and $4B revenue in 10 years
“So we see an opportunity for sixty million customers, Sixty million uniques up from maybe fifteen million today, four bagger, and four billion in revenue.”
Jim Weber May 16, 2022 ▶ 1:02:29 Arena Show Part II: Brooks Running (with CEO Jim Weber) · Acquired
May 16, 2022
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Weber: Esophageal cancer diagnosis had a 20% five-year survival rate
“My five-year survival rate was 20%. One in five. And my five years is this November, so I'm going to kick its butt.”
Jim Weber May 16, 2022 ▶ 1:05:58 Arena Show Part II: Brooks Running (with CEO Jim Weber) · Acquired
May 16, 2022 positive
Assertion Supported
Weber: Brooks Running Has Not Needed Outside Capital Since 2001
“We haven't needed a dollar of capital since 2001.”
Jim Weber May 16, 2022 ▶ 16:43 Arena Show Part II: Brooks Running (with CEO Jim Weber) · Acquired
May 16, 2022 neutral
Disclosure
Weber: Buffett Blocked Running App Acquisitions Due to Lack of EBITDA
“So I wanted to buy every one of those and Warren wanted me to do the multiple on EBITDA and there was no EBITDA. So let's just say it's hard to do acquisitions.”
Jim Weber May 16, 2022 ▶ 58:01 Arena Show Part II: Brooks Running (with CEO Jim Weber) · Acquired
May 16, 2022
Insight
Weber: Beginner Runners Need Premium Footwear More Than Elite Athletes
“But what's interesting at our sport, the person that really needs the best footwear and the best Run bra and all of that are the people that are just beginning. Because the injury potential for those people is really high.”
Jim Weber May 16, 2022 ▶ 27:36 Arena Show Part II: Brooks Running (with CEO Jim Weber) · Acquired
May 16, 2022 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Weber: Brooks generated $10M in cash during his first nine months
“And we generated ten million of cash that first nine months. That's how much we shrunk the balance sheet with focus.”
Jim Weber May 16, 2022 ▶ 32:38 Arena Show Part II: Brooks Running (with CEO Jim Weber) · Acquired
May 16, 2022 positive
Assertion Supported
Gilbert: Warren Buffett Made Brooks a Direct Berkshire Hathaway Report
“So, along the way, Brooks was acquired by Berkshire Hathaway, and Warren Buffett personally elevated Brooks and Jim to make the company a direct report to him.”
Ben Gilbert May 16, 2022 ▶ 6:28 Arena Show Part II: Brooks Running (with CEO Jim Weber) · Acquired
May 16, 2022
Assertion Partly supported
Gilbert: Brooks Faced $30M Debt and Near-Payroll Failure in 2002
“So when the CEO, Jim Weber, took the helm in 2002, the company was losing five million dollars a year, it was thirty million dollars in debt, it was a week away from missing payroll, and the board was like having weekly meetings to figure out how to make Payro…”
Ben Gilbert May 16, 2022 ▶ 5:18 Arena Show Part II: Brooks Running (with CEO Jim Weber) · Acquired
May 16, 2022 neutral
Assertion Supported
Weber: Track Officials Ejected Brooks Execs From 2012 Olympic Trials
“They kicked me out, our head of marketing, and our head of sports marketing.”
Jim Weber May 16, 2022 ▶ 48:51 Arena Show Part II: Brooks Running (with CEO Jim Weber) · Acquired
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