The Ledger

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Assertion Supported
The famous Disney flywheel sketch was drawn for the Wall Street Journal
“So the legend that's out there that everybody believes is that this was a napkin sketch that Walt himself drew. No, it was actually created Buy a Disney Studio artist as an illustration for this Wall Street Journal piece.”
David Rosenthal Jun 23, 2026 ▶ 3:32:18 The Walt Disney Company: The most successful enterprise for monetizing human nostalgia (Audio) · Acquired
Assertion Supported
Disney filmed 1950s TV in color anticipating its future value
“The other thing this article reveals is that Disney was intentionally making its TV shows in color even when TVs were still black and white because they thought it was likely TVs would go color soon and they knew that the IP they were making would stay valuabl…”
Ben Gilbert Jun 23, 2026 ▶ 3:35:18 The Walt Disney Company: The most successful enterprise for monetizing human nostalgia (Audio) · Acquired
Assertion Partly supported
Acquired reached #1 globally on Apple and Spotify following WSJ profile
“And what happened is when that article came out, Acquired became the number one podcast on both Spotify and Apple charts in the world.”
Ben Gilbert Aug 8, 2024 ▶ 4:31 Chase Center + Summer Update (Audio) · Acquired
Assertion Supported
Birkin and Kelly bags alone generate 25% to 30% of Hermès revenue.
“In 2020, the Wall Street Journal estimated that about a 120,000 Birkin and Kelly bags were made in that year. That's about 25 to 30% of total revenue coming from just those two bags, which, again, you can't buy.”
Ben Gilbert Feb 20, 2024 ▶ 3:14:54 Hermès (Audio) · Acquired
Assertion Supported
Benchmark's 2011 fund reached a 25x gross return before fees
“According to a 2018 Wall Street Journal article, they reported that before fees, the 20 11 fund was sitting on a 25 X on that five hundred and fifty million.”
Ben Gilbert Sep 28, 2022 ▶ 2:50:10 Benchmark Part I · Acquired
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