Quartz
topic on 7 shows · 2 statements across 1 episodes · said 11 times in 9 episodes since 2016
20VC 5 
Capital Allocators 2 
the Official SaaStr Podcast 1 
Top Founders 1 
How I Built This 1 
the a16z Podcast 1 
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2023 1 mention in 1 episode
2022 1 mention in 1 episode
2021 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2019 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2017 1 mention in 1 episode
2016 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
- 20VC: How To Assess Founder Psychology, Why Talking About Financial Returns In The First Meeting Is Always Wrong & How To Allocate Time Amongst A VC Portfolio with Kara Nortman, Partner @ Upfront Ventures
- 20VC: Fred Destin @ Accel on Why Startups Fail & Founders Get Fired?
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2 statements about Quartz, every show
Gilbert: Functional time-telling market shifted entirely to quartz after Quartz Crisis
“The whole watch world by volume became almost entirely quartz, and the market for time-telling as a function went entirely to quartz, full stop.”
Gilbert: Rolex would only be a 'good' business today if it adopted quartz
“And so I think if they had gone quartz, Rolex would be fine today. That would be a way to build a good business. But the way to potentially build a great business was to try this crazy Blancpain-esque strategy, but at scale with one of the biggest and most suc…”