William Wang
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Vizio generated over $700M in media platform revenue last year
“We built a platform that, you know, last year we did over seven hundred million dollars in media.”
Wang slashed TV prices using vertical de-integration and Taiwanese manufacturing
“I found the right factory in Taiwan. They can build a lot cheaper than, at the time, the labor costs in Japan. And, the components are all the same. At the same time, we've, we're vertically deintegrated, I use that efficiency, and we pass the saving to the co…”
Wang: Vizio was launched with a $400,000 second home mortgage
“My own money started from my second mortgage in my house, 400,000 dollars to fund my business.”
Wang: Gateway paid him 2% revenue plus $20K monthly for TVs
“So later on, they say, okay, in that case, it's we'll pay you two percent of all the revenue you help us generate on TV. And on top of that, we'll pay you 20,000 dollar a month.”
Raz: 96 survived and 83 died in Singapore Airlines Flight 006
“96 people survived. 83 people were killed in that flight”
Wang built a Linux-based smart TV prototype with apps in 1998
“I actually had a whole design lab. We laid out a board. We found a software company in Boston to do, to Linux-based software for us. I found the chip supplier. Put a CPU in the TV and connect it to the internet. And when you turn on that TV, first page was app…”
Wang: Mag InnoVision held $25M to $30M in debt at sale
“I think we had 25, thirty million dollars of debts.”
Wang: Mag InnoVision launched with $350k raised from suppliers, Tatung, and family
“They say, oh yeah, if you do this, I gave you a 150,000 dollars. So you gave me a 150,000 dollars, so I went to my dad, and I put together 50,000 dollars. Like, some of them from my dad, some of them from my own saving after four years of working. Then After, …”