Chip Gaines
On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
Everything Chip Gaines said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Chip Gaines: Raising private equity would have accelerated Magnolia but cost 50% equity
“Had we gotten tens of millions of dollars earlier than The downside would have been somebody would have owned 50% of our business. That would have been true. And we could have done that. The upside would have been, we would have been able to build this much mo…”
Chip Gaines: First house flip yielded a $50K profit in four months
“I buy this house for about 50 grand. We put about 50,000 dollars into the house, and I sold that house for about 150,000 dollars. So that A plus B equals C, and that thing took me probably three and a half, four months, and it was a lot of hard work and whatno…”
Chip Gaines: Bank halved $500K development credit line during 2008 crash
“So we had gotten this line of credit for 500,000 dollars. We probably had 300,000 dollars worth of that line of credit in the dirt. So in infrastructure, streets were in, you know, curbs and gutters were in... But there was not a single house. And I remember t…”
Chip Gaines viewed HGTV show solely as marketing for Magnolia's core business
“It was always, what is this TV show going to enable us to do on the business side of it? So we were always laser focused on the business part.”
Chip Gaines: Non-TV revenue dwarfed television earnings for Magnolia
“We made money for, from the TV side of this business, but everything else dwarfed that.”
Chip Gaines: College laundry service profited from 20-30% unused subscriptions
“The profit actually came from 20 or 30% of those kids buying those 199 dollar plans and never showing up one time.”
Chip Gaines: College side businesses generated $30K to $50K annually
“In all of those endeavors, you know, I had a laundry business. I had a lawn business. I bought several firework stands in East Texas. I mean, bro, but all of that, Put together into one pot. Made about 30 to 50,000 dollars a year, and as a college kid, so I'm …”
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How I Built This 1
2024 1 mention in 1 episode
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| HOW I BUILT THISLEDGER | 1 | 7 | — | full record on How I Built This → |