Frank Azor
On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
1shows
1appearances
8statements
3resolved
2supported
0contradicted
67%fully supported
Everything Frank Azor said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Azor: Boutique PC makers gain advantage via emerging tech unfit for mass production
“Because we were smaller, we were, we had access to certain components and ultra high tech and emerging technologies that weren't ready for mass scale and mass adoption. So that we used our size to our advantage.”
Azor: Alienware Hardware Is Instantly Recognizable Without Its Logo
“Alienware was, is still one of the few brands that has, like, a personality behind it where you can cover up the logo and know immediately that that is an Alienware product.”
Early Alienware let customers mail in games for factory pre-installation
“We would actually tell customers they could send us their games, they could send us their joystick, their game pads, whatever hardware they wanted pre-configured on the computer, they can mail it to us. We would install and configure everything for them, so th…”
Merchant processors held Alienware's revenue for 60 days over fraud suspicions
“And they'd be like, oh, we have to hold it for 60 days to make sure this is legitimate. And we're trying to run a business. We have to, you know, you have to buy parts, you have to pay yourself, you have to pay rent, you have to pay services. And yeah, they wo…”
Alienware harvested scarce 1 GHz AMD CPUs from brand new Gateway PCs
“When AMD launched the first one gigahertz processor, we couldn't get our hands on it, so Nelsonerotics came up with the idea, just buy a bunch of gateways that have the processor in it. We'll take out the one gigahertz We'll put a cheaper two or 300 dollar pro…”
Enabling direct online ordering scaled Alienware's sales to over 100 PCs monthly
“I think the inflection point was when we evolved the website so that customers could actually order it on the website instead of just configuring it. You know, and that is when things started going from, like, 20, 30 computers a month to 50, then 70, then a hu…”
Azor: Alienware initially competed internally with Dell's XPS brand post-acquisition
“Initially when Dell acquired Alienware, we were still competing against XPS gaming because XPS was their gaming brand.”
One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Frank's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.
| Show | Role there | Eps | Statements | Record | |
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 HOW I BUILT THISLEDGER | 1 | 8 | 67% 2/3 | full record on How I Built This → |