The Ledger, every show
Every statement that passed quotation and attribution checks, across all 44 shows. Pick shows below, then mix any filter with any other.
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Walker: Multi-blade razors have less efficacy and single blades dominate internationally
“Fast forward 20 years later, they lose the patent, and many would argue, ah, that the only reason we have two, three, four, five, six blade razors today is purely due to patent protection, but it actually has less efficacy, and if you travel internationally, s…”
Walker: 80% of Black men deal with shaving irritation permanently
“All you had to do was get on the phone with 10 black men, and eight of them would have said this is a permanent thing I have to deal with. All you had to do was get on the phone with 10 white men, and four of them would have said the same thing. Could have don…”
Walker: Walker & Company ran on 3-to-6-month cycles versus 2-year industry norms
“I think that was the thing that was differentiated in a CPG industry that operates on two year cycles. We operated on three to six month cycles.”
Walker: Consumers of color outspend all demographics in health and beauty
“Folks of color spend more money in every single health and beauty category than anyone else.”
Walker: Adopting a subscription model was strictly to secure venture funding
“Subscription in the beginning. Yeah, that was the thing that actually got me to get the funding that I needed, because a lot of these VCs were subscription, subscription, subscription.”
Walker is the first Black CEO in Procter & Gamble's 180-year history
“Procter & Gamble's been around for a 180 years, and I'm the first black CEO in the company's history.”
Walker: Black barbershops will never go away due to community importance
“At least in our community, the black barbershop will never go away.”
Walker: Foursquare grew from 0 to over 1M merchants during his tenure
“When I started at the company, we had zero merchants, zero brands, all that on the platform. By the time I ended up leaving Foursquare, even a couple years later, we had over a million merchants on the platform. By the time I left, we were a 150 people. I star…”
Tristan Walker: Walker & Company received 99% rejections from investors
“For us, it was like check, check, check, check, and we heard 99% no's.”
Tristan Walker: Walker & Company's daily online sales grew 3x to 4x
“In fact, we're probably three, four X our daily sales online up since the start of this, right?”
Walker: 80% of Black people suffer from shaving irritation and razor bumps
“I know that 80% of people who look like me, men or women, have this issue. I know 30% of people who don't look like me have this issue.”
Walker: Ben Horowitz initially pushed for a hair extensions startup
“Well, in fact Ben really wanted me to do the hair extensions idea.”
Walker: Over half of Walker & Company customers come organically
“Even today, well over half of our customers come organically.”
Walker: Walker & Company grew 200-300% in year one and 200% in year two
“Between the first and second year, third year, I think our kind of growth rates, Two, 300% first year, 200% the second, and then we started to get into this world where we couldn't raise money, so it started to slow down.”
Walker: Retail sales make up the majority of Walker & Company's business
“Retail now is the majority of our business.”
Walker: Mother worked three jobs simultaneously while raising him in Queens
“So my mom worked three jobs, mainly New York City Housing Authority administrative assistant. She spent some time working for Time Warner Cable and she did some retail, all at the same time within seven days.”
Walker: Foursquare had just two and a half employees when he joined
“There were two and a half. There was Dennis, Naveen, they were co-founders, and then Harry, who was leading engineering, but he wasn't quite full-time yet, but I guess theoretically.”
Walker: Foursquare scaled from two to 150 employees and raised tens of millions
“What does it look like to go from two employees to a 150 to raise tens of millions of dollars, to build something uniquely authentic, it was an education that I wouldn't have gotten alone.”