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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Away comes up
Advice Line with Stacy Madison of Stacy’s Pita Chips
Advice Line with Michael Dubin of Dollar Shave Club
Advice Line with Tony Xu of Doordash
Advice Line with Randy Hetrick of TRX
Advice Line with Bobbi Brown of Jones Road Beauty
Tecovas: Paul Hedrick
Chobani: Hamdi Ulukaya
Bombas: David Heath and Randy Goldberg
- ▶ 1:11:58 David Heath Thing that we found in those companies that was different than our peer set of, you know, the aways and the Warby's of the world is that they didn't grow by raising hundreds of millions of dollars of capital and trying to skyrocket the…
Tumi & Roam Luggage: Charlie Clifford
Norma Kamali: Norma Kamali
Cotopaxi: Davis Smith
- ▶ 45:48 Davis Smith Uh, this is an investor that she's backed, uh, Warby Parker and Away and Birchbox and, uh, Dollar Shave Club, and she believed in us, and she believed in our mission, and so she, she wrote the first check, and, uh, that was the beginning…
- ▶ 53:23 Guy Raz Now, this is a question I've asked other founders, Swell Bottles and Outdoor Voices and, you know, Away Suitcases and Warby Parker, I've had them on, and they're different stories.
Brooklinen: Vicki and Rich Fulop
Live From The HIBT Summit: Sara Blakely Of Spanx
Live Episode! Walker & Company: Tristan Walker
Headspace: Andy Puddicombe and Rich Pierson
Shopify: Tobias Lütke
Live Episode! Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP: Angie & Dan Bastian
Dyson: James Dyson (2018)
EO Products: Susan Griffin-Black & Brad Black
Dave's Killer Bread: Dave Dahl
Stacy's Pita Chips: Stacy Madison
Zappos: Tony Hsieh (2017)
Away: Jen Rubio
- ▶ 0:46 Guy Raz I'm Guy Raz, and on today's show, how a broken suitcase inspired Jen Rubio to design a better one, and in the process, disrupt the multi-billion dollar luggage industry with her Instagrammable suitcase, Away. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 32:53 Jen Rubio And I just typed in Away as a placeholder. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 39:10 Jen Rubio At this point, we still thought Away was a placeholder name.
- ▶ 46:51 Jen Rubio And I would, like, ramble about the brand, and I was like, like, we make luggage, but we're a travel brand, and it's really going to connect with people, and that's the whole idea for Away, is that people didn't emotionally connect with… 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 53:09 Jen Rubio Anytime you would open Instagram, and, and someone was, like, getting ready for a trip, they would be posting a photo with their away suitcase.
- ▶ 57:58 Guy Raz I mean, do you, what do you, what do you imagine a way becoming, um, beyond a company that sells suitcases? 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:00:24 Guy Raz That's Jen Rubio of Away. 4 times in the scene
Live Episode! Glossier: Emily Weiss
- ▶ 34:06 Emily Weiss She invested in Warby Parker, she invested in Bonobos, um, she invested most recently in Away.