Bob Williams
10 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Mar 28, 2022 by Bob Williams · across every show →
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Mar 28, 2022 negative
Gold: Lane Furniture forced him to hide his sexual orientation
“They had moved me down to North Carolina, and it became very obvious to me that I couldn't be out. I couldn't bring Bob with me to functions of the company functions when they had spouses, and their whole way of operating was just not honest, is the best way I…”
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Bob Williams: Nervous breakdown over identity prompted pivot to design school
“I remember after graduating high school and going off to college, basically having a nervous breakdown. And Being hospitalized for a week because of the stress of all this, and that was tough, but that was also a time when I looked at my life and it's like, al…”
Mar 28, 2022 neutral
Bob Williams: Fully Upholstered Chairs Were Exclusively High-End in 1989
“Well, and these were also fully upholstered chairs. Which were more of a designer look. So you would see them at a higher price point, but they weren't necessarily for the mass consumer. And if you did, they were still expensive.”
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Bob Williams: Chairs are 360-degree functional sculptures floating in rooms
“And one of the things I realized early on was that a chair actually, you know, will float in the middle of the room. So people see it not only from the front and the side, but also from the back. It actually is a sculpture that people sit on.”
Mar 28, 2022 positive
Gold: Cutting retail accounts from 72 to 48 grew business 48%
“Bob and I sat down, and we went through the 72 customers that we had, and we dropped it to 48, and we said, these 48 we're going to be able now to give better service to. I swear this number is true. In that year, our business increased 48%.”