Brian Spaley

8 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 21, 2019 by Andy Dunn · said 110 times in 2 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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2022 58 mentions in 1 episode
2019 52 mentions in 1 episode

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Jan 21, 2019
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Dunn: Bonobos sold $16,000 worth of pants in one day at Stanford
“One day, we had a pants party at our house, and I think we sold 16,000 dollars worth of pants that day.”
Andy Dunn Jan 21, 2019 ▶ 11:47 Bonobos: Andy Dunn
Jan 21, 2019 negative
Insight
Dunn: Founding a business with friends destroys the friendship's emotional support
“Once you get into a business partnership with a friend, the friendship gets totally sublimated to the business partnership. So a lot of the stuff that you used to talk about or do, you don't have time to do because you've got to work on this little growing bab…”
Andy Dunn Jan 21, 2019 ▶ 27:05 Bonobos: Andy Dunn
Jan 21, 2019 positive
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Dunn: Curved waistbands were a novel breakthrough in early menswear design
“And that was this genius insight that actually the way to do this is to make pants with a curved waistband, which would bring in the pant around to your waist in a way where the overall shape looks Looks great. And that hadn't really been done in a meaningful …”
Andy Dunn Jan 21, 2019 ▶ 8:27 Bonobos: Andy Dunn
Apr 4, 2022
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Bonobos sold $16,000 of pants in one Stanford house party
“One day, we had a pants party at our house, and I think we sold 16,000 dollars worth of pants that day, and that was when I kind of looked at him.”
Andy Dunn Apr 4, 2022 ▶ 12:33 Bonobos: Andy Dunn (2019)
Apr 4, 2022 negative
Insight
Dunn: Going into business with friends completely sublimates the friendship
“What I realized is once you get into a business partnership with a friend, the friendship gets totally sublimated to the business partnership.”
Andy Dunn Apr 4, 2022 ▶ 27:47 Bonobos: Andy Dunn (2019)
Apr 4, 2022 neutral
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Dunn: Bonobos was a 50-50 partnership, creating decision-making gridlock
“Because we were fifty-fifty partners. You know, I had the title of CEO, but Brian had a ton of business acumen, and so it really was a partnership of equals, and it becomes difficult to figure out who makes the call.”
Andy Dunn Apr 4, 2022 ▶ 28:41 Bonobos: Andy Dunn (2019)
Apr 4, 2022 positive
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Dunn: Curved waistbands had not been meaningfully used in men's pants
“And that was this genius insight that actually the way to do this is to make pants with a curved waistband, which would bring in the pant around to your waist in a way where the overall shape looks, looks great. And that hadn't really been done in a meaningful…”
Andy Dunn Apr 4, 2022 ▶ 9:22 Bonobos: Andy Dunn (2019)
Apr 4, 2022
Assertion Supported
Raz: Andy Dunn and Brian Spaley's Bonobos split is a Stanford case study
“And by the way, Andy and Brian Spaley's story has been used as a case study at Stanford Business School, including the email Andy sent to Brian that eventually led to Brian leaving the company.”
Guy Raz Apr 4, 2022 ▶ 1:05:59 Bonobos: Andy Dunn (2019)
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