Davis Smith

11 statements across 2 episodes · 5 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 4, 2020 by Davis Smith · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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May 4, 2020
Disclosure
Davis Smith: We sold our pool table business off-market during business school
“We kept running the business from school and then there was a gentleman who owned a handful of domains and businesses, and we didn't even put the business on the market, really. We just reached out to him and said, Hey, we're in business school. We're thinking…”
Davis Smith May 4, 2020 ▶ 19:44 Cotopaxi: Davis Smith
May 4, 2020
Assertion Partly supported
Davis Smith: Baby.com.br raised $4.3 million in its initial venture round
“4.3 million.”
Davis Smith May 4, 2020 ▶ 24:16 Cotopaxi: Davis Smith
May 4, 2020 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Davis Smith: Co-founder Stephan Jacob and I never argued in six-plus years
“You know, we've worked together for six and a half years now, and we've never had an argument.”
Davis Smith May 4, 2020 ▶ 49:15 Cotopaxi: Davis Smith
May 4, 2020 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Davis Smith: PoolTables.com generated $1 million in sales in year one
“We did, yeah, we did a million in sales our first year in business.”
Davis Smith May 4, 2020 ▶ 14:37 Cotopaxi: Davis Smith
May 4, 2020 positive
Disclosure
Smith: Cotopaxi was inspired by Warby Parker and TOMS
“It was, I was inspired by Warby Parker, my classmates in school. I was inspired by Tom's shoes and I thought, you know, this is a way I can make a meaningful impact in the world.”
Davis Smith May 4, 2020 ▶ 37:48 Cotopaxi: Davis Smith
May 4, 2020 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Davis Smith: PoolTables.com reached $6M in revenue and $1M in EBITDA
“We were doing like six million in revenue maybe a million dollars in EBITDA.”
Davis Smith May 4, 2020 ▶ 17:10 Cotopaxi: Davis Smith
May 4, 2020 positive
Assertion Supported
Cotopaxi let factory sewers design one-of-a-kind bags using remnant fabric
“We went to them and said, hey, all this remnant material that we see, all this leftover, we want to use it, and we want you guys to design the bags. The only rule is to make no bag alike, and so that's been really fun.”
Davis Smith May 4, 2020 ▶ 47:56 Cotopaxi: Davis Smith
May 4, 2020 neutral
Insight
Smith: Quality of Life Is Determined by Birthplace, Not Superior Merit
“One of the things that I learned from that very early age was that I was not special. I was not better than them or smarter than them or harder working or more ambitious. My life was different simply because of where I was born.”
Davis Smith May 4, 2020 ▶ 3:53 Cotopaxi: Davis Smith
May 18, 2023 negative
Disclosure
Davis Smith lost close relationship with cousin after co-founding baby.com.br
“Kimball and I mean, we were like brothers. There's no other way to say it. I mean, we did everything together. We, you know, we'd built homes on the same street. We went to business school at the same time. We vacationed together. And honestly, it's one of the…”
Davis Smith May 18, 2023 ▶ 30:30 HIBT Lab! Cotopaxi: Davis Smith
May 18, 2023 neutral
Disclosure
Davis Smith will retain chairman role during three-year church mission
“I'm going to be joining the board meetings. I'm going to be moving into a chairman role. Every quarter I'm going to do a meeting with all new employees, which I love doing this currently. I do it actually currently I do it every month, but all new employees I …”
Davis Smith May 18, 2023 ▶ 37:10 HIBT Lab! Cotopaxi: Davis Smith
May 18, 2023
Assertion Supported
Cotopaxi has aided 3.8 million people in poverty over nine years
“Over the history of our business, the last almost nine years, we've helped and aided 3.8 million people living in poverty through our efforts.”
Davis Smith May 18, 2023 ▶ 23:05 HIBT Lab! Cotopaxi: Davis Smith
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