Forbes, every mention
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every year anyone Guy Raz 29Oliver Kharraz 3Stewart Butterfield 2Shazi Visram 2Jeremy Stoppelman 2Gabi Lewis 2Sara Blakely 1Matt Mullenweg 1
Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Forbes comes up
Build-A-Bear: Maxine Clark. A Former Shoe Executive Launches a Stuffed Animal Empire
The Container Store: Kip and Sharon Tindell
Groupon and Descript: Andrew Mason
- ▶ 3:03 Guy Raz At one time, his face was on the cover of Forbes magazine with the headline, the fastest growing company ever. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 28:31 Guy Raz Like I, I, I read a story about how at a certain point, you know, like Forbes or some magazine had you guys on the cover, like a year and a half in, and it was, it was like the fastest growing company of all time. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 29:57 Guy Raz That, that Forbes piece comes out in.
Magic Spoon & Exo: Gabi Lewis and Greg Sewitz
- ▶ 19:06 Gabi Lewis That month during our Kickstarter, we were in the New York Times, we were in Forbes, Fast Company, tons of press just because the idea was so buzzworthy.
- ▶ 29:23 Gabi Lewis There was lots of traditional media coverage, whether it was Forbes or Fast Company or New York Times, but far more impactful than that was having Mark Sisson, paleo primal blogger, write a blog post to his-
Roku: Anthony Wood
Happy Family Organics: Shazi Visram (2020)
- ▶ 15:03 Shazi Visram And there was, I think it was Fortune or Forbes, but there was a story about, like, you know, how this could be the business of the future that makes change.
WordPress & Automattic: Matt Mullenweg
- ▶ 46:11 Matt Mullenweg He was a blogger, but also wrote for, like, Fortune, and Forbes, and Business Two Point O, and all these big magazines.
Coinbase: Brian Armstrong
Mailchimp: Ben Chestnut
Casper: Philip Krim
Robinhood: Vlad Tenev
Riot Games: Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill
Zocdoc: Oliver Kharraz
- ▶ 39:51 Oliver Kharraz Uh, we ended up applying to this, uh, Forbes Boost Your Business competition. 3 times in the scene
Wikipedia: Jimmy Wales (2018)
Happy Family Organics: Shazi Visram
- ▶ 14:55 Shazi Visram And there was, I think it was Fortune or Forbes, but there was a story about, like, you know, how this could be the business of the future that makes change is, like, going green, and that sounds so cliche right now, but remember, this is,…
Chicken Salad Chick: Stacy Brown (2018)
Live From The HIBT Summit: Sara Blakely Of Spanx
- ▶ 18:55 Sara Blakely I had it on at all times, literally, and then, um, and then I ended up on the cover of Forbes, like, 10 or 15 years later, and all my friends from Clearwater High texted me, and they were like, damn, shoulda listened to that sh**.
Shopify: Tobias Lütke
Dyson: James Dyson (2018)
Yelp: Jeremy Stoppelman
- ▶ 4:52 Jeremy Stoppelman You know, I was reading Forbes, and I, there was, uh. 2 times in the scene
Burt's Bees: Roxanne Quimby
Slack & Flickr: Stewart Butterfield
- ▶ 54:53 Stewart Butterfield I'm trying to remember where I read this, but there's a, there's a nice visual, and that's, there's a billion blades of grass on this massive field, um, and people are playing golf, and every blade of grass says, like, I believe the golf… 2 times in the scene