Jeffrey Hollender
14 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 5 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 25, 2021 by Jeffrey Hollender · across every show →
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Jan 25, 2021
Jan 25, 2021
Jan 25, 2021 positive
Newman: Hollender was brilliant in turning Seventh Generation around
“I think what Jeffrey did with the business after I left was in many ways, brilliant, you know, certainly deserves a lot of credit for taking this concept and this fledgling business who was really down on its luck and finding the way”
Jan 25, 2021 neutral
Hollender: Seventh Generation never put Newman's sabbatical terms in writing
“One of the things we could have done that we didn't do is put things in writing when Alan left. So,
A written document that says Alan's taking six months off, and he will return at the end of six months and fulfill the position he had before.
I mean, that wasn…”
Jan 25, 2021 positive
Hollender: Seventh Generation gave a weekly prize for the biggest employee mistake
“One of my fondest memories is that in our staff meetings, we would actually give a prize out to the person who made the biggest mistake that week, and they would get a coupon to go out to dinner with their friend or their wife.”
Jan 25, 2021 negative
Jan 25, 2021 negative
Hollender: Eco-friendly products are just "less bad," not actually good
“To be quite honest, it's often about being less bad rather than good, and I think we've gotten the two things confused. I think that when you're buying a seventh generation diaper, you're causing landfills to fill up, you're causing increased climate change. Y…”
Jan 25, 2021 negative
Newman: My co-founder fired me by letter while I was on sabbatical
“I didn't know until I sent an email or a letter or however we communicated in those days
Saying, okay, getting ready to come back, why don't we get together and let me talk about some of the ideas that I have put together that I'd love to start implementing, a…”
Jan 25, 2021
Hollender: Royal Mounties jailed me for starting a company without papers
“In Canada, and I had a pretty high profile because of this successful startup, and one day the Royal Mounties showed up in the office, handcuffed me, and threw me in jail because I was an illegal alien. I was working in Canada without working papers.”
Jan 25, 2021
Jan 25, 2021
Jan 25, 2021 negative
Jan 25, 2021 negative
Jan 25, 2021
Hollender: Seventh Generation co-founders saw a counselor to reconcile differences
“We went to see a third party to try to reconcile our differences. And we had a series of meetings with a sort of marriage counselor type person to see if we could mend the relationship, which I don't think happened very successfully.”