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Kim Vaccarella

17 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Sep 7, 2026 by Kim Vaccarella · across every show →

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Sep 7, 2026 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Sep 2029
Vaccarella predicts that Bogg Bag will become a billion-dollar brand
“I believe it'll be a billion dollar brands.”
Kim Vaccarella Sep 7, 2026 ▶ 1:20:13 Bogg Bag: Kim Vaccarella. The $100 Million Business She Almost Abandoned
Sep 7, 2026
Disclosure
Vaccarella funded early Bogg Bag expenses with her husband's pension loan
“One point we took out a pension loan from my husband's pension. I used some of the money.”
Kim Vaccarella Sep 7, 2026 ▶ 21:28 Bogg Bag: Kim Vaccarella. The $100 Million Business She Almost Abandoned
Sep 7, 2026
Disclosure
Vaccarella gave a 25% stake in Bogg Bag for a $120,000 investment
“And we signed the paperwork, and I gave them 25% of the business.”
Kim Vaccarella Sep 7, 2026 ▶ 54:48 Bogg Bag: Kim Vaccarella. The $100 Million Business She Almost Abandoned
Sep 7, 2026
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Vaccarella distributed defective Bogg Bags filled with supplies for Sandy relief
“And we handed out every single bag.”
Kim Vaccarella Sep 7, 2026 ▶ 45:42 Bogg Bag: Kim Vaccarella. The $100 Million Business She Almost Abandoned
Sep 7, 2026
Assertion Supported
Bogg Bag reached $50 million in 2023 revenue with five core employees
“The greater part of 23, and at the end of 2023, we had five people and some warehouse workers. None of us had any experience in what we were doing, and we closed 2023 at fifty million dollars.”
Kim Vaccarella Sep 7, 2026 ▶ 1:15:50 Bogg Bag: Kim Vaccarella. The $100 Million Business She Almost Abandoned
Sep 7, 2026
Assertion Supported
Guy Raz says Vaccarella was rejected from Shark Tank four times
“By the way, Kim may seem like the kind of founder who would have been perfect for Shark Tank, but she never made it on the show, even though she applied like four times.”
Guy Raz Sep 7, 2026 ▶ 1:22:16 Bogg Bag: Kim Vaccarella. The $100 Million Business She Almost Abandoned
Sep 7, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Vaccarella says up to 1,000 bags in a 1,200-unit order arrived defective
“Between 800 and a thousand.”
Kim Vaccarella Sep 7, 2026 ▶ 41:15 Bogg Bag: Kim Vaccarella. The $100 Million Business She Almost Abandoned
Sep 7, 2026
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bogg Bag hit $20 million in sales while taking orders manually
“The only need was I was probably in the, you know, twenty million dollar range at that point. And we had no systems. I was taking orders on pen and paper. Everything was done like manually.”
Kim Vaccarella Sep 7, 2026 ▶ 1:08:19 Bogg Bag: Kim Vaccarella. The $100 Million Business She Almost Abandoned
Sep 7, 2026
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Vaccarella bought carloads of Target designer collaborations to resell on eBay
“I would go to Target when Target would have launches with, like, Missoni or, like, any one of those big, huge launches. I would buy as much stuff as I could fit into my car, and I would resell it.”
Kim Vaccarella Sep 7, 2026 ▶ 13:19 Bogg Bag: Kim Vaccarella. The $100 Million Business She Almost Abandoned
Sep 7, 2026
Disclosure
Vaccarella sold a 40% stake in Bogg Bag to preserve founder control
“Yeah, 40% stake, so I maintained control, which was, you know, the issue with the other deal, and, you know, we started the ball rolling”
Kim Vaccarella Sep 7, 2026 ▶ 1:16:18 Bogg Bag: Kim Vaccarella. The $100 Million Business She Almost Abandoned
Sep 7, 2026
Disclosure
A public company offered over $100 million for a Bogg Bag majority
“Over a hundred million.”
Kim Vaccarella Sep 7, 2026 ▶ 1:10:02 Bogg Bag: Kim Vaccarella. The $100 Million Business She Almost Abandoned
Sep 7, 2026
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Vaccarella's factory threatened to sell defective Bogg Bags independently if rejected
“And basically they were like, no, you need to take these bags first so that we have more room in the factory so that we can make you more bags. And I said, I'm not taking any of these bags. And the guy said well, we'll just sell them then.”
Kim Vaccarella Sep 7, 2026 ▶ 51:01 Bogg Bag: Kim Vaccarella. The $100 Million Business She Almost Abandoned
Sep 7, 2026
Disclosure
Vaccarella originally intended to sell a patent, not build a business
“I was not looking to build a business.”
Kim Vaccarella Sep 7, 2026 ▶ 15:19 Bogg Bag: Kim Vaccarella. The $100 Million Business She Almost Abandoned
Sep 7, 2026
Assertion Not yet assessed · timeframe Dec 2018
Vaccarella says Bogg Bag reached $1 million in sales in 2018
“So you had three months to hit a million dollars. That's a lot of pressure. Yeah, it was. But we did it. We squeaked it by.”
Kim Vaccarella Sep 7, 2026 ▶ 1:03:59 Bogg Bag: Kim Vaccarella. The $100 Million Business She Almost Abandoned
Sep 7, 2026 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Vaccarella dropped out of high school rather than graduating in 1988
“And actually, I didn't graduate in 88. I ended up dropping out of high school.”
Kim Vaccarella Sep 7, 2026 ▶ 6:26 Bogg Bag: Kim Vaccarella. The $100 Million Business She Almost Abandoned
Sep 7, 2026 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sandy relief recipients later contacted Vaccarella to purchase more Bogg Bags
“Between nine months and a year after Sandy, Now, all these people have had their bog bags in the worst possible scenario. Guy Raz: All these people who got a donation. Kim Vaccarella: Oh, all the, yes. Kim Vaccarella: Everybody that received a donation had the…”
Kim Vaccarella Sep 7, 2026 ▶ 47:22 Bogg Bag: Kim Vaccarella. The $100 Million Business She Almost Abandoned
Sep 7, 2026
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Vaccarella funded a $30,000 Bogg Bag order using her children's college fund
“This was my savings, yeah. Well, my husband and my savings, yeah. And my kid's college fund.”
Kim Vaccarella Sep 7, 2026 ▶ 41:27 Bogg Bag: Kim Vaccarella. The $100 Million Business She Almost Abandoned
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