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Koel Thomae

9 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 25, 2024 by Koel Thomae · across every show →

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Nov 25, 2024
Disclosure
Noosa equity was split 50% Mathewson, 25% Graves, and 25% Thomae
“It was a half, a quarter. It's because the Mathewson family put in a larger share of money.”
Koel Thomae Nov 25, 2024 ▶ 23:55 Noosa Yoghurt: Koel Thomae
Nov 25, 2024
Disclosure
Thomae: Initial vision for Noosa was a local Colorado brand, not national
“And again, my vision wasn't to create this national brand. I just thought I could have this really cool Colorado-based company, and then I selfishly get to eat it more than once a year.”
Koel Thomae Nov 25, 2024 ▶ 12:59 Noosa Yoghurt: Koel Thomae
Nov 25, 2024 negative
Disclosure
Koel Thomae vows never to start another perishable food company
“I will never start a perishable food company again.”
Koel Thomae Nov 25, 2024 ▶ 50:31 Noosa Yoghurt: Koel Thomae
Nov 25, 2024
Disclosure
Thomae: Noosa Founders Rolled Over Significant Minority Stakes in Advent Deal
“We rolled over a pretty significant minority ownership in the business that, you know, that was sort of how the deal was structured.”
Koel Thomae Nov 25, 2024 ▶ 1:00:04 Noosa Yoghurt: Koel Thomae
Nov 25, 2024
Disclosure
Thomae received around $75,000 from Pepsi's acquisition of Izze
“I got about 75,000 dollars.”
Koel Thomae Nov 25, 2024 ▶ 14:48 Noosa Yoghurt: Koel Thomae
Nov 25, 2024 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Noosa Yoghurt reached profitability and nearly $20M in revenue by end of 2012
“I mean, we were profitable at end of 20 12. We were close to a twenty million dollar business.”
Koel Thomae Nov 25, 2024 ▶ 51:55 Noosa Yoghurt: Koel Thomae
Nov 25, 2024
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Thomae: Queensland Yogurt agreed to licensing and investment on a handshake
“They essentially said, look, yeah, we think there is an opportunity in the U.S., so We'd happily license to you. We'd want to invest in the business, and we'd be happy to bring, like, a yogurt maker over and just help with the initial startup of the business. …”
Koel Thomae Nov 25, 2024 ▶ 13:22 Noosa Yoghurt: Koel Thomae
Nov 25, 2024
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Thomae: Noosa manufactured yogurt in 10-gallon buckets for over a year
“I mean, we were making it in 10 gallon buckets for over a year, which Gave the state health inspector a lot of heartache.”
Koel Thomae Nov 25, 2024 ▶ 30:48 Noosa Yoghurt: Koel Thomae
Nov 25, 2024 positive
Opinion
Thomae preferred Advent-backed professional era over founding era due to culture
“So I sort of see these two very distinct chapters that I was involved with at Noosa was sort of like the Wild West chapter, and then our professional chapter, which we, I think we created an amazing internal culture, and I had an absolute blast in sort of that…”
Koel Thomae Nov 25, 2024 ▶ 1:00:57 Noosa Yoghurt: Koel Thomae
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