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Michael Dell

13 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 29, 2018 by Michael Dell · said 19 times in 2 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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Jan 29, 2018
Assertion Supported
The FCC Ordered Dell to Stop Manufacturing Computers in 1986
“I mean, I remember one time we got this letter from something called the Federal Communications Commission, the FCC, and apparently, ah, you know, computers fall under something called the Federal Communications Commission Class B device, which means they have…”
Michael Dell Jan 29, 2018 ▶ 30:09 Dell Computers: Michael Dell
Jan 29, 2018
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Michael Dell Made $18,000 Selling Newspaper Subscriptions at Age 17
“I think I was about 17 years old, and I made a little over 18,000 dollars that year.”
Michael Dell Jan 29, 2018 ▶ 7:40 Dell Computers: Michael Dell
Jan 29, 2018
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Dell Hired Roughly One Employee Per Week in First Year
“When I started, you know, we was just me, but I hired about one person a week, every week, you know, for the first year or so, and then it became more and more.”
Michael Dell Jan 29, 2018 ▶ 20:26 Dell Computers: Michael Dell
Jan 29, 2018
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Dell Initially Assembled PCs Just to Format Hard Drives Cheaply
“And by this time, we had actually been assembling our own computers just to format the hard drives, because it became too expensive to buy them from other people.”
Michael Dell Jan 29, 2018 ▶ 21:52 Dell Computers: Michael Dell
Jan 29, 2018
Disclosure
Seeing Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Unmarried Motivated Michael Dell to Marry
“Yeah, and the reason I was motivated to do it because of them was because they were not married. And they were about 10 years older than I was, and having had the experience that I had as a child with my family, that's what I wanted. I wanted that family. I wa…”
Michael Dell Jan 29, 2018 ▶ 29:27 Dell Computers: Michael Dell
Jan 29, 2018
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Michael Dell Reached $80,000 in Monthly PC Sales From His Dorm Room
“I was doing about 50 to 80,000 dollars a month in business when I was in my dorm room.”
Michael Dell Jan 29, 2018 ▶ 17:42 Dell Computers: Michael Dell
Jan 29, 2018
Assertion Supported
Dell Reached $66 Million in Annual Revenue When Michael Was 21
“I think it was sixty-six million that, that year, and I was 21.”
Michael Dell Jan 29, 2018 ▶ 27:32 Dell Computers: Michael Dell
Jan 6, 2020 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Michael Dell's company reached $66 million in revenue when he was 21
“I think it was sixty-six million that, that year, and I was 21.”
Michael Dell Jan 6, 2020 ▶ 27:35 Dell Computers: Michael Dell (2018)
Jan 6, 2020 positive
Assertion Supported
Dell has sold over 650 million computers since its 1984 founding
“Dell has sold more than six hundred and fifty million computers since Michael Dell founded it in 1984.”
Guy Raz Jan 6, 2020 ▶ 2:18 Dell Computers: Michael Dell (2018)
Jan 6, 2020
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Michael Dell generated $50,000 to $80,000 monthly from his dorm room
“I was doing about 50 to 80,000 dollars a month in business when I was in my dorm room.”
Michael Dell Jan 6, 2020 ▶ 17:48 Dell Computers: Michael Dell (2018)
Jan 6, 2020
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Michael Dell made $18,000 at age 17 selling newspaper subscriptions
“I think I was about 17 years old, and I made a little over 18,000 dollars that year.”
Michael Dell Jan 6, 2020 ▶ 7:58 Dell Computers: Michael Dell (2018)
Jan 6, 2020 neutral
Disclosure
Michael Dell prioritized marriage after seeing unmarried contemporaries Jobs and Gates
“I did, a couple years later, You know, take a little time off and, you know, manage to find a fantastic partner and get married and, you know, have kids and all that, and that's been an amazing part of my life, and I was actually motivated to do this in part b…”
Michael Dell Jan 6, 2020 ▶ 29:05 Dell Computers: Michael Dell (2018)
Dec 12, 2022 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Michael Dell temporarily pulled out of due diligence before acquiring Alienware
“Well, the funny thing is that we come to terms. He sends his guys over. They start doing the due diligence. Then, a month or two into it, all of a sudden, Michael sends, you know, calls me and says, hey, we're gonna have to pull out.”
Nelson Gonzalez Dec 12, 2022 ▶ 59:43 Alienware: Frank Azor and Nelson Gonzalez
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