Pets.com

3 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 23, 2017 by Tony Hsieh · said 7 times in 6 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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Everything said about Pets.com, oldest first

Jan 23, 2017
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hsieh: Post-Crash Investors Believed No One Would Buy Shoes Online
“No, and also there were huge companies like pets.com that were e-commerce that were kind of imploding at the time, and so even if someone wanted to invest in an internet company, the last thing they wanted to do was invest in an online shoe company, because no…”
Tony Hsieh Jan 23, 2017 ▶ 15:15 Zappos: Tony Hsieh
May 20, 2019 negative
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Following the dot-com crash, investors refused to fund online shoe startups
“No, and also there were huge companies like pets.com that were e-commerce that were kind of imploding at the time, and so even if someone wanted to invest in an internet company, the last thing they wanted to do was invest in an online shoe company, because no…”
Tony Hsieh May 20, 2019 ▶ 17:44 Zappos: Tony Hsieh (2017)
Nov 30, 2020 negative
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Hsieh: Investors refused to fund online shoe companies after dot-com crash
“No, and also there were huge companies like pets.com that were e-commerce that were kind of imploding at the time, and so even if someone wanted to invest in an internet company, the last thing they wanted to do was invest in an online shoe company, because no…”
Tony Hsieh Nov 30, 2020 ▶ 16:41 Remembering Tony Hsieh of Zappos
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