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Sears

includes Sears Sporting Goods, Sears Bank, Sears Optical

7 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Feb 27, 2017 by Nolan Bushnell · said 50 times in 16 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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brought up most by Guy Raz (21), Nolan Bushnell (14), Sir James Dyson (4), Neil Blumenthal (2), Tim Leatherman (1), Steve Case (1), Mitchell Gold (1), Mark Cuban (1)

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Everything said about Sears, oldest first

Feb 27, 2017
Assertion Partly supported
Bushnell: Atari sold nearly 180,000 Home Pong units to Sears in 1975
“We did. And in fact, I think that year we sold almost a 180,000 and they took them all.”
Nolan Bushnell Feb 27, 2017 ▶ 23:47 Atari & Chuck E. Cheese's: Nolan Bushnell
Feb 27, 2017
Disclosure
Bushnell promised Sears 75,000 units despite 25,000 capacity
“And so, not wanting to be soul sourced, I said, we can do about 75,000.”
Nolan Bushnell Feb 27, 2017 ▶ 20:52 Atari & Chuck E. Cheese's: Nolan Bushnell
Apr 3, 2017 neutral
Assertion Supported
Case: IBM, Sears, and CBS Committed $1B to Prodigy
“There was one in particular called Prodigy that IBM and Sears and for a while, CBS, committed about a billion dollars to launch Prodigy.”
Steve Case Apr 3, 2017 ▶ 5:59 AOL: Steve Case
Mar 26, 2018
Assertion Partly supported
Bushnell: Atari Sold Nearly 180,000 Home Pong Consoles to Sears in 1975
“We did. And in fact, I think that year we sold almost a 180,000 and they took them all.”
Nolan Bushnell Mar 26, 2018 ▶ 24:09 Atari & Chuck E. Cheese's: Nolan Bushnell (2017)
Mar 26, 2018 positive
Assertion Supported
Bushnell: Sears ordered 150,000 Atari Home Pong units for Christmas delivery
“He give us an order for 150,000. And He wants them delivered by Christmas, by, you know, October, November.”
Nolan Bushnell Mar 26, 2018 ▶ 21:34 Atari & Chuck E. Cheese's: Nolan Bushnell (2017)
Mar 26, 2018
Disclosure
Bushnell bluffed to Sears that Atari could build 75,000 Home Pong units
“And I had my manufacturing guy there, and I, and he says, we could probably do 25,000. And so, not wanting to be soul sourced, I said, we can do about 75,000.”
Nolan Bushnell Mar 26, 2018 ▶ 21:04 Atari & Chuck E. Cheese's: Nolan Bushnell (2017)
Nov 1, 2021 negative
Insight
Katz: Building Sears Tower shattered company's friendly image and sparked decline
“They made this genius conception of every customer thought Sears was the friendly guy down the street, the member of the Kiwanis Club, and that Sears was this localized reality. And once they built that tower and said that they're one of the most powerful comp…”
Don Katz Nov 1, 2021 ▶ 19:43 Audible: Don Katz
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