Shane Smith
4 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Oct 10, 2016 by Suroosh Alvi · said 17 times in 1 episodes since 2016 · across every show →
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Oct 10, 2016 neutral
Vice launched using small loans and computers from the founders' parents
“I borrowed five grand from my parents. Gavin borrowed five grand from his parents, and Shane got 5000 dollars worth of computers from his dad. His dad worked in, you know, IT or something, and so it was with that, you know, 10,000 dollars Canadian that we star…”
Oct 10, 2016
Shane Smith settled Vice's apparel debts for ten cents on the dollar
“We owed all this money to these Italian, like, fashion companies who were manufacturing our clothes, and Shane went and took meetings with all of them, and figured out how to reduce the debt. So he's like, well, I know you want 200,000. I've got 20. Take it or…”
Oct 10, 2016
Oct 10, 2016 positive