South Korea
3 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Dec 14, 2020 by Marc Merrill · said 80 times in 34 episodes since 2016 · across every show →
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2026 1 mention in 1 episode
2025 9 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode
2024 23 mentions in 6 episodes 4 per episode
2023 13 mentions in 5 episodes 3 per episode
2022 17 mentions in 4 episodes 4 per episode
2020 11 mentions in 8 episodes 1 per episode
- Fitbit: James Park
- Brooklinen: Vicki and Rich Fulop
- Riot Games: Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill
- Khan Academy: Sal Khan
- How I Built Resilience: Alberto Perlman of Zumba
- The Laundress: Lindsey Boyd
- How I Built Resilience: Live with John Foley
- reCAPTCHA and Duolingo: Luis von Ahn
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2019 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2018 1 mention in 1 episode
2017 1 mention in 1 episode
2016 1 mention in 1 episode
Everything said about South Korea, oldest first
Dec 14, 2020 positive
Feb 20, 2023 positive
Korean factories produced finished backpacks for the cost of US raw materials
“A friend of mine took me over there who knew the industry and introduced me to sewing factories over there, and they made counter samples, and I was blown away by the quality of their workmanship, and the price was astounding. It was Pretty much the equivalent…”