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▶ 26:30 Guy Raz We did an episode a couple years back, uh, about specialized bikes, and it's, it's a, it's worth listening to that episode, because Mike Sinyard, uh, who founded that company, was struggling in, like, 2002 1001, and almost went bankrupt. 2 times in the scene

▶ 28:39 Guy Raz Like, we, we did an episode with, uh, Mike Sinyard, who started Specialized Bikes, and it was really, you know, he ran it for a long time, and then he, he was encouraged to bring in professionals to scale it, and that did not work out well…

▶ 14:14 Guy Raz And also, there's an episode of How I Built This that, and again, I'm not, this is not, this is not to plug our show, but, but our show is designed to give people like you, starting small businesses, advice and wisdom from people who've… 2 times in the scene

▶ 0:42 Mike Sinyard It's not who we are. 3 times in the scene
▶ 1:29 Guy Raz I'm Guy Raz, and on the show today, how Mike Signard started out in the bike business by importing parts from Europe, and then built Specialized into a world-class brand, which helped put mountain biking on the map. 7 times in the scene
▶ 16:35 Guy Raz And by the way, you called the company Specialized. 2 times in the scene
▶ 17:29 Mike Sinyard Yes, in the third year, I made the specialized tire, and, and at the time, I was importing some tires from a company in Italy, and they would get bubbles in them, and I remember reporting it to the factory, and they go, oh, 6 times in the scene
▶ 30:34 Guy Raz Uh, we didn't have the, we didn't have the money to buy a Specialized at the time, so sorry about that. 3 times in the scene
▶ 35:38 Guy Raz You're focused on, the brand's called Specialized, you're focused on a very small, narrow market. 5 times in the scene
▶ 39:12 Guy Raz So it's 1996 and Specialized is having an identity crisis. 7 times in the scene
▶ 44:52 Guy Raz I mean, to the point where, I, I, I, it's not quite clear to me how you got to this point, but from what I understand, you guys were close to bankruptcy. 16 times in the scene
▶ 49:44 Guy Raz And I, I understand that it was your company and your business. 4 times in the scene
▶ 54:53 Guy Raz That's Mike Signard, founder of Specialized Bicycle Components. 2 times in the scene

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