Tariq Farid
15 statements across 3 episodes · 4 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 21, 2017 by Tariq Farid · said 6 times in 5 episodes since 2018 · across every show →
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2022 2 mentions in 1 episode
2019 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2018 1 mention in 1 episode
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Aug 21, 2017 negative
Edible Arrangements turned down multiple private equity offers to avoid equity dilution
“So we didn't bring on any investors, even though by 2006, 2007, many people are interested in buying into the brand or investing in the brand. And I had many offers of private equities wanting to get involved. I just didn't see any benefit of it at that time s…”
Aug 21, 2017
Aug 21, 2017 positive
Aug 21, 2017
Farid: Franchisees will tolerate only one or two failed corporate initiatives
“Anybody that's thinking about getting in a franchise should realize that it is a relationship that you are actually now getting into a partnership with another entrepreneur. You're gonna have to spend a lot of time listening and making sure and inspiring and h…”
Aug 21, 2017
Aug 21, 2017
Farid's father borrowed $6,000 from his employers to buy a flower shop
“My father borrowed 6000 dollars from Denise and Bill Holtberg, who were his boss, and next thing you know, we owned the shop, and it was just mostly the equipment is what we bought, but we ended up convincing the landlord to sign us a lease.”
Aug 21, 2017
Farid accidentally destroyed his entire first flower inventory by freezing the cooler
“Put the flowers in, made all the arrangements, got ready for Easter, went home, came back the next day, Everything in the cooler is frozen because I had turned it on freeze temperature, and that was the only money I had.”
Aug 21, 2017 positive
Aug 21, 2017
Dec 26, 2019 positive
Farid: Customers demanded fruit bouquets despite florists dismissing the idea
“I shared the idea and he said, you know, stay in your flower business. This is crazy. Who would buy? Fruit on sticks in a basket, especially for the price you're selling it. But every time we sent it to a customer, the customers would call back and said, can I…”
Dec 26, 2019 neutral
Farid: A bank rejected a $120,000 loan for Edible Arrangements
“I couldn't borrow a 120,000 because I went and wrote a business plan, wanted to borrow a 120,000 dollars. I put it together, waited about six weeks, and I got a rejection letter saying that we just don't believe in the concept, we don't think it'll work, and i…”
Dec 26, 2019 positive
Dec 26, 2019
Dec 26, 2019