Tony Lamb

9 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Nov 6, 2023 by Tony Lamb · across every show →

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Nov 6, 2023
Insight
Lamb: A sales prospect's refusal changes only with new information, not pressure
“The answer is no based on the information that I have right now. So the no is not going to change by you pressuring me. The no only changes if you give me more information.”
Tony Lamb Nov 6, 2023 ▶ 13:45 Kona Ice: Tony Lamb
Nov 6, 2023 negative
What-if
Lamb: Traditional block ice shavers would have killed Kona Ice's scalability
“If I would have had to rely on, I think it's a swan that, that does the big block of vice that, like you're saying, a vice that forces it into an open razor blade that spins on an axis and shaves it off. It produces a very fluffy product. I don't think I would…”
Tony Lamb Nov 6, 2023 ▶ 33:18 Kona Ice: Tony Lamb
Nov 6, 2023
Disclosure
Lamb: Every prospective Kona Ice franchisee must interview directly with him
“I have talked to every single person that owns a Kona franchise. They cannot get into the Kona franchise business to this day, unless we have a conversation.”
Tony Lamb Nov 6, 2023 ▶ 59:20 Kona Ice: Tony Lamb
Nov 6, 2023 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Lamb: The first Flavor Wave prototype folded out dangerously like a sickle
“The very first flavor wave would fold out from the truck. Ok, so you picture this thing folding out from the truck, and it's made out of aluminum. So, in essence, Guy, there was a two-foot aluminum-edged sickle, as I like to say, driving through neighborhoods.”
Tony Lamb Nov 6, 2023 ▶ 41:33 Kona Ice: Tony Lamb
Nov 6, 2023
Disclosure
Lamb: Paid off $400,000 credit line for Kona Ice in 2008
“I paid the equity line off this in 2008. So I had ran it all the way up to about 400.”
Tony Lamb Nov 6, 2023 ▶ 50:54 Kona Ice: Tony Lamb
Nov 6, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lamb: Mobile billboard trucks need $500 to $700 daily to break even
“Inherently, you've got gasoline and labor, so you've got a couple hundred bucks a day. In expenses. So you're going to need to get 500 to 700 dollars a day, you know, for it to be profitable.”
Tony Lamb Nov 6, 2023 ▶ 21:48 Kona Ice: Tony Lamb
Nov 6, 2023 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Guy Raz: Kona Ice reached 1,500 trucks and $375M in 2023 sales
“I mean, you've got 1500 trucks just in Kona Ice three hundred and seventy five million dollars in, in system wide sales in 2023.”
Guy Raz Nov 6, 2023 ▶ 1:10:59 Kona Ice: Tony Lamb
Nov 6, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tony Lamb: First Kona Ice truck generated $1,000 per night per subdivision
“So I got this subdivision In Northern Kentucky to an easy thousand dollars a night.”
Tony Lamb Nov 6, 2023 ▶ 49:23 Kona Ice: Tony Lamb
Jul 11, 2024 positive
Insight
Lamb: Most People Make Great Small Business Owners Rather Than Entrepreneurs
“Not everybody's an entrepreneur and, but there's a lot of people that can be good small business owners, and that's what we try to curate, is, is follow the recipe, be a good small business owner, make a great living, enjoy your life.”
Tony Lamb Jul 11, 2024 ▶ 45:18 Advice Line with Tony Lamb of Kona Ice
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