Travis Rosbach
18 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 4 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 24, 2025 by Travis Rosbach · across every show →
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Nov 24, 2025
Rosbach: Investor Reached 51% Majority Control in Hydro Flask Buyout
“And then when the investor bought out my partner, Cindy, right? Yeah. It put him to 51%. I was at 49 and he brought in the corporate playbook and said, here's what we're going to do. And this is what it's going to look like. And I took a look at it and I said,…”
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Rosbach tested early Hydro Flask prototypes on surfers at Waikiki Beach
“We got two. There was a red one and a blue one, 18 and 21 ounces. And went down to Waikiki Beach and put ice cubes in it and started just handing them to people. And they would get out of the water from surfing and they would see the ice and they'd say, wow, y…”
Nov 24, 2025
Rosbach found a Japanese milk bottle factory to manufacture early Hydro Flasks
“So finally on the very second to last day, we find a factory that had a vacuum and it wasn't very big. It was kind of the size of a motorcycle, which isn't huge for the vacuum world. And they were doing these little vacuum insulated Japanese milk bottles.”
Nov 24, 2025
Rosbach: Hydro Flask parted with early sales rep over REI ambitions
“Unfortunately, what happened was he said that we were not going to be able to get into REI within a year, and I knew that we probably could, and he was adamant that he wasn't even going to try, and so we had to let him go and replace him with a larger firm, bu…”
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Rosbach used prominent design patent labels to deter competitors for months
“What we did was we design patented the design, the shapes, and the sizes of the bottles, and made sure that it was on the packaging front and center patent pending or patented. And what I found was that a lot of people who Maybe would have been competitors saw…”
Nov 24, 2025 positive
Investor Jim Collis arrived minutes before Rosbach announced Hydro Flask's shutdown
“I call everybody into the office to tell him that we're closing down and the phone rings and the lady at the front desk says, there's this guy here who wants to see you. And he says, Travis, I'm here to talk to you. And I said, I'm sorry, I'm not hiring and I'…”
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Klean Kanteen's inferior vacuum technique gave Hydro Flask extended market runway
“Yeah, I think Clean Canteen was the first, and when I found out that they were doing vacuum insulation, I thought, oh man, it's over, you know, we're out of business, because they're selling the single wall so well, I'm sure they're going to sell the double wa…”
Nov 24, 2025 negative
Hydro Flask ran out of cash and prepared to shut down
“Well, so after she left and I started hiring new employees, that second, 40,000 bottles came in and we ran out of money. We had about 10 employees at that point and had no more money in the bank on a Wednesday night, I remember. And so I write this letter that…”