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United Kingdom

also referred to as: uk

11 statements across 9 episodes · 4 bullish · 1 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Feb 12, 2018 by Sir James Dyson · said 313 times in 113 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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brought up most by Guy Raz (138), Shazi Visram (8), Scott Svenson (8), Rich Pierson (8), Marcia Kilgore (7), Jerry Murrell (7), Alan Summerfield (7), Ahmed Ejaz (7)

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2026 61 mentions in 16 episodes 4 per episode
2025 47 mentions in 11 episodes 4 per episode
2024 28 mentions in 15 episodes 2 per episode
2023 36 mentions in 14 episodes 3 per episode
2022 42 mentions in 11 episodes 4 per episode
2021 32 mentions in 16 episodes 2 per episode
2020 23 mentions in 12 episodes 2 per episode
2019 24 mentions in 6 episodes 4 per episode
2018 11 mentions in 7 episodes 2 per episode
2017 8 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode
2016 1 mention in 1 episode

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Everything said about United Kingdom, oldest first

Feb 12, 2018
Assertion Supported
Dyson: Dyson reached probably $100M in revenue within two years of launch
“I don't know. It was probably a hundred million dollars.”
Sir James Dyson Feb 12, 2018 ▶ 31:10 Dyson: James Dyson
Apr 23, 2018 bullish
Disclosure
Wurwand: US market size justified launching Dermalogica on 1% penetration
“And we did the classic immigrant thing where, look at the population, it only takes one percent of the population to buy one product, and it's already enormous, bigger than it could ever be in the UK.”
Jane Wurwand Apr 23, 2018 ▶ 28:42 Dermalogica: Jane Wurwand (2016)
Jul 22, 2019
Assertion Partly supported
Dyson: Annual revenue reached around $100M within two years of launch
“I don't know. It was probably a hundred million dollars.”
Sir James Dyson Jul 22, 2019 ▶ 32:09 Dyson: James Dyson (2018)
Sep 23, 2019 positive
Opinion
Pierson: US Optimism Makes It Superior to UK for Ambitious Startups
“I think in the UK, you speak to someone about an idea, and they'll give you a thousand reasons why you can't do it, and I think in America, you say the same idea, and they go, there's a thousand reasons why it'll work, and have you thought about making it bigg…”
Rich Pierson Sep 23, 2019 ▶ 50:47 Headspace: Andy Puddicombe and Rich Pierson
Sep 13, 2021 positive
Assertion Supported
Edy: The UK Fell Running Market Was 5,000 to 6,000 Runners at Launch
“I knew that there were about five or 6000 fell runners in the UK, so it's quite a small market, but quite easy to market to because they, you know, subscribe to the same magazines, and they go to the similar races, and it's a community, so I thought that that …”
Wayne Edy Sep 13, 2021 ▶ 8:42 inov-8: Wayne Edy
Jan 3, 2022 positive
Opinion
Pierson: The US Possesses A Uniquely Supportive Culture For Ambitious Startups
“I think in the UK, you speak to someone about an idea, and they'll give you a thousand reasons why you can't do it, and I think in America, you say the same idea, and they go, there's a thousand reasons why it'll work, and have you thought about making it bigg…”
Rich Pierson Jan 3, 2022 ▶ 51:23 Headspace: Andy Puddicombe and Rich Pierson (2019)
Dec 26, 2022
Insight
Copeland used his American accent to project authority when booking UK clubs
“I think one of the advantages that I had was I had an American accent. So when I'd call up a club, you know, it'd be, hi, my name is Miles Copeland, I've got this new band to book, you know, and They would not be quite so sure as to who this guy was. Well, may…”
Miles Copeland Dec 26, 2022 ▶ 11:07 I.R.S. Records: Miles Copeland
Jul 24, 2023
Assertion Partly supported
Svenson: Seattle Coffee Company had 68 stores and 50 in UK pipeline when acquired
“At the time we sold to Starbucks, we had 68 locations, but we had 50 locations in our UK pipeline for the next year, and we had a whole bunch of stores we were going to be opening internationally.”
Scott Svenson Jul 24, 2023 ▶ 39:06 MOD Pizza & Seattle Coffee Company: Scott and Ally Svenson
Jul 24, 2023 negative
Insight
Scott Svenson: Starbucks pushed to replicate US playbooks abroad without adapting
“There was a lot of momentum organizationally to simply replicate in a new market what they had success doing elsewhere”
Scott Svenson Jul 24, 2023 ▶ 43:13 MOD Pizza & Seattle Coffee Company: Scott and Ally Svenson
Jul 24, 2023
Assertion Supported
Scott Svenson: Over 90% of UK coffee was instant in the mid-1990s
“Around the world at that time, About 92% of all coffee consumed was real coffee, and eight percent was instant. In the UK, it was the inverse of that. It was over 90% instant, and the balance was real.”
Scott Svenson Jul 24, 2023 ▶ 23:17 MOD Pizza & Seattle Coffee Company: Scott and Ally Svenson
Jun 25, 2026
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Shipping From Barbados to US Cheaper Than Neighboring Caribbean Islands
“I think the challenge is, the real challenge is it's actually, it's cheaper and easier for me to send goods to United States, the UK, and Europe than to get it to an island that's 30 minutes next to us.”
Dominic Wyndham-Giddens Jun 25, 2026 ▶ 38:44 Advice Line with Susan Griffin-Black of EO Products
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