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Vicky Tsai

12 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 13, 2020 by Vicky Tsai · across every show →

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Jul 13, 2020 positive
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Tsai Presented China Frappuccino Launch to Starbucks Board for Howard Schultz
“Howard was super happy with it and had me present to his board of directors”
Vicky Tsai Jul 13, 2020 ▶ 16:44 Tatcha: Vicky Tsai
Jul 13, 2020
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Tsai: Tatcha was unprofitable for its first eight years
“We were not profitable for the first eight years so we had to personally finance the losses and then when we ran out of money, we would have to go to friends and family and ask for help.”
Vicky Tsai Jul 13, 2020 ▶ 1:03:15 Tatcha: Vicky Tsai
Jul 13, 2020
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Tsai Paid Over $30,000 for Her First Order of Blotting Papers
“No, like 30,000, more than 30,000.”
Vicky Tsai Jul 13, 2020 ▶ 32:03 Tatcha: Vicky Tsai
Jul 13, 2020 positive
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Tsai's Chronic Dermatitis Healed in Eight Weeks Using Traditional Japanese Skincare
“But about eight weeks later, my skin had pretty much healed. And that was after three years of dermatitis and steroids and antibiotics.”
Vicky Tsai Jul 13, 2020 ▶ 30:34 Tatcha: Vicky Tsai
Jul 13, 2020
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Tsai Accumulated $800,000 in Debt and Maxed Credit Cards Building Tatcha
“We were probably 800,000 in debt at that point, and maxed out all of our credit cards”
Vicky Tsai Jul 13, 2020 ▶ 59:56 Tatcha: Vicky Tsai
Jul 13, 2020 neutral
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Tsai Took Only One Day Off After Giving Birth to Build Tatcha
“I took one day off in the hospital when I gave birth, and then I went back to work.”
Vicky Tsai Jul 13, 2020 ▶ 45:28 Tatcha: Vicky Tsai
Jul 13, 2020 negative
Disclosure
Tsai Left Starbucks After 'Meets Expectations' Review Despite Frappuccino Launch Success
“At the end of the year he gave me my performance review, and it was Meets Expectations, and I just thought, this is not a place where I'll be successful, even though I have so much admiration for Howard and the company and the brand. So I left.”
Vicky Tsai Jul 13, 2020 ▶ 16:51 Tatcha: Vicky Tsai
Jul 13, 2020
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Howard Schultz Offered Tsai Any Job at Starbucks to Prevent Her Departure
“Howard Schultz found out, and he called me on my mobile phone and asked me to come in and meet with him. So I went back to his office, and it was the week that my furniture was, you know, already on a truck to San Francisco. And he kept on being like, why? Why…”
Vicky Tsai Jul 13, 2020 ▶ 17:18 Tatcha: Vicky Tsai
Jul 13, 2020
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Tsai Sold Her Engagement Ring to Fund Tatcha's First Product Order
“I looked around the room, and the only thing of value that I had left at that point was my engagement ring on my hand. So I said, I'll just sell my engagement ring.”
Vicky Tsai Jul 13, 2020 ▶ 32:39 Tatcha: Vicky Tsai
Jul 13, 2020
What-if
Tsai Would Have Sold Tatcha Early to Clear Debt Had Acquirer Walked
“I would have taken the deal.”
Vicky Tsai Jul 13, 2020 ▶ 1:01:08 Tatcha: Vicky Tsai
Jul 13, 2020
Disclosure
Tatcha Raised Between $1 Million and $2 Million in Informal Early Funding
“You asked me about the fundraising, and I mentioned that over the course of a few rounds, it was, it came to maybe a million dollars eventually two, but it was not an organized affair in any way.”
Vicky Tsai Jul 13, 2020 ▶ 52:14 Tatcha: Vicky Tsai
Jul 13, 2020
Disclosure
Tsai Worked From Her Parents' Garage for Seven Years Without a Salary
“Into their house for seven years... And worked out of their garage with no salary.”
Vicky Tsai Jul 13, 2020 ▶ 53:21 Tatcha: Vicky Tsai
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