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D 5 · C 5 · P 5 · Cm 4 4.85
Q And that you had to return to restore that?
A I had to get clarity on what was going on, and once I got clarity on what was going on, I knew I had to go back. Um, now I, I knew I wasn't going to go back as the CEO. I did not want to do that. Um, but I had some other great people. Our CEO today, Jim Park, is basically, I can remember, he was running one of our other companies, and we were in a meeting trying to figure out what to do, and we started writing on the board. Who's going to do what? And they put my name as CEO. I went up there and erased it and put Jim's name. And he was, he was a little shocked.
AI assessment note: “once I got clarity on what was going on, I knew I had to go back.”
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D 5 · C 5 · P 3 · Cm 4 4.35
Q need, right? And, and really Otterbox kind of started out that way. I mean, you weren't making, you know, it, it evolved into what it is today. If you were starting Otterbox today, right, with no brand and, and no distribution and, and no capital really, um, could you still build it in the same way or, or would it, would you have to do it differently, do you think?
A Um, I don't know that I would have to do it differently. Would I do it differently? Well, sure. I'd love to have the kind of capital to, uh, to really just hit it hard, but you know what? There's a lot to be learned from bootstrapping it. There's a lot to be learned from having to do stuff the hard way. Um, I think it makes you a better business person. It also makes you looking like, how, how do I do this differently? You know, the, The innovation isn't always in the product. The innovation is very much so in the business. How do I do this business right in the right way? And I, I think that's a huge question that a lot of people never ask. They're always looking for the next new product, and we've done that.
AI assessment note: “I don't know that I would have to do it differently.”
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D 5 · C 4 · P 4 · Cm 4 4.30
Q All right. Kurt Richardson, I'll bring you in here. Uh, Andy's got this, uh, business. They're hosting games, trying to figure out how to How to scale this? How to make this a bigger brand or bigger business?
A Yeah, scalability. Big question. Um, and a tough one when it's so dependent on you. There's a lot of different ways to go here. Maybe it's an app kind of thing that they can buy into, and you're giving them new content all the time. Maybe it's, it's a video play. It's a, it's a training tool. It's a kit somebody buys. Maybe it's a subscription-based deal. That could be One way to go about it. Uh, to me, it seems like you've got to create a lot of content. So I guess my, are you technical enough to be able to do that on your own? Can you, can you, you and your wife put together that, um, or that's sellable?
AI assessment note: “Maybe it's an app kind of thing... Maybe it's a subscription-based deal.”
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D 5 · C 4 · P 4 · Cm 3 4.15
Q More money than, than you will ever need, or many generations after you. What do you want to happen to that money?
A Um, I would like to see it Bottom line, change people's lives, make a difference in people's lives, be able to, um, educate youth, to be able to make a difference in the world. If we can, if we can help young people start to understand giving to become part of their fabric, much like recycling has become part of much of, uh, people's lives today. It's, it was ingrained in them. They're young. We feel like if we can Influence them to be entrepreneurs and philanthropists now. That becomes part of their DNA, and think how that multiplies. Think what a difference that makes in the world if we create a bunch of people that want to give back. Not just money, but, because not everybody's going to make a ton of money, but they have talents. They have experiences they can share. They can mentor kids. If that becomes part of their fabric, and that's what we've tried to do at Otter, Is really install, ah, a heart of giving. I mean, for one day a year, we shut down the whole company, and everybody goes out and volunteers. I mean, that's one thing. We give away 24 hours of, we pay them 24 hours of time to go out and give back in the community. Give to the nonprofit of their choice. To spend, but we're, what we're really trying to put in their heart is to give back.
AI assessment note: “I would like to see it Bottom line, change people's lives”
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D 4 · C 4 · P 4 · Cm 4 4.00
Q protective case. Like, if you dropped a phone from a building, you knew it was gonna be fine. Now, um, you know, you've got a whole range of products out there. I mean, when you are sort of the, the top brand, what does, what does growth look like? Like, how do you, how do you innovate? How do you get bigger? Or is that even, does it even matter?
A Well, we've been around 30 years, so for us, ah, it really is listening to the customer, watching the market. Um, a lot of things have changed and continue to evolve in the marketplace, although we've really become a commodity. So, you know, when we grew, we went, we went clear up to 1.1 billion in revenue. And, ah, the market has shrunk. People don't buy phones as often. So, ah, as far as overall revenue, we've dropped. But as far as overall profit, we've come up. So, um, for Otter, it was all about getting better at what we do, and, um, you know, how we sell the product, whether it's DTC, whether it's through distribution. Um, you don't always have to be first to be there, but when you get there, you need to be very present.
AI assessment note: “as far as overall revenue, we've dropped. But as far as overall profit, we've come up.”
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D 5 · C 4 · P 3 · Cm 3 3.90
Q What did So what, you start this process of talking to a person by phone, and what could they possibly, how could they possibly help you? What was she telling you?
A Well, I think the first revelation to me with E-Myth was one of the first things you had to do that they forced you to do, and I, and I talk about this all the time, is to really figure out what you want. So before you can create a vision, before you can create a company, You really have to get to the heart of who you are, and, and, and that was really, I mean, that was not an easy process for me. That really, it took me about a month. I mean, she called BS on me a lot of times, you know, just trying to figure out what that really is. I mean, it all comes up with kind of fluffy things, but to get to the heart of the matter, to get to the heart of what really matters to you deep inside who you are, I, that's critical. That's really critical.
AI assessment note: “she called BS on me a lot of times, you know, just trying to figure out”
