John Jacobs

Co-Founder, Life is Good · 2 appearances on the record.

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The record, in short

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Everything John Jacobs said on How I Built This that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Insight
John Jacobs: T-shirts are deliberate public statements of personal belief
“We've always loved t-shirts, and it is a great vehicle for messages. Like, you look around, and people have made a choice what they're gonna share with people. That's a really big decision. It sounds very casual, but with the t-shirt, generally, you're kind of…”
John Jacobs Sep 2, 2019 ▶ 13:12 The Life Is Good Company: Bert and John Jacobs
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John Jacobs: First 48 'Life Is Good' shirts sold out in an hour
“We got out on a, about a week after we came up with the idea, we got out to a street fair in Cambridge, Mass., and we were used to selling about 10 shirts in a whole day, and we'd have friends help out, and it was kind of fun, social, but there wasn't a swarm …”
John Jacobs Sep 2, 2019 ▶ 26:00 The Life Is Good Company: Bert and John Jacobs

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Statements about John Jacobs, by other people (2)

Assertion Not checkable as stated
Founders Bert and John Jacobs had $78 left after printing first batch
“Not even, actually. 78 bucks, yeah, the day that we, after printing the 48 Life is Good t-shirts, we had 78 bucks left.”
Bert Jacobs Sep 2, 2019 ▶ 30:33 The Life Is Good Company: Bert and John Jacobs
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Founders generated under $80,000 annually before launching Life is Good
“It was probably, you know, under 80,000 dollars in top line revenue.”
Bert Jacobs Sep 2, 2019 ▶ 19:36 The Life Is Good Company: Bert and John Jacobs

Appearances (2)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
How I Built Resilience: Bert and John Jacobs of Life is Good Sep 17, 2020 8m
The Life Is Good Company: Bert and John Jacobs Sep 2, 2019 12m
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