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Ma: Flash sale business models are rarely sustainable or profitable
“I think the, ultimately, the business model of flash sales was one that was very hard to turn into a sustainable, profitable business.”
Apple invited Gilt to build a launch app for the original iPad
“It made Apple then come and ask us, could we be one of the first apps to launch on the iPad device when the iPad launched?”
Ma: Gilt needed to sell roughly 80% of inventory for profitability
“I don't remember exactly. I think it was something like 80%.”
Nobu Nakaguchi designed Gilt's original iPad app using a cardboard cutout
“What Nobu did to design this was he watched the Apple, there was one Apple TV commercial where they showed an iPad, and he would watch that commercial again and again and freeze frame it to kind of zoom in on what is actually possible on this magical new devic…”
Ma: Gilt generated roughly $7M in revenue in its first year
“Yeah, when I started at Guild, it was probably less than 30 people in the business. It had not been live yet for a full year, so it was still the first year of business. I think that first year, the business did something like seven million in revenue.”