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Cessario: Action sports entertainment used by Red Bull is a limited genre
“All we are doing is we just want to make legitimate entertainment, not marketing. And it's a tried and true Approach that Red Bull was very successful with, Monster was very successful with, where they blur the lines between an entertainment company and a beve…”
Mike Cessario Jan 22, 2024 ▶ 1:00:20 Liquid Death: Mike Cessario
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Cessario: Monster Energy Made Canned 'Tour Water' for Warped Tour Musicians
“I saw they had these, you know, they were all drinking these cans of Monster Energy, but really small, on the bottom of the can, it said, Tour water. And they were like, yeah, because I thought they were drinking energy drinks, and like, no, no, no, like, this…”
Mike Cessario Jan 22, 2024 ▶ 8:29 Liquid Death: Mike Cessario
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Chris Ruder Says Monster Faced SEC Trouble and Toxic Culture
“But the last couple years, culture went kind of toxic. Company got in some trouble with the SEC I think maybe an exec or two went to jail and it became a pretty toxic environment”
Chris Ruder Jun 19, 2023 ▶ 12:17 Spikeball: Chris Ruder
Assertion Supported
Bhargava: Coke, Pepsi, Red Bull, and Monster all launched energy shots
“Coke came in with a product that was a shot, Pepsi, Red Bull Monster, they all came in with shots, you know, with two ounce bottles.”
Manoj Bhargava Mar 13, 2017 ▶ 21:07 5-Hour Energy: Manoj Bhargava
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