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Lore pitched investors that Jet.com would lose $3B before turning profitable
“I told the investors we needed, we were gonna lose three billion dollars.”
Walmart acquired Bonobos strategically to change its image and attract elite talent
“The most strategic part of the plan was to change the narrative. I knew that we didn't have the talent inside of Walmart at the time to do what we needed to do. We had to attract the best people in the world, and at that point, you know, honestly, that wasn't …”
Lore killed $30M in revenue and 450 trucks to pivot Wonder
“Telling the board 450 trucks on the road and thirty million in revenue. We're going to take that to zero. We're selling the trucks. We'll take revenue to zero.”
Jet.com paid identical salaries to all employees at the same organizational tier
“The transparency of salaries so everybody could see what everybody else was making. The fact that everybody in the company at the same level made exactly the same amount, you know, to really prevent unconscious bias from creeping in and things like that.”
Lore and co-founder didn't celebrate selling Diapers.com to Amazon
“We had a big vision for what we wanted to accomplish, and it was cut short. So, yeah, it was, I mean, you would think after a sale like that, we made, obviously, a lot of money, me and my co-founder, but we said, do you want to celebrate? You want to go grab a…”
Lore: Wonder gives all workers starting pay over $20, benefits, and equity
“We pay people pretty well, so it's over 20 dollars an hour starting, and up from there, full health benefits, and we also give everyone stock in wonder.”
Lore's childhood baseball card hustle profited by assembling sorted sets
“Big part of the business was grunt work. We would buy cases of baseball cards that weren't sorted, and then we would basically sort them into full sets, and then sell the sets, and the sets were sold at a premium because somebody had to sort them.”