Las Vegas, every mention
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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Las Vegas comes up
Panera Founder Ron Shaich
- ▶ 55:06 Ron Shaich I was in, um, Vegas speaking, I don't know, a couple of years ago, and I walked through the casino at 11:30, and I see folks dumping chips into these slot machines, and I think to myself,
Barry Diller: Building IAC
- ▶ 30:39 Barry Diller It's not like they will have known that your calendar says you have to be in Las Vegas on Thursday, the 20th of September, and we'll just take care of everything for you.
- ▶ 35:43 Barry Diller Our company owns a large interest in MGM Resorts, which has nine resorts in Las Vegas. 5 times in the scene
Fred Smith: The Story of FedEx [Outliers]
- ▶ 0:03 Shane Parrish Fred Smith is sitting at a blackjack table in Las Vegas at three a.m. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:35 Shane Parrish At one point, with only 5000 dollars left in the company bank account, he flew to Vegas and won.
- ▶ 24:13 Shane Parrish Flew to Las Vegas with the company's last 5000 dollars, and by Monday morning, he'd won 27,000 dollars at Blackjack, enough for fuel and payroll for another few weeks. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 38:31 Shane Parrish The bone disease that should have crippled him, the car accident that killed his friend, Vietnam, the Vegas gamble.
- ▶ 49:15 Shane Parrish Fred flew to Vegas and turned it into 27,000 dollars at the blackjack table. 3 times in the scene
Sol Price: The Retail Legend Who Taught Sam Walton, Jim Sinegal, and Jeff Bezos [Outliers]
- ▶ 4:22 Shane Parrish On January first, 1938, he and Helen eloped to Las Vegas.