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Pets.com

5 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 26, 2023 by Tom Conrad · said 19 times in 2 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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Nov 26, 2023 positive
Opinion
Conrad: Online pet supply delivery works, but dial-up timing doomed Pets.com
“The critique that is often leveled at Pets.com, or at least at the time was like, this is just a stupid business. They're shipping dog food around. You could never make that work. And like that that's just wrong. Like you absolutely can make it work. Probably …”
Tom Conrad Nov 26, 2023 ▶ 17:14 Billion dollar failures, and billion dollar success | Tom Conrad (Quibi, Pandora, Pets.com, Zero)
Nov 26, 2023 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Conrad: Pets.com did not go bankrupt and returned cash to investors
“We actually didn't go bankrupt. We shut the company down and returned the remaining balance to the investors, which no public company had ever done before.”
Tom Conrad Nov 26, 2023 ▶ 17:43 Billion dollar failures, and billion dollar success | Tom Conrad (Quibi, Pandora, Pets.com, Zero)
Dec 13, 2023 positive
Opinion
Pets.com failed because 80% of users were on dial-up, says Tom Conrad
“The critique that is often leveled at Pets.com, or at least at the time was like, this is just a stupid business. They're shipping dog food around. You could never make that work. And like that that's just wrong. Like you absolutely can make it work. Probably …”
Tom Conrad Dec 13, 2023 ▶ 22:07 Failure
Dec 13, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Conrad: Pets.com and rivals each raised over $50 million
“One of the things that happened was that there were three kind of overfunded pet e-commerce sites, and we all raised in excess of fifty million dollars”
Tom Conrad Dec 13, 2023 ▶ 20:33 Failure
Dec 13, 2023 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Pets.com didn't go bankrupt; it shut down and returned cash to investors
“We actually didn't go bankrupt. We shut the company down and returned the remaining balance to the investors, which no public company had ever done before.”
Tom Conrad Dec 13, 2023 ▶ 22:36 Failure
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