Target

8 statements across 4 episodes · 4 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement May 8, 2024 by Bill Smith · said 45 times in 8 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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Everything said about Target, oldest first

May 8, 2024 neutral
Disclosure
Graycroft pushed Smith to consider not selling Shipt to Target
“My partner there really pushed me to consider not selling. He said, look, I'm going to do whatever you want to do. I mean, you're the CEO and, you know, whatever you want to do, we're with you.”
Bill Smith May 8, 2024 ▶ 28:30 Startup Funding Competition: Can This Founder Raising Venture Capital Secure a $550M Exit.
May 8, 2024 negative
Insight
Smith: Absorbing acquired startups and stripping their identity often leads to failure
“Some companies can do an acquisition, and they will absorb the company they're acquiring, and integrate it in, and you kind of lose your identity, and a lot of times these acquisitions become failed acquisitions.”
Bill Smith May 8, 2024 ▶ 26:47 Startup Funding Competition: Can This Founder Raising Venture Capital Secure a $550M Exit.
May 8, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Smith: Target acquired Shipt in an all-cash deal exceeding $550M
“Five hundred and fifty million dollars is actually a little more than that. That was on the table and an all cash deal.”
Bill Smith May 8, 2024 ▶ 29:04 Startup Funding Competition: Can This Founder Raising Venture Capital Secure a $550M Exit.
May 29, 2024 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Kennison: Target Rollout Projected to Yield $1M Net Profit
“We get projections for the entire year, For what they're estimating in terms of volume. So that comes out to about two million dollars in net profit for us for this year. I'm sorry, one million dollars in net profit for us this year, two million in gross. We'r…”
Emily Kennison May 29, 2024 ▶ 6:24 $3M in Sales – But Can This Heatless Hair Care Innovation Win the Startup Funding Competition?
May 29, 2024 bullish
Disclosure
Kennison: Robe Curls Opening $500K Pre-Seed Funding Round
“So today we're opening up our pre-seed round. We're raising 500,000 dollars to add fuel to the fire of our profitable business and to help with this target launch.”
Emily Kennison May 29, 2024 ▶ 4:16 $3M in Sales – But Can This Heatless Hair Care Innovation Win the Startup Funding Competition?
May 29, 2024 bullish
Assertion Supported
Kennison: Robe Curls Rolling Out Across 1,200 Target Stores
“And most excitingly, we are launching in Target, 1200 doors in a matter of a couple weeks. You'll see us across the U.S., Starting February 25th of this year.”
Emily Kennison May 29, 2024 ▶ 4:06 $3M in Sales – But Can This Heatless Hair Care Innovation Win the Startup Funding Competition?
Mar 3, 2025 bearish
Opinion
Gulati: Harper Wilde is not a 10x improvement over Target bras
“And so like, this seems like it's a little bit better for sure. But it's not, obviously, at least not to me, like, tenx better than the Target bra.”
Daniel Gulati Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 14:52 #20 Harper Wilde
Mar 4, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Johnson: Brevity users raised millions and won over 30 pitch competitions
“And as a result of going through our software, organizations have raised millions in capital, closed notable deals with Fortune 50 companies like a Target, and we've had over 31st place pitch competition winners.”
Kelvin Johnson Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 3:17 #114 Brevity: Your AI Pitch Coach
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