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Ed King

6 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 4 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 1, 2025 by Ed King · across every show →

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Apr 1, 2025 negative
Disclosure
King: Retail distribution deals with Walmart and Costco nearly killed our company
“I've been a part of e-commerce brands. I wasn't the founder, but I was a VP where we had a deal with like Walmart and Costco and they almost killed us. Like they just send back the product, you know, type thing.”
Ed King Apr 1, 2025 ▶ 37:01 Rich People Are the Best Evangelists in the World - Here Is Why
Apr 1, 2025 negative
Insight
King: Never launch e-commerce without manually pitching 200 potential direct buyers
“And I say, if you can't ring up 200 people and get them either interested in buying your product directly or know someone who would like that product, then you shouldn't get into it. You shouldn't begin.”
Ed King Apr 1, 2025 ▶ 30:28 Rich People Are the Best Evangelists in the World - Here Is Why
Apr 1, 2025 neutral
Disclosure
King: I only write angel checks expecting the money to go bye-bye
“It's angel investing, and I never expect to make any money. I only write checks that I prepare to say the money go bye-bye.”
Ed King Apr 1, 2025 ▶ 32:53 Rich People Are the Best Evangelists in the World - Here Is Why
Apr 1, 2025 positive
Assertion Contradicted
King: IBM Watson boosted cupcake sales 10% by correlating frosting to weather
“IBM's Watson, they were doing this thing where they were predicting what type of frosting on cupcakes would sell based on the weather. And they found out hot days, vanilla, Cold days. Chocolate. And since IBM owns the weather network, They were able to do that…”
Ed King Apr 1, 2025 ▶ 42:18 Rich People Are the Best Evangelists in the World - Here Is Why
Apr 1, 2025 negative
Disclosure
King: I passed on a $1M-per-month brand after finding founder diligence red flags
“And I was very interested in working with him, helping him, raising for him, investing directly. But then I got into his finances and he was transparent with what's going on in his life. I said, I can't touch this with a 10 foot pole, right?”
Ed King Apr 1, 2025 ▶ 21:27 Rich People Are the Best Evangelists in the World - Here Is Why
Apr 1, 2025 negative
Insight
King: Unseen back-end logistics consistently crush product-focused e-commerce founders
“Most e-commerce entrepreneurs have an idea for a product. Great. Maybe some branding, maybe some marketing, social media, but logistics and all that stuff that happens behind the scenes, it crushes them.”
Ed King Apr 1, 2025 ▶ 43:13 Rich People Are the Best Evangelists in the World - Here Is Why
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