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Glenn Gardone

President & CEO, RED Chocolate · 1 appearance on the record.

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Glenn Gardone has over three decades of experience in the consumer packaged goods industry, having previously held roles at companies including Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Kellogg, and Del Monte. He spearheads the North American launch and retail expansion of RED Chocolate.

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Everything Glenn Gardone said on We Live to Build that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Insight
People who repeatedly make the same mistake and apologize are con artists
“The person that sits there and makes the same mistake over and over again, and apologizes each and every time, they're a con artist. They're an absolute con artist.”
Glenn Gardone Apr 23, 2023 ▶ 28:08 He Spent 3.5 Hours Telling Them Not to Hire Him
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Sidelining ego-driven founders allowed Gardone to scale one company by 100x
“Four times I walked into a situation like that, and we, you know, quintupled the size of the company, and, you know, one we did over a hundred times the size of the company, because we didn't have that that ego cloud. We, you know, put them out to pasture, so …”
Glenn Gardone Apr 23, 2023 ▶ 23:28 He Spent 3.5 Hours Telling Them Not to Hire Him
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Red Chocolate is in 15,000 store doors in North America
“Now you'll find us in 15,000 store doors.”
Glenn Gardone Apr 23, 2023 ▶ 3:52 He Spent 3.5 Hours Telling Them Not to Hire Him
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Red Chocolate grossed $29 million in the US and 4x globally
“Just the U.S. Globally, we're about four times that size. We're in about 28 countries now. When I joined, we were in about 18 countries.”
Glenn Gardone Apr 23, 2023 ▶ 4:25 He Spent 3.5 Hours Telling Them Not to Hire Him
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Glenn Gardone sold five companies over 12 years in private equity
“And fast forward about let's see, 12 years later as I started the journey on the private equity side, and Had sold the company, and, ah, we've done it five times”
Glenn Gardone Apr 23, 2023 ▶ 1:39 He Spent 3.5 Hours Telling Them Not to Hire Him
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Red Chocolate is the number one chocolate on Home Shopping Network
“You'll find us as the number one chocolate home shopping network.”
Glenn Gardone Apr 23, 2023 ▶ 3:59 He Spent 3.5 Hours Telling Them Not to Hire Him

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Statements about Glenn Gardone, by other people (1)

Opinion
Weisbrot: Legacy Corporate Employees Discourage Ambitious Juniors Out of Laziness
“What I hear from that story is that those people were lazy and didn't want you showing them up. They don't want you to make their job harder by setting an example to other people that this is what you should expect from your employees.”
Sean Weisbrot Apr 23, 2023 ▶ 16:36 He Spent 3.5 Hours Telling Them Not to Hire Him

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
He Spent 3.5 Hours Telling Them Not to Hire Him Apr 23, 2023 21m
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