Costco, every mention
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every year anyone Eric Ries 10Aadit Palicha 2Vincent Ning 1Dr. Werner Vogels 1David Rusenko 1Aravind Srinivas 1
Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Costco comes up
How The Best Companies Defend Against Mediocrity And Rot · Y Combinator
- ▶ 18:20 Eric Ries He quit FedMart in protest when Saul was fired, and he created his own company because he understood, as Saul understood the engine, later the two companies merged to form a company they called Price Costco, but we just call it Costco. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 20:12 Eric Ries This is not for me because like I tell a story in the book about Costco versus Kroger, the grocery store. 6 times in the scene
Aravind Srinivas: Perplexity's Race to Build Agentic Search · Y Combinator
- ▶ 42:30 Aravind Srinivas Like, like you could imagine the kind of people who use Costco regularly may not even be using AI on a regular basis, and so if that's the kind of people you're going for, then
How Zepto Became India’s Fastest Growing Startup · Y Combinator
- ▶ 5:57 Aadit Palicha Obviously in the US you've got more Walmarts and Costco's and Kroger's, uh, but in India it's primarily these small mom and pop shops that, that dominate grocery.
- ▶ 6:48 Aadit Palicha So unlike, let's say, the big box Walmart Costco models that work in, like, suburban sprawls, people are used to doors, the milk delivery guy coming to their doorstep, or the fruits and vegetables guy showing
A Conversation with Werner Vogels · Y Combinator
- ▶ 12:28 Dr. Werner Vogels It's not like driving up to Costco and actually getting them in your shopping cart.
Cannabis Startup Founders David Hua and Vincent Ning on Legalization, Banking, and Industry Trends · Y Combinator
- ▶ 11:40 Vincent Ning Um, so you can get it at like Costco if you want.
David Rusenko - How To Find Product Market Fit · Y Combinator
- ▶ 6:52 David Rusenko We had just gone to Costco, ah, so we had lots of food, ah, for, for, for a couple weeks, but rent was coming up, and as everyone knows, rent in San Francisco isn't cheap.