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How The Best Companies Defend Against Mediocrity And Rot · Y Combinator May 22, 2026 · 10 mentions

  • ▶ 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 Jul 11, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 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 Apr 18, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 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 Nov 11, 2018 · 1 mention

Cannabis Startup Founders David Hua and Vincent Ning on Legalization, Banking, and Industry Trends · Y Combinator Oct 11, 2018 · 1 mention

David Rusenko - How To Find Product Market Fit · Y Combinator Sep 5, 2018 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 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.
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