Nothing

includes Nothing Ear (1)

5 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 13, 2024 by Carl Pei · said 11 times in 1 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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brought up most by Carl Pei (8), Garry Tan (3)

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Everything said about Nothing, oldest first

Aug 13, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Pei: Nothing sold approximately 600,000 Ear (1) units in year one
“So we ended up selling about 600,000 Units for year one.”
Carl Pei Aug 13, 2024 ▶ 12:26 How Nothing Founder Carl Pei Built A Multi-Million Dollar Smartphone Brand In Just 2 Years · Y Combinator
Aug 13, 2024 positive
Insight
Pei: Products should have a defining feature sketchable after two seconds
“For every product you make imagine if a user sees it for like two seconds, and then has to sketch a defining feature of the product. So we try and build each product with something iconic that people can immediately remember and attach themselves to.”
Carl Pei Aug 13, 2024 ▶ 15:37 How Nothing Founder Carl Pei Built A Multi-Million Dollar Smartphone Brand In Just 2 Years · Y Combinator
Aug 13, 2024 negative
Opinion
Pei: Nothing's cult reputation simply reflects low brand awareness
“I think it simply just means that our brand awareness is too low.”
Carl Pei Aug 13, 2024 ▶ 13:24 How Nothing Founder Carl Pei Built A Multi-Million Dollar Smartphone Brand In Just 2 Years · Y Combinator
Aug 13, 2024 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Pei: 90% of Nothing's first 5,000 Ear (1) units had charging defects
“For the first batch of year ones 90% of them couldn't charge properly. And at that time, I think we had shipped like 5000 units”
Carl Pei Aug 13, 2024 ▶ 11:27 How Nothing Founder Carl Pei Built A Multi-Million Dollar Smartphone Brand In Just 2 Years · Y Combinator
Aug 13, 2024
Insight
Pei: Hardware startups must sequence products to build manufacturing credibility
“If you want to do it, I think you should go ahead, but maybe think about like the sequencing of things. Like in our example, like we had to get the earbuds to sell really well before going into the phone. Like how can we build credibility to the next thing?”
Carl Pei Aug 13, 2024 ▶ 19:59 How Nothing Founder Carl Pei Built A Multi-Million Dollar Smartphone Brand In Just 2 Years · Y Combinator
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