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consumer

3 people · 6 quotes · 26 Nov 2019 to 31 Jul 2025

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    1. Gavin Baker

      Baker argues used iPhone resale value enables Apple to charge premium prices while maintaining lower effective consumer cost.

      “When you trade in your phone, you capture that. That lets the used iPhones retain their value better, supports a dramatic price premium for Apple.”

      26 Nov 2019 · Invest Like the Best · 7:40 · source · permalink
    1. Bill Gurley

      Gurley argues Google and Facebook's power led investors to wrongly believe consumer businesses are over.

      “I think over the past three or four years, mainly because of the power of Google and Facebook that a lot of people have come to tell themselves that consumers over.”

      12 May 2021 · CNBC Television · 14:57 · source · permalink
    1. Bill Gurley

      Gurley identifies long-term memory as a major unsolved problem preventing AI from becoming true personal assistants.

      “I do think this memory issue is a big, big deal, at least on the consumer side. So none of the major contenders today can remember who you are because it would require them.”

      8 Feb 2024 · BG2 Pod · 1:13:10 · source · permalink
    2. Brad Gerstner

      Gerstner estimates OpenAI's consumer business represents $2.1 billion of roughly $3-4 billion total revenue.

      “It would imply that there are about 2.1 of the three four is the consumer business”

      22 Jun 2024 · BG2 Pod · 32:04 · source · permalink
    3. Brad Gerstner

      Gerstner reports OpenAI consumer product has 65% annual churn rate based on credit card data.

      “At least for the cohorts that are old enough, the churn's about 65% annually. So they're only 35% retaining, which Sax had hinted at on all in.”

      22 Jun 2024 · BG2 Pod · 32:20 · source · permalink
    1. Brad Gerstner

      Gerstner argues consumer ownership, not hardware, determines value; Google dominated for twenty years this way.

      “The battle for the consumer is ultimately where the value accrues, Sonny, not who runs, you know, what hardware.”

      31 Jul 2025 · BG2 Pod · 44:58 · source · permalink

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