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Bob Parsons

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1344 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The Shawn Ryan Show
#197 Bob Parsons - Vietnam War Veteran / Founder of GoDaddy & PXG

We'll just do that, and then this is about January, February, and then October, or maybe later that year, the dot-com crash happens. And when the dot-com crash happened, GoDaddy was born. And then I had, instead of guys, waiting in line to... I mean, instead of not refusing to sell me anything at any price. I mean, every week, at least one or two companies were doing business with Vanish.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#197 Bob Parsons - Vietnam War Veteran / Founder of GoDaddy & PXG

And then so we take, and then in October, we wait, and they, we turned the company, we became cashflow positive, and never missed a month since.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#197 Bob Parsons - Vietnam War Veteran / Founder of GoDaddy & PXG

And then so we take, and then in October, we wait, and they, we turned the company, we became cashflow positive, and never missed a month since.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#197 Bob Parsons - Vietnam War Veteran / Founder of GoDaddy & PXG

And then so we take, and then in October, we wait, and they, we turned the company, we became cashflow positive, and never missed a month since.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#197 Bob Parsons - Vietnam War Veteran / Founder of GoDaddy & PXG

Yep. And so I sold GoDaddy until 2011 and sold 71% for $2.3 billion. Damn. And then sold the other 29% for Almost two billion.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#197 Bob Parsons - Vietnam War Veteran / Founder of GoDaddy & PXG

Yep. And so I sold GoDaddy until 2011 and sold 71% for $2.3 billion. Damn. And then sold the other 29% for Almost two billion.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#197 Bob Parsons - Vietnam War Veteran / Founder of GoDaddy & PXG

Yep. And so I sold GoDaddy until 2011 and sold 71% for $2.3 billion. Damn. And then sold the other 29% for Almost two billion.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#197 Bob Parsons - Vietnam War Veteran / Founder of GoDaddy & PXG

Yeah, so.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#197 Bob Parsons - Vietnam War Veteran / Founder of GoDaddy & PXG

Yeah, so.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#197 Bob Parsons - Vietnam War Veteran / Founder of GoDaddy & PXG

Yeah, so.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#197 Bob Parsons - Vietnam War Veteran / Founder of GoDaddy & PXG

Not bad for a young guy from East Baltimore.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#197 Bob Parsons - Vietnam War Veteran / Founder of GoDaddy & PXG

Not bad for a young guy from East Baltimore.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#197 Bob Parsons - Vietnam War Veteran / Founder of GoDaddy & PXG

Not bad for a young guy from East Baltimore.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#197 Bob Parsons - Vietnam War Veteran / Founder of GoDaddy & PXG

Yeah, so anyhow, I mean, the ads all, they all happened. It was just funny as shit how that came about.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#197 Bob Parsons - Vietnam War Veteran / Founder of GoDaddy & PXG

Yeah, so anyhow, I mean, the ads all, they all happened. It was just funny as shit how that came about.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#197 Bob Parsons - Vietnam War Veteran / Founder of GoDaddy & PXG

Yeah, so anyhow, I mean, the ads all, they all happened. It was just funny as shit how that came about.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#197 Bob Parsons - Vietnam War Veteran / Founder of GoDaddy & PXG

You want me to tell you the genesis, how that happened?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#197 Bob Parsons - Vietnam War Veteran / Founder of GoDaddy & PXG

You want me to tell you the genesis, how that happened?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#197 Bob Parsons - Vietnam War Veteran / Founder of GoDaddy & PXG

You want me to tell you the genesis, how that happened?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#197 Bob Parsons - Vietnam War Veteran / Founder of GoDaddy & PXG

So I'm running GoDaddy, and I am never quite sure why our business just stalls where we got a โ€“ 16% market share worldwide. I said, we got the best prices. We got the best systems. We got the fairest policies. We got the best customer service. What are these other dogs? Why are they still right in business? So I hired a market research firm to kind of look at it for us.