Ryan Cohen

And so that was the original thesis.

And so that was the original thesis.

And then as I got pulled in, obviously the business is completely different and the thesis has changed.

And then as I got pulled in, obviously the business is completely different and the thesis has changed.

But that's where I started as a passive investor.

But that's where I started as a passive investor.

Yeah, they thought I was basically just going to join the board and be a patsy.

Yeah, they thought I was basically just going to join the board and be a patsy.

The original plan, I learned a lot at GameStop.

The original plan, I learned a lot at GameStop.

I basically took, I went in and I had this bias from Chewy, which is basically like everything that I learned at Chewy, I was going to apply to GameStop.

I basically took, I went in and I had this bias from Chewy, which is basically like everything that I learned at Chewy, I was going to apply to GameStop.

And it took me about, I don't know, maybe,

And it took me about, I don't know, maybe,

just over a year to realize that was really, really stupid.

just over a year to realize that was really, really stupid.

But I ended up hiring a bunch of e commerce people from chewy and Amazon.

But I ended up hiring a bunch of e commerce people from chewy and Amazon.

And I wasn't the CEO, I hired a CEO.

And I wasn't the CEO, I hired a CEO.