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Like a, a, a, yeah, 'cause of course dogs are used, yeah. It's amazing. I, I know I was familiar with these 'cause I, back in, in the day, I was a, a war reporter and spent two and a half years in and out of Iraq and saw, saw these in action, and, uh, uh, they were remarkable. I mean, iRobot still was a relatively smal... | customer: Like it's a, a fallen comrade.
agent: Or a dog, right?
customer: Yeah. | 2,093.032 | 2,149.712 | agent | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
You know, I, I, I told this story about how people would come and say, "Hey, Colin, uh, when are you gonna clean my floors?" | agent: Or a dog, right?
customer: Yeah.
agent: Like a, a, a, yeah, 'cause of course dogs are used, yeah. It's amazing. I, I know I was familiar with these 'cause I, back in, in the day, I was a, a war reporter and spent two and a half years in and out of Iraq and saw, saw these in action, and, uh, uh, they were remarka... | 2,150.832 | 2,157.192 | customer | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Yeah. | customer: Yeah.
agent: Like a, a, a, yeah, 'cause of course dogs are used, yeah. It's amazing. I, I know I was familiar with these 'cause I, back in, in the day, I was a, a war reporter and spent two and a half years in and out of Iraq and saw, saw these in action, and, uh, uh, they were remarkable. I mean, iRobot stil... | 2,157.192 | 2,157.612 | agent | eng | id | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
And so we knew this was a good idea. And one of the early employees, a guy named Joe Jones, had actually built, while he was at, uh, working at MIT, a, a little round robot that picked up some... It couldn't actually pick up dust, but it, if you crumpled up little, the right size little bits of ball- | agent: Like a, a, a, yeah, 'cause of course dogs are used, yeah. It's amazing. I, I know I was familiar with these 'cause I, back in, in the day, I was a, a war reporter and spent two and a half years in and out of Iraq and saw, saw these in action, and, uh, uh, they were remarkable. I mean, iRobot still was a relative... | 2,157.612 | 2,178.572 | customer | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
It could suck it up | customer: You know, I, I, I told this story about how people would come and say, "Hey, Colin, uh, when are you gonna clean my floors?"
agent: Yeah.
customer: And so we knew this was a good idea. And one of the early employees, a guy named Joe Jones, had actually built, while he was at, uh, working at MIT, a, a little r... | 2,178.572 | 2,179.052 | agent | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
... it could suck it up. You know, and then 12 years pass, and the toy contract was coming to an end. | agent: Yeah.
customer: And so we knew this was a good idea. And one of the early employees, a guy named Joe Jones, had actually built, while he was at, uh, working at MIT, a, a little round robot that picked up some... It couldn't actually pick up dust, but it, if you crumpled up little, the right size little bits of b... | 2,179.052 | 2,186.092 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Hmm. | customer: And so we knew this was a good idea. And one of the early employees, a guy named Joe Jones, had actually built, while he was at, uh, working at MIT, a, a little round robot that picked up some... It couldn't actually pick up dust, but it, if you crumpled up little, the right size little bits of ball-
agent: I... | 2,186.092 | 2,186.702 | agent | eng | sv | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
And Joe came up to me and said, "Hey, Colin, I think it's time to do the vacuum." Can I, can we work on it two weeks? Give us 15 grand in parts and I'll have a prototype. So they went and they, um, they m- made it round, and it was round so that it would never drive into anywhere, that it couldn't turn around in its ow... | agent: It could suck it up
customer: ... it could suck it up. You know, and then 12 years pass, and the toy contract was coming to an end.
agent: Hmm. | 2,186.702 | 2,213.264 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Mm-hmm | customer: ... it could suck it up. You know, and then 12 years pass, and the toy contract was coming to an end.
agent: Hmm.
customer: And Joe came up to me and said, "Hey, Colin, I think it's time to do the vacuum." Can I, can we work on it two weeks? Give us 15 grand in parts and I'll have a prototype. So they went an... | 2,213.264 | 2,213.374 | agent | eng | de | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
... and escape. And it dragged an electrostatic cloth, like a Swiffer cloth, behind it. It wasn't a vacuum. | agent: Hmm.
customer: And Joe came up to me and said, "Hey, Colin, I think it's time to do the vacuum." Can I, can we work on it two weeks? Give us 15 grand in parts and I'll have a prototype. So they went and they, um, they m- made it round, and it was round so that it would never drive into anywhere, that it couldn't... | 2,213.374 | 2,220.303 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Okay. | customer: And Joe came up to me and said, "Hey, Colin, I think it's time to do the vacuum." Can I, can we work on it two weeks? Give us 15 grand in parts and I'll have a prototype. So they went and they, um, they m- made it round, and it was round so that it would never drive into anywhere, that it couldn't turn around... | 2,220.304 | 2,220.803 | agent | eng | tl | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
And it kinda worked. | agent: Mm-hmm
customer: ... and escape. And it dragged an electrostatic cloth, like a Swiffer cloth, behind it. It wasn't a vacuum.
agent: Okay. | 2,220.804 | 2,223.024 | customer | eng | af | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
But it didn't have- | customer: ... and escape. And it dragged an electrostatic cloth, like a Swiffer cloth, behind it. It wasn't a vacuum.
agent: Okay.
customer: And it kinda worked. | 2,223.024 | 2,224.084 | agent | eng | sq | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
No eyes. | agent: Okay.
customer: And it kinda worked.
agent: But it didn't have- | 2,224.084 | 2,225.124 | customer | eng | tr | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Now it's different. No camera for navigation, no- | customer: And it kinda worked.
agent: But it didn't have-
customer: No eyes. | 2,225.124 | 2,228.184 | agent | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
No, that came much later. | agent: But it didn't have-
customer: No eyes.
agent: Now it's different. No camera for navigation, no- | 2,228.184 | 2,229.844 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Okay. Gotcha. | customer: No eyes.
agent: Now it's different. No camera for navigation, no-
customer: No, that came much later. | 2,229.844 | 2,231.264 | agent | eng | so | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Um, so w- we kept developing this idea, and we knew we needed a better navigation system, but at the time, there was no navigation system good enough to give you an actual position. | agent: Now it's different. No camera for navigation, no-
customer: No, that came much later.
agent: Okay. Gotcha. | 2,231.264 | 2,243.764 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Right, 'cause i- if it was just randomly bumping, you couldn't guarantee that it was gonna clean the entire floor of the room. | customer: No, that came much later.
agent: Okay. Gotcha.
customer: Um, so w- we kept developing this idea, and we knew we needed a better navigation system, but at the time, there was no navigation system good enough to give you an actual position. | 2,243.764 | 2,250.164 | agent | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Correct. You know, no one's gonna die if you didn't. Um- | agent: Okay. Gotcha.
customer: Um, so w- we kept developing this idea, and we knew we needed a better navigation system, but at the time, there was no navigation system good enough to give you an actual position.
agent: Right, 'cause i- if it was just randomly bumping, you couldn't guarantee that it was gonna clean the... | 2,250.164 | 2,253.324 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Right. [laughs] | customer: Um, so w- we kept developing this idea, and we knew we needed a better navigation system, but at the time, there was no navigation system good enough to give you an actual position.
agent: Right, 'cause i- if it was just randomly bumping, you couldn't guarantee that it was gonna clean the entire floor of the ... | 2,253.324 | 2,253.534 | agent | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
... but it had to do, it had to do a good enough job. | agent: Right, 'cause i- if it was just randomly bumping, you couldn't guarantee that it was gonna clean the entire floor of the room.
customer: Correct. You know, no one's gonna die if you didn't. Um-
agent: Right. [laughs] | 2,253.534 | 2,256.114 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Yeah. | customer: Correct. You know, no one's gonna die if you didn't. Um-
agent: Right. [laughs]
customer: ... but it had to do, it had to do a good enough job. | 2,256.114 | 2,256.123 | agent | eng | id | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
And then we had done research with customers around the product. One of the early problems with Roomba was if it was only dragging an electrostatic cloth, it was not valued by the consumer. | agent: Right. [laughs]
customer: ... but it had to do, it had to do a good enough job.
agent: Yeah. | 2,256.124 | 2,274.144 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Right. It's just, that's just a dr- it's just dragging a piece of cloth on your floor. | customer: ... but it had to do, it had to do a good enough job.
agent: Yeah.
customer: And then we had done research with customers around the product. One of the early problems with Roomba was if it was only dragging an electrostatic cloth, it was not valued by the consumer. | 2,274.144 | 2,278.604 | agent | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Right. | agent: Yeah.
customer: And then we had done research with customers around the product. One of the early problems with Roomba was if it was only dragging an electrostatic cloth, it was not valued by the consumer.
agent: Right. It's just, that's just a dr- it's just dragging a piece of cloth on your floor. | 2,278.604 | 2,279.004 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
I can do that. | customer: And then we had done research with customers around the product. One of the early problems with Roomba was if it was only dragging an electrostatic cloth, it was not valued by the consumer.
agent: Right. It's just, that's just a dr- it's just dragging a piece of cloth on your floor.
customer: Right. | 2,279.004 | 2,279.584 | agent | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Right. And so th- they would say, "Well, how much would you pay?" And it's like, well, we pay 40, 50 bucks for that. It's like, the battery costs- | agent: Right. It's just, that's just a dr- it's just dragging a piece of cloth on your floor.
customer: Right.
agent: I can do that. | 2,279.584 | 2,286.234 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Mm-hmm | customer: Right.
agent: I can do that.
customer: Right. And so th- they would say, "Well, how much would you pay?" And it's like, well, we pay 40, 50 bucks for that. It's like, the battery costs- | 2,286.234 | 2,286.234 | agent | eng | de | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
... 40 bucks. I mean- | agent: I can do that.
customer: Right. And so th- they would say, "Well, how much would you pay?" And it's like, well, we pay 40, 50 bucks for that. It's like, the battery costs-
agent: Mm-hmm | 2,286.234 | 2,287.144 | customer | eng | id | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Right | customer: Right. And so th- they would say, "Well, how much would you pay?" And it's like, well, we pay 40, 50 bucks for that. It's like, the battery costs-
agent: Mm-hmm
customer: ... 40 bucks. I mean- | 2,287.144 | 2,287.444 | agent | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
... I mean, come on. | agent: Mm-hmm
customer: ... 40 bucks. I mean-
agent: Right | 2,287.444 | 2,287.984 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Yeah. | customer: ... 40 bucks. I mean-
agent: Right
customer: ... I mean, come on. | 2,287.984 | 2,288.304 | agent | eng | id | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
The, um, uh, you know, this isn't gonna work. It's like, well, what if it was a vacuum? It's like, oh, well, if it was a vacuum, then I'd pay hundreds of dollars for it. And it was like, uh, okay, uh, time to make a vacuum. And then we had to go invent the world's most efficient vacuum cleaner because we, we couldn't a... | agent: Right
customer: ... I mean, come on.
agent: Yeah. | 2,288.304 | 2,378.464 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Yeah | customer: ... I mean, come on.
agent: Yeah.
customer: The, um, uh, you know, this isn't gonna work. It's like, well, what if it was a vacuum? It's like, oh, well, if it was a vacuum, then I'd pay hundreds of dollars for it. And it was like, uh, okay, uh, time to make a vacuum. And then we had to go invent the world's m... | 2,378.464 | 2,378.534 | agent | eng | tr | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
... toys and industrial cleaning- | agent: Yeah.
customer: The, um, uh, you know, this isn't gonna work. It's like, well, what if it was a vacuum? It's like, oh, well, if it was a vacuum, then I'd pay hundreds of dollars for it. And it was like, uh, okay, uh, time to make a vacuum. And then we had to go invent the world's most efficient vacuum cleaner be... | 2,378.534 | 2,381.604 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Cleaning, right | customer: The, um, uh, you know, this isn't gonna work. It's like, well, what if it was a vacuum? It's like, oh, well, if it was a vacuum, then I'd pay hundreds of dollars for it. And it was like, uh, okay, uh, time to make a vacuum. And then we had to go invent the world's most efficient vacuum cleaner because we, we ... | 2,381.604 | 2,382.164 | agent | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
... to, to come along, and then it's, then it's kinda obvious that what you should do. And, and, uh, you know, the th- the, some of our biggest challenges had to do with how do we sell this thing because we had far less experience on, on that front. | agent: Yeah
customer: ... toys and industrial cleaning-
agent: Cleaning, right | 2,382.164 | 2,396.784 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
This is in 2002 when you finally had a product to launch. | customer: ... toys and industrial cleaning-
agent: Cleaning, right
customer: ... to, to come along, and then it's, then it's kinda obvious that what you should do. And, and, uh, you know, the th- the, some of our biggest challenges had to do with how do we sell this thing because we had far less experience on, on that ... | 2,396.784 | 2,400.304 | agent | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Finally had a product to launch, and we thought Sharper Image was gonna do it, um, and then they backed out, and I called up Brookstone. | agent: Cleaning, right
customer: ... to, to come along, and then it's, then it's kinda obvious that what you should do. And, and, uh, you know, the th- the, some of our biggest challenges had to do with how do we sell this thing because we had far less experience on, on that front.
agent: This is in 2002 when you final... | 2,400.304 | 2,409.284 | customer | eng | en | unknown | founder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Yeah, I was gonna say, Sharper Image, no, then you call Brookstone. [laughs] | customer: ... to, to come along, and then it's, then it's kinda obvious that what you should do. And, and, uh, you know, the th- the, some of our biggest challenges had to do with how do we sell this thing because we had far less experience on, on that front.
agent: This is in 2002 when you finally had a product to lau... | 2,409.284 | 2,412.544 | agent | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Right, and, and the Brookstone story was amazing because the only person who answered the phone, 'cause we dialed everybody, was this woman who was in charge of the hard-to-find tool catalog, and it was her first day on the job. So she hadn't yet been trained that she shouldn't talk to people like us, and so she heard ... | agent: This is in 2002 when you finally had a product to launch.
customer: Finally had a product to launch, and we thought Sharper Image was gonna do it, um, and then they backed out, and I called up Brookstone.
agent: Yeah, I was gonna say, Sharper Image, no, then you call Brookstone. [laughs] | 2,412.544 | 2,454.244 | customer | eng | en | unknown | founder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
And you could demo this. You could say, "Here you go." | customer: Finally had a product to launch, and we thought Sharper Image was gonna do it, um, and then they backed out, and I called up Brookstone.
agent: Yeah, I was gonna say, Sharper Image, no, then you call Brookstone. [laughs]
customer: Right, and, and the Brookstone story was amazing because the only person who an... | 2,454.244 | 2,456.224 | agent | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Yeah, yeah, c- we, we, we, we had working demo. | agent: Yeah, I was gonna say, Sharper Image, no, then you call Brookstone. [laughs]
customer: Right, and, and the Brookstone story was amazing because the only person who answered the phone, 'cause we dialed everybody, was this woman who was in charge of the hard-to-find tool catalog, and it was her first day on the jo... | 2,456.224 | 2,458.984 | customer | eng | so | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Would you bring, like, Cheerios or something to, like, put on the ground? | customer: Right, and, and the Brookstone story was amazing because the only person who answered the phone, 'cause we dialed everybody, was this woman who was in charge of the hard-to-find tool catalog, and it was her first day on the job. So she hadn't yet been trained that she shouldn't talk to people like us, and so ... | 2,458.984 | 2,461.784 | agent | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
So my secret was to, to... I, I would, like a vacuum cleaner salesman, I, I would have a, a little Ziploc bag of Cheerios in my back pocket. | agent: And you could demo this. You could say, "Here you go."
customer: Yeah, yeah, c- we, we, we, we had working demo.
agent: Would you bring, like, Cheerios or something to, like, put on the ground? | 2,461.784 | 2,470.464 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
You literally had Che- I just said Cheerios 'cause I think of kids and Cheerios. | customer: Yeah, yeah, c- we, we, we, we had working demo.
agent: Would you bring, like, Cheerios or something to, like, put on the ground?
customer: So my secret was to, to... I, I would, like a vacuum cleaner salesman, I, I would have a, a little Ziploc bag of Cheerios in my back pocket. | 2,470.464 | 2,473.664 | agent | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
No, no, no. | agent: Would you bring, like, Cheerios or something to, like, put on the ground?
customer: So my secret was to, to... I, I would, like a vacuum cleaner salesman, I, I would have a, a little Ziploc bag of Cheerios in my back pocket.
agent: You literally had Che- I just said Cheerios 'cause I think of kids and Cheerios. | 2,473.664 | 2,474.004 | customer | eng | pt | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Okay. | customer: So my secret was to, to... I, I would, like a vacuum cleaner salesman, I, I would have a, a little Ziploc bag of Cheerios in my back pocket.
agent: You literally had Che- I just said Cheerios 'cause I think of kids and Cheerios.
customer: No, no, no. | 2,474.004 | 2,474.204 | agent | eng | tl | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Cheerios was the best- | agent: You literally had Che- I just said Cheerios 'cause I think of kids and Cheerios.
customer: No, no, no.
agent: Okay. | 2,474.204 | 2,475.544 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Are great, yeah | customer: No, no, no.
agent: Okay.
customer: Cheerios was the best- | 2,475.544 | 2,475.894 | agent | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
... because what I would do, I, you know, we'd be in, be in their conference room, and I'd, they would say, "Oh, that's neat. Does it actually work?" And I'd say, "Well, of course it works." It's like, "Really? Prove it." And then so I would take these Cheerios out of my back pocket and I would sprinkle them on their f... | agent: Okay.
customer: Cheerios was the best-
agent: Are great, yeah | 2,475.894 | 2,509.544 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Hmm. | customer: Cheerios was the best-
agent: Are great, yeah
customer: ... because what I would do, I, you know, we'd be in, be in their conference room, and I'd, they would say, "Oh, that's neat. Does it actually work?" And I'd say, "Well, of course it works." It's like, "Really? Prove it." And then so I would take these C... | 2,509.544 | 2,510.064 | agent | eng | sv | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
The dust, the, the big chunks, everything, and it was, you know, Cheerios are bright, so on a dark carpet they show up really well. And the, and it, it's like, oh my God, it, it works. And we went to, like, from the lowest to the highest level at, at, at, uh, Brookstone in about 40 minutes, and then the head of product... | agent: Are great, yeah
customer: ... because what I would do, I, you know, we'd be in, be in their conference room, and I'd, they would say, "Oh, that's neat. Does it actually work?" And I'd say, "Well, of course it works." It's like, "Really? Prove it." And then so I would take these Cheerios out of my back pocket and... | 2,510.064 | 2,542.244 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Amazing. | customer: ... because what I would do, I, you know, we'd be in, be in their conference room, and I'd, they would say, "Oh, that's neat. Does it actually work?" And I'd say, "Well, of course it works." It's like, "Really? Prove it." And then so I would take these Cheerios out of my back pocket and I would sprinkle them ... | 2,542.244 | 2,543.184 | agent | eng | tl | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
And so that we launched with Brookstone, and about two weeks later I get this call from the woman managing our account, Pam Kamelsky, and I remember her name. And she's like, "Hey, Colin, how's it going?" I was like, "Well, how's it going with you?" And it's like, "Well, well, pretty good. You know, we'd like to, we'd ... | agent: Hmm.
customer: The dust, the, the big chunks, everything, and it was, you know, Cheerios are bright, so on a dark carpet they show up really well. And the, and it, it's like, oh my God, it, it works. And we went to, like, from the lowest to the highest level at, at, at, uh, Brookstone in about 40 minutes, and th... | 2,543.184 | 2,568.02 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Wow. How did that, how did that happen? I mean, Brookstone, of course, uh, we... I remember we did an episode on the Tempur-Pedic mattress, and it started with a pillow- | customer: The dust, the, the big chunks, everything, and it was, you know, Cheerios are bright, so on a dark carpet they show up really well. And the, and it, it's like, oh my God, it, it works. And we went to, like, from the lowest to the highest level at, at, at, uh, Brookstone in about 40 minutes, and then the head ... | 2,569.08 | 2,579.5 | agent | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Yeah | agent: Amazing.
customer: And so that we launched with Brookstone, and about two weeks later I get this call from the woman managing our account, Pam Kamelsky, and I remember her name. And she's like, "Hey, Colin, how's it going?" I was like, "Well, how's it going with you?" And it's like, "Well, well, pretty good. You... | 2,579.5 | 2,579.62 | customer | eng | tr | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
... and they launched that at Brookstone. So, you know, Brookstone, but still, Brookstone is not Target. It's not Walmart. How did it do so well? Was it, uh, was it just 'cause it was so weird and unusual it got press coverage? | customer: And so that we launched with Brookstone, and about two weeks later I get this call from the woman managing our account, Pam Kamelsky, and I remember her name. And she's like, "Hey, Colin, how's it going?" I was like, "Well, how's it going with you?" And it's like, "Well, well, pretty good. You know, we'd like... | 2,579.62 | 2,592.48 | agent | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
It was two things. First, Brookstone discovered that if they put it in front of the store- | agent: Wow. How did that, how did that happen? I mean, Brookstone, of course, uh, we... I remember we did an episode on the Tempur-Pedic mattress, and it started with a pillow-
customer: Yeah
agent: ... and they launched that at Brookstone. So, you know, Brookstone, but still, Brookstone is not Target. It's not Walmart... | 2,592.48 | 2,600.74 | customer | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Hmm | customer: Yeah
agent: ... and they launched that at Brookstone. So, you know, Brookstone, but still, Brookstone is not Target. It's not Walmart. How did it do so well? Was it, uh, was it just 'cause it was so weird and unusual it got press coverage?
customer: It was two things. First, Brookstone discovered that if they... | 2,600.74 | 2,600.96 | agent | eng | da | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
... and just threw down dirt and Cheerios and stuff and wh- and showed it working- | agent: ... and they launched that at Brookstone. So, you know, Brookstone, but still, Brookstone is not Target. It's not Walmart. How did it do so well? Was it, uh, was it just 'cause it was so weird and unusual it got press coverage?
customer: It was two things. First, Brookstone discovered that if they put it in fron... | 2,600.96 | 2,605.96 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Yes | customer: It was two things. First, Brookstone discovered that if they put it in front of the store-
agent: Hmm
customer: ... and just threw down dirt and Cheerios and stuff and wh- and showed it working- | 2,605.96 | 2,606.8 | agent | eng | tr | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
... it would draw traffic into the store. | agent: Hmm
customer: ... and just threw down dirt and Cheerios and stuff and wh- and showed it working-
agent: Yes | 2,606.8 | 2,609.2 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
In the mall. | customer: ... and just threw down dirt and Cheerios and stuff and wh- and showed it working-
agent: Yes
customer: ... it would draw traffic into the store. | 2,609.2 | 2,609.82 | agent | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
In the mall. | agent: Yes
customer: ... it would draw traffic into the store.
agent: In the mall. | 2,609.82 | 2,610.05 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Right, in the shopping mall, yeah. | customer: ... it would draw traffic into the store.
agent: In the mall.
customer: In the mall. | 2,610.05 | 2,611.24 | agent | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
So it, it demoed really well. But combine that with the press, because we had no money to advertise. We had, uh, $5,000 a month for PR, I think was, was our budget. But that, that whole shtick where I go into the conference room and throw Cheerios on the, on the, on the ground, no one believed this thing worked. And th... | agent: In the mall.
customer: In the mall.
agent: Right, in the shopping mall, yeah. | 2,611.24 | 2,659.04 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
That's incredible. So you guys were probably popping champagne bottles thinking, "This is it." | customer: In the mall.
agent: Right, in the shopping mall, yeah.
customer: So it, it demoed really well. But combine that with the press, because we had no money to advertise. We had, uh, $5,000 a month for PR, I think was, was our budget. But that, that whole shtick where I go into the conference room and throw Cheeri... | 2,659.04 | 2,665.65 | agent | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Yeah. | agent: Right, in the shopping mall, yeah.
customer: So it, it demoed really well. But combine that with the press, because we had no money to advertise. We had, uh, $5,000 a month for PR, I think was, was our budget. But that, that whole shtick where I go into the conference room and throw Cheerios on the, on the, on t... | 2,665.65 | 2,665.65 | customer | eng | id | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
"We, we, we finally struck, struck gold here." | customer: So it, it demoed really well. But combine that with the press, because we had no money to advertise. We had, uh, $5,000 a month for PR, I think was, was our budget. But that, that whole shtick where I go into the conference room and throw Cheerios on the, on the, on the ground, no one believed this thing work... | 2,665.65 | 2,668.64 | agent | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
It, it, absolutely. It, it was validation after 12 years of beating our heads against the wall again, 12 years- | agent: That's incredible. So you guys were probably popping champagne bottles thinking, "This is it."
customer: Yeah.
agent: "We, we, we finally struck, struck gold here." | 2,668.64 | 2,678.04 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Ah | customer: Yeah.
agent: "We, we, we finally struck, struck gold here."
customer: It, it, absolutely. It, it was validation after 12 years of beating our heads against the wall again, 12 years- | 2,678.04 | 2,678.64 | agent | eng | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | ||||||||
... of wondering whether we would ever find that robot that everyone could get. | agent: "We, we, we finally struck, struck gold here."
customer: It, it, absolutely. It, it was validation after 12 years of beating our heads against the wall again, 12 years-
agent: Ah | 2,678.64 | 2,684.4 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
It's amazing. I read that, that by the end of that year, I mean, what a turnaround, 14, almost $15 million in revenue- | customer: It, it, absolutely. It, it was validation after 12 years of beating our heads against the wall again, 12 years-
agent: Ah
customer: ... of wondering whether we would ever find that robot that everyone could get. | 2,684.4 | 2,691.699 | agent | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Yes | agent: Ah
customer: ... of wondering whether we would ever find that robot that everyone could get.
agent: It's amazing. I read that, that by the end of that year, I mean, what a turnaround, 14, almost $15 million in revenue- | 2,691.7 | 2,692.06 | customer | eng | tr | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
... for iRobot, which is incredible given that y- the year started out not, not good. Um, I read that on the strength of that amazing, those, those three months in 2002, you, y- yous very, well, very understandably ordered a ton of robots to, to, to be made for 2003 because you sell 70,000 in three months, you're gonna... | customer: ... of wondering whether we would ever find that robot that everyone could get.
agent: It's amazing. I read that, that by the end of that year, I mean, what a turnaround, 14, almost $15 million in revenue-
customer: Yes | 2,692.06 | 2,719.64 | agent | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Right. So, uh, that euphoria certainly, uh, turned around fast. I mean, it, it, it, you know, 70,000 in a quarter, we should sell 300,000 in, in 2003. And, um, it almost didn't turn out that way. In fact, we had a commercial that we made which completely failed. I describe it as a commercial made by engineers for engin... | agent: It's amazing. I read that, that by the end of that year, I mean, what a turnaround, 14, almost $15 million in revenue-
customer: Yes
agent: ... for iRobot, which is incredible given that y- the year started out not, not good. Um, I read that on the strength of that amazing, those, those three months in 2002, you... | 2,719.64 | 2,748.59 | customer | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
It was just a practical commercial showing what the thing did? | customer: Yes
agent: ... for iRobot, which is incredible given that y- the year started out not, not good. Um, I read that on the strength of that amazing, those, those three months in 2002, you, y- yous very, well, very understandably ordered a ton of robots to, to, to be made for 2003 because you sell 70,000 in three... | 2,748.59 | 2,751.5 | agent | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Yeah, and, and it didn't resonate. | agent: ... for iRobot, which is incredible given that y- the year started out not, not good. Um, I read that on the strength of that amazing, those, those three months in 2002, you, y- yous very, well, very understandably ordered a ton of robots to, to, to be made for 2003 because you sell 70,000 in three months, you'r... | 2,751.5 | 2,753.6 | customer | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
I haven't seen that commercial. Was it just like a, literally like, "Hey, our floor is messy. Why I got this..." Like, was it- | customer: Right. So, uh, that euphoria certainly, uh, turned around fast. I mean, it, it, it, you know, 70,000 in a quarter, we should sell 300,000 in, in 2003. And, um, it almost didn't turn out that way. In fact, we had a commercial that we made which completely failed. I describe it as a commercial made by engineers... | 2,753.6 | 2,759.199 | agent | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
It didn't show any people. Uh- | agent: It was just a practical commercial showing what the thing did?
customer: Yeah, and, and it didn't resonate.
agent: I haven't seen that commercial. Was it just like a, literally like, "Hey, our floor is messy. Why I got this..." Like, was it- | 2,759.2 | 2,761.77 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Okay | customer: Yeah, and, and it didn't resonate.
agent: I haven't seen that commercial. Was it just like a, literally like, "Hey, our floor is messy. Why I got this..." Like, was it-
customer: It didn't show any people. Uh- | 2,761.77 | 2,761.77 | agent | eng | tl | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
... it just showed the robot driving around the ground- | agent: I haven't seen that commercial. Was it just like a, literally like, "Hey, our floor is messy. Why I got this..." Like, was it-
customer: It didn't show any people. Uh-
agent: Okay | 2,761.77 | 2,763.84 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Oh, okay | customer: It didn't show any people. Uh-
agent: Okay
customer: ... it just showed the robot driving around the ground- | 2,763.84 | 2,763.85 | agent | eng | pl | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
... picking up stuff, going under things. | agent: Okay
customer: ... it just showed the robot driving around the ground-
agent: Oh, okay | 2,763.85 | 2,765.92 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Oh, my God, you should have put a cat on it. | customer: ... it just showed the robot driving around the ground-
agent: Oh, okay
customer: ... picking up stuff, going under things. | 2,765.92 | 2,767.9 | agent | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
We did have, you know, one of our most epic slogans in that first commercial, which was, "If it's down there, we'll get it." Uh, but, you know, that didn't work either. The, uh- | agent: Oh, okay
customer: ... picking up stuff, going under things.
agent: Oh, my God, you should have put a cat on it. | 2,767.9 | 2,778.66 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
No. | customer: ... picking up stuff, going under things.
agent: Oh, my God, you should have put a cat on it.
customer: We did have, you know, one of our most epic slogans in that first commercial, which was, "If it's down there, we'll get it." Uh, but, you know, that didn't work either. The, uh- | 2,778.66 | 2,779 | agent | eng | pt | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
No. But, uh, you know, so we ended, in 2003, it was after Black Friday, after Cyber Monday, and we had sold a grand total of 50,000 robots from that, uh, year, and we're sitting on- | agent: Oh, my God, you should have put a cat on it.
customer: We did have, you know, one of our most epic slogans in that first commercial, which was, "If it's down there, we'll get it." Uh, but, you know, that didn't work either. The, uh-
agent: No. | 2,779 | 2,792.46 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Wow | customer: We did have, you know, one of our most epic slogans in that first commercial, which was, "If it's down there, we'll get it." Uh, but, you know, that didn't work either. The, uh-
agent: No.
customer: No. But, uh, you know, so we ended, in 2003, it was after Black Friday, after Cyber Monday, and we had sold a g... | 2,792.46 | 2,792.94 | agent | eng | pl | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
... 250,000 robots. | agent: No.
customer: No. But, uh, you know, so we ended, in 2003, it was after Black Friday, after Cyber Monday, and we had sold a grand total of 50,000 robots from that, uh, year, and we're sitting on-
agent: Wow | 2,792.94 | 2,795.52 | customer | eng | lv | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
That's not good. I mean, that's a lot of inventory and- | customer: No. But, uh, you know, so we ended, in 2003, it was after Black Friday, after Cyber Monday, and we had sold a grand total of 50,000 robots from that, uh, year, and we're sitting on-
agent: Wow
customer: ... 250,000 robots. | 2,795.6 | 2,799.42 | agent | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
Yeah. That would be existential crisis time. | agent: Wow
customer: ... 250,000 robots.
agent: That's not good. I mean, that's a lot of inventory and- | 2,799.42 | 2,803.34 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
When we come back in just a moment, Roomba gets a marketing makeover from a totally unexpected source, a Pepsi ad starring Dave Chappelle. Stay with us. I'm Guy Raz, and you're listening to How I Built This. Work can be a little weird. I've had plenty of those moments early in my career, and honestly, even later. I rem... | customer: ... 250,000 robots.
agent: That's not good. I mean, that's a lot of inventory and-
customer: Yeah. That would be existential crisis time. | 2,804.7 | 2,967.57 | agent | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
We used to, uh, bring the whole company together for, for stand-up for a couple minutes at the beginning of every day and just sort of, "Okay, how's it going? How's it going?" So here we are, it's like, you know, Wednesday after Cyber Monday, and the guy running the, the, uh, uh, e-commerce store said, "Hey, why did sa... | agent: That's not good. I mean, that's a lot of inventory and-
customer: Yeah. That would be existential crisis time.
agent: When we come back in just a moment, Roomba gets a marketing makeover from a totally unexpected source, a Pepsi ad starring Dave Chappelle. Stay with us. I'm Guy Raz, and you're listening to How I... | 2,968.67 | 3,073.23 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
After that ad? | customer: Yeah. That would be existential crisis time.
agent: When we come back in just a moment, Roomba gets a marketing makeover from a totally unexpected source, a Pepsi ad starring Dave Chappelle. Stay with us. I'm Guy Raz, and you're listening to How I Built This. Work can be a little weird. I've had plenty of tho... | 3,073.23 | 3,074.37 | agent | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
After that ad hit. | agent: When we come back in just a moment, Roomba gets a marketing makeover from a totally unexpected source, a Pepsi ad starring Dave Chappelle. Stay with us. I'm Guy Raz, and you're listening to How I Built This. Work can be a little weird. I've had plenty of those moments early in my career, and honestly, even later... | 3,074.37 | 3,076.449 | customer | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
I mean, uh, uh, Pepsi basically made an ad for you without even telling you. | customer: We used to, uh, bring the whole company together for, for stand-up for a couple minutes at the beginning of every day and just sort of, "Okay, how's it going? How's it going?" So here we are, it's like, you know, Wednesday after Cyber Monday, and the guy running the, the, uh, uh, e-commerce store said, "Hey, ... | 3,076.449 | 3,080.71 | agent | eng | en | unknown | host | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |||||||
With celebrity endorsement, with... You know, and it was funny, and we kind of realized we knew nothing about marketing and started hiring people into the company that could help tell our story better, and so it's a huge epiphany for me. It was 2004. | agent: After that ad?
customer: After that ad hit.
agent: I mean, uh, uh, Pepsi basically made an ad for you without even telling you. | 3,080.71 | 3,101.01 | customer | eng | en | unknown | other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | high | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct_20260713T143033Z | meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct |
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