John Malone, every mention

The Biography of John Malone (Cable Cowboy) Oct 17, 2023 · 195 mentions

• ▶ 1:20 David Senra It was written a few years ago, and I think it gives a fantastic overview of John Malone's philosophy on company building. 17 times in the scene
• ▶ 6:10 David Senra Malone did not found TCI. 10 times in the scene
• ▶ 9:25 David Senra Ok, so before I go into Bob and the starting of the company, which is really one of my favorite parts of the book, we gotta go with the fact that Malone, in some ways, it was irrational for him to, this is so important for me and you to… 19 times in the scene
• ▶ 14:02 David Senra This is irrational that Malone saw this as an opportunity and he was right.
• ▶ 19:28 David Senra This is important because this, what Bob is describing here, the economics of the early cable industry is what is like the weapon that Malone wields like about a decade from now. 3 times in the scene
• ▶ 21:35 David Senra Malone's first year at running the company is the company's worst. 17 times in the scene
• ▶ 23:35 David Senra So let's rewind in the life story of John Malone and try to figure out, okay, why is this guy who is a rare combination of incredibly intelligent and unbelievably driven, and as you and I have seen before, it's amazing how many of these… 10 times in the scene
• ▶ 25:47 David Senra I want to go to when he's about 29 years old. 12 times in the scene
• ▶ 29:49 David Senra He's running TCI and TCI has got this very complex web of like subsidiaries it owns and all kinds of crazy stuff that Malone is trying to figure out. 13 times in the scene
• ▶ 34:43 David Senra And so what he does is he stops trying to grow so fast and then just ruthlessly controls every single expense. 14 times in the scene
• ▶ 36:56 David Senra Now I want to move ahead to one of his main ideas. 18 times in the scene
• ▶ 39:17 David Senra Malone also had a bit of an ego and an arrogance in him. 10 times in the scene
• ▶ 42:05 David Senra This is Malone's philosophy on building wealth. 14 times in the scene
• ▶ 44:41 David Senra He's going to pass away a few years before, uh, before John sells the company, uh, to AT&T, but this is what I was mentioning earlier that, that no wonder I can't find a biography on him because bad boys move in silence. 6 times in the scene
• ▶ 47:12 David Senra So it says Malone suspected that government regulators would try to force him to split TCI into a distribution company owning all of TCI's cable systems and a content company owning interest in cable channels. 7 times in the scene
• ▶ 54:33 David Senra In a one-on-one interview, anchor Tom Brokaw asked Malone, Brokaw, did you always think that you privately had an edge on those you competed against, and were you always driven to win? 10 times in the scene
• ▶ 57:06 David Senra Who I think, if I remember correctly, is the son of the original founder of Comcast, and so a couple years younger than Malone is. 7 times in the scene
• ▶ 1:00:01 David Senra And so after he sells TCI to AT&T, there's speculation, is he going to retire? 7 times in the scene