Cathy Hughes
27 statements across 3 episodes · 5 bullish · 4 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 26, 2016 by Cathy Hughes · said 3 times in 1 episodes since 2020 · across every show →
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2020 3 mentions in 1 episode
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Sep 26, 2016 positive
Entrepreneurial optimism and resilience are acquired skills, not innate traits
“Oh, definitely an acquired skill. If you allow yourself to be bogged down and lose your enthusiasm, then you're dead in the water. But if you remain optimistic and Be cheerful and committed to your goal. There's nothing that can stop you.”
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A Chemical Bank loan officer approved Hughes's loan her first week
“A female banker, first week on the job, Lydia Colon, Chemical Bank of New York, said that she thought that her first loan, her first week, would be to a Puerto Rican, and she probably guessed that it would be a male, because she was Puerto Rican. She said yes”
Sep 26, 2016
Radio One never bounced a check or filed for bankruptcy
“I think that it's the reason I've never been foreclosed on, I've never had to file for bankruptcy, and Thank God I have never had a paycheck bounce. I've never had a business check nor personal check bounce because I tried to stay ahead of the issue of not bei…”
Sep 26, 2016
Sep 26, 2016 positive
Call lenders upfront with partial payments instead of hiding from debt
“When you have overwhelming financial obligations, the first natural human impulse is to hide, to recoil, not return the call. Well, what I have been trained to do is play offense, not defense, so I would call my lenders, and I would say, I know I owe you 10,00…”
Aug 14, 2017 positive
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Aug 14, 2017
Cathy Hughes demanded equity to raise financing, sparking her independent ownership journey.
“And I said to them that that's not the responsibility of a general manager, that I will do that if you give me an equity position in your company. And one of the members said to me, if you think that you're smart enough to own a radio station, you should do it…”
Aug 14, 2017
Aug 14, 2017
Hughes: Radio One never defaulted on payroll, bounced checks, or filed bankruptcy
“I think that it's the reason I've never been foreclosed on, I've never had to file for bankruptcy, and Thank God I have never had a paycheck bounce. I've never had a business check nor personal check bounce because I tried to stay ahead of the issue of not bei…”
Aug 14, 2017
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Aug 14, 2017
Cathy Hughes warns founders that loved ones give the worst business advice.
“When you're starting off in business, you have to be so very careful about who You discuss your hard times with, because those who love you and care for you the most, like your mother, like your best friend, they'll give you the worst damn advice in the world.”
Jun 18, 2020 neutral
Jun 18, 2020 positive
Hughes: COVID-19 pandemic primed public empathy for 2020 racial justice protests
“And I think that started with COVID 19. COVID 19 was an equal opportunity killer. Does not care about anything other than taking you out of this life. And when you're faced with this whole issue of death, you start becoming sensitized, I think. And then with t…”
Jun 18, 2020 negative
Jun 18, 2020 negative
Hughes: The NFL's diversity apology is illegitimate while Kaepernick remains blackballed
“How dare the NFL commissioner talk about how they support diversity, and they, Literally blackball Colin Kaepernick. All right, until he gets a job, their apology is not legitimate in a lot of black folks' mind, including mine.”
Jun 18, 2020 positive
Hughes: George Floyd's murder made racism a corporate deal-breaker
“If you had any level, like I said, you may not have been a racist, but the issue of racism was not a deal-breaker for you. It wasn't a deal-breaker with the company that you worked for, or owned, It wasn't a deal breaker for you in terms of the neighborhood or…”