Politico

“He very much wanted to back out, and there was a moment that we now refer to as the famous coffee walk, where he basically had convinced himself that we can't do this, that he was gonna pull the plug.”

“I think we brought in three or four million in year one, if my memory serves me correct. So it wasn't, there was money coming in. And I think by year three, we broke even, or might even have made money that, that third or fourth year.”

“If we can get something that is so interesting to the most powerful people, it's gonna be interesting to anybody who cares about politics.”

“If you get really influential people to read content, you can sell ads to companies who care about their image in front of that audience of DC elites.”

“Everything I know as a CEO, I learned from being a reporter. Everything I New as a reporter, I learned from playing poker.”

“And Robert, who, you know, if it weren't for his money and his courage in, in taking a chance on us, Politico doesn't exist.”

“One, we raised money, so we launched with ten million dollars in cash, and then Because we had done Politico when we left, I probably had four or five companies call me and say, I don't care what you're starting. Like, we've allocated X amount to advertise wit…”

“And part of willing something into existence is having a little P.T. Barnum in you. Understanding that you need people talking about you, even if it's not always in flattering ways. You need to be part of the conversation.”

“By the way, in twenty-twenty-one, Robert Albritton, Jim's co-founder and the man who financed and owned Politico, sold it to the German media giant Axel Springer, reportedly for a billion dollars.”

“We believe that you couldn't be solely dependent on advertising, and to be a really big, durable company, Roy and I were super confident that you needed this subscription leg of the business.”