Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
6/30/2022 11:33am
... especially bit doug, or bit coin goes as high as $47000. in march tupelo $19000 at one point. we are looking at this mess in the bitcoin and crypto space. ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Markets Americas
4/22/2020 2:21pm
... there. thank you very much for joining us. josh wingrove. coming up a little later on 'balance of power,' we are going to hear from house speaker name tupelo see. ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg BusinessWeek
9/15/2019 8:22pm
... alumni that are shaping the business community. carol: among them, lulu wong, a founder and ceo of tupelo capital management. she graduated from columbia business school in 1983. she has been in management for decades. we spoke about the global ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg BusinessWeek
9/15/2019 8:20am
... founder and ceo of tupelo capital management. she graduated from columbia business school in 1983. she has been in management for decades. we spoke about the global economy, unrest in hong kong, and bridging the u.s. and asia. lulu: i think it is a fraught situation and friends and colleagues on ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg BusinessWeek
9/14/2019 4:22pm
... founder and ceo of tupelo capital management. she graduated from columbia business school in 1983. she has been in management for decades. we spoke about the global economy, unrest in hong kong, and bridging the u.s. and asia. lulu: i think it is a fraught situation and friends and ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Asia
9/11/2019 0:46am
... find opportunities. shery: at the same event we ofke to the ceo and founder two blow capital management. she says the u.s. -- tupelo capital management. she says the u.s. and china ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Asia
9/11/2019 0:46am
... tupelo capital management says the u.s. and china could come out of the trade war in a better state than when it all began, more highlights from our exclusive interview with the ceo and founder ahead. this is bloomberg. morgan stanley chairman ...
Bloomberg: Whatd You Miss
7/10/2018 8:04pm
... lead themselves -- leave themselves with no other options whether tupelo's -- whether to impose capital. joe: let's look at the commodities. not a ton of action. ande oil is inching up ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/25/2018 6:48pm
... i am passionate about our company and our beliefs. i think we represent what the american dream is all about. you start from literally tupelo, mississippi, and no business, and you take risk capital. we have never had a guaranteed rate of return, like a phone company. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/25/2018 6:35pm
... decentralized management, in that you would have a local manager, and they should feel like they own the business, so there was a general manager of tupelo. they then went and bought meridian, then he got into michigan, new jersey, and pennsylvania. we started buying other operators. and as the ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/25/2018 6:35pm
... how much did he pay for that? brian: i think a few hundred thousand dollars. david: a few hundred thousand dollars, ok. and what did he do after that? he started buying other franchises like that? brian: yes. so, the next-door town was meridian. and he would go down to tupelo -- he never moved ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/25/2018 6:34pm
... company, he dreamed up the name comcast. 'com' was 'communications,' 'cast' was 'broadcasting,' and we were going to merge and be in the future of communications and broadcasting, so he was very visionary in that respect. david: you buy the cable franchise in tupelo, mississippi. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/25/2018 6:34pm
... david: television was for free in those days. now, you have to pay for it in tupelo, mississippi. so was that hard to convince people to pay for television? brian: what he liked about the business was the subscription nature. so in belts or cologne and many other businesses he had been in, ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/25/2018 6:33pm
... in tupelo, they could not get cbs from memphis. it was a valley town, so they put up a big antenna on the top of a mountain and ran a community antenna, catv, and those were the early roots of cable television. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/25/2018 6:33pm
... new venture for you. you ought to buy a community antenna television system in tupelo, mississippi. and as he told the story, he said, where is tupelo, and what is community antenna television? and the answer was the birthplace of elvis presley, and ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/25/2018 2:18pm
... to legislators and other people, and is that a painful part of your job? brian: i like advocating for comcast. i am passionate about our company and our beliefs. i think we represent what the american dream is all about. you start from literally tupelo, ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/25/2018 2:05pm
... -- he never moved there. he had a philosophy of decentralized management. in that you would have a local manager, and they should feel like they own the business, so there was a general manager in tupelo, they went and bought meridian, then he got into ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/25/2018 2:05pm
... franchise in tupelo, mississippi. how much did he pay for that? brian: i think a few hundred thousand dollars. david: ok, and what did he do after that? he started buying other franchises like that? brian: yes. the next-door town was meridian. and he would go down to tupelo ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/25/2018 2:04pm
... mountain and ran a community antenna, catv, and those were the early roots of cable television. david: television was for free in those days. now, you have to pay for it in tupelo. was that hard to convince people to pay for television? brian: what he liked about the business was the subscription ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/25/2018 2:03pm
... where is tupelo, and what is community antenna television? the answer was the birthplace of elvis presley. and in tupelo, they could not get cbs from memphis, it was a valley town, so they put up a big antenna on top of the ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/25/2018 2:03pm
... philadelphia, apparently, 1963. and a guy came up to him and said ralph, i have a new venture for you. you ought to buy a community antenna television system in tupelo, mississippi. as he told the story, he said ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/25/2018 7:18am
... brian: i like advocating for comcast. i am passionate about our company and our beliefs. i think we represent what the american dream is all about. you start from literally tupelo, mississippi, and no business, and you take risk capital. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/25/2018 7:05am
... like they own the business, so there was a general manager of tupelo. then they went and bought meridian, then he got into michigan, new jersey, and pennsylvania. we started buying other operators. and as the business evolved through the 1980's, one day, it was not just a valley town ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/25/2018 7:05am
... he started buying other franchises like that? brian: yes. so, the next-door town was meridian. and he would go down to tupelo -- he never moved there. he had a philosophy of decentralized management, in that you would have a local manager, and they should feel ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/25/2018 7:05am
... the future of communications and broadcasting, so he was very visionary in that respect. david: you buy the cable franchise in tupelo, mississippi. how much did he pay for that? brian: i think a few hundred thousand dollars. david: a few hundred thousand dollars, ok. and what did he do after that? ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/25/2018 7:04am
... david: television was for free in those days. now, you have to pay for it in tupelo, mississippi. so was that hard to convince people to pay for television? brian: what he liked about the business was the subscription nature. so in belts or cologne and many other businesses he had been in, ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/25/2018 7:03am
... venture for you. you ought to buy a community television system in tupelo, mississippi. and as he told the story, he said, where is tupelo, and what is community antenna television? and the answer was the birthplace of elvis presley, and in tupelo, they could not get ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/24/2018 5:18pm
... david: you must go to washington from time to time to talk to legislators or other people, and is that a painful part of your job? brian: i like advocating for comcast. i am passionate about our company and our beliefs. i think we represent what the american dream is all about. you start from ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/24/2018 5:05pm
... david: a few hundred thousand dollars, ok. and what did he do after that? he started buying other franchises like that? brian: yes. so, the next-door town was meridian. and he would go down to tupelo -- he never moved there. he had a philosophy of decentralized management, in that you would have a ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/24/2018 5:04pm
... franchise in tupelo, mississippi. how much did he pay for that? brian: i think a few hundred thousand dollars. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/24/2018 5:04pm
... it was a valley town, so they put up a big antenna on the top of a mountain and ran a community antenna, catv, and those were the early roots of cable television. david: television was for free in those days. now, you have to pay for it in tupelo, mississippi. so was that hard to convince people to ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/24/2018 5:03pm
... said, ralph, i have a got a venture for you. you ought to buy a community television system in tupelo, mississippi. and as he told the story, he said, where is tupelo, and what is community antenna television? and the answer was the birthplace of elvis presley, and in tupelo, they could not get cbs ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/24/2018 1:19pm
... i think we represent what the american dream is all about. you start from literally tupelo, mississippi, and no business, and you take risk capital. we have never had a guaranteed rate of return, like a phone company. we have borrowed $60 billion to ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/24/2018 1:05pm
... and he would go down to tupelo -- he never moved there. he had a philosophy of decentralized management, in that you would have a local manager, and they should feel like they own the business, so there was a general manager of tupelo. then they went and bought meridian, then he got into ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/24/2018 1:05pm
... franchise in tupelo, mississippi. how much did he pay for that? brian: i think a few hundred thousand dollars. david: a few hundred thousand dollars, ok. and what did he do after that? he started buying other franchises like that? brian: yes. so, the next-door town was meridian. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/24/2018 1:04pm
... cbs from memphis. it was a valley town, so they put up a big antenna on the top of a mountain and ran a community antenna, catv, and those were the early roots of cable television. david: television was for free in those days. now, you have to pay for it in tupelo, mississippi. so was that hard to ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/24/2018 1:03pm
... said, where is tupelo, and what is community antenna television? and the answer was the birthplace of elvis presley, and in tupelo, they could not get ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/24/2018 1:03pm
... technology that could put him out of business, so he sold his business. he was walking around philadelphia, apparently, 1963, and a guy came up to him and said, ralph, i have a got a venture for you. you ought to buy a community television system in tupelo, mississippi. and as he told the story, he ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/23/2018 10:18pm
... i think we represent what the american dream is all about. you start from literally tupelo, mississippi and no business, and you take risk capital. we have never had a guaranteed rate of return, like a phone company. we have borrowed $60 billion to ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/23/2018 10:05pm
... and he would go down to tupelo -- he never moved there. he had a philosophy of decentralized management. in that you would have a local manager, and they should feel like they own the business, so there was a general manager of tupelo. and then they went and bought meridian, then he got into ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/23/2018 10:04pm
... comcast. 'com' was 'communications,' 'cast' was 'broadcasting,' and we were going to merge and be in the future of communications and broadcasting, so he was very visionary in that respect. david: you buy the cable franchise in tupelo, ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/23/2018 10:04pm
... roots of cable television. david: television was for free in those days. now, you have to pay for it in tupelo, mississippi. so was that hard to convince people to pay for television? brian: what he liked about the business was the subscription nature. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/23/2018 10:03pm
... and the answer was, the birthplace of elvis presley. and in tupelo, they could not get cbs from memphis, a valley town, so they put up a big antenna on the top of a mountain and ran a community antenna, catv, and those were the early ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/23/2018 10:03pm
... and a guy came up to him and said, ralph, i have a got a venture for you. you ought to buy a community antenna television system in tupelo, mississippi. and as he told the story, he said, where is tupelo and what is community antenna television? ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/22/2018 1:19am
... you start from literally tupelo, mississippi and no business, and you take risk capital. we have never had a guaranteed rate of return, like a phone company. we have borrowed $60 billion to build the company. no one says we will be here in ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/22/2018 1:05am
... in that you would have a local manager, and they should feel like they own the business, and so there was a general manager of tupelo. and then they went and bought meridian, then he got into michigan, new jersey, pennsylvania. we started buying other ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/22/2018 1:05am
... thousand dollars. david: a few hundred thousand dollars, ok. and what did he do after that? he started buying other franchises like that? brian: yes. so, the next-door town was meridian. and he would go down to tupelo -- he never moved there. he had a philosophy of decentralized management. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/22/2018 1:04am
... company, he dreamed up the name comcast. 'com' was 'communications,' 'cast' was 'broadcasting,' and we were going to merge and be in the future of communications and broadcasting, so he was very visionary in that respect. david: you buy the cable franchise in tupelo, mississippi. how much did he ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/22/2018 1:04am
... in those days. now, you have to pay for it in tupelo, mississippi. so was that hard to convince people to pay for television? brian: what he liked about the business was the subscription nature. so in belts or cologne and many ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/22/2018 1:03am
... and in tupelo, they could not get cbs from memphis, a valley town, so they put up a big antenna on the top of a mountain and ran a community antenna, catv, and those were the early roots of cable television. david: television was for free ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/22/2018 1:03am
... said, ralph, i have a got a venture for you. you ought to buy a community television system in tupelo, mississippi. and as he told the story, he said, where is tupelo and what is community antenna television? and the answer was, the birthplace of elvis presley. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/25/2017 10:21pm
... company and our beliefs. i think we represent what the american dream is all about. you start from literally tupelo, mississippi and no business, and you take risk capital. we have never had a guaranteed rate of return, like a phone company. we borrowed $60 billion to build the company. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/25/2017 10:08pm
... -- he never moved there. he had a philosophy of decentralized management. in that you would have a local manager, and they should feel like they own the business, and that was how it was in tupelo. they went and bought meridian, then he got into michigan, new jersey, pennsylvania. we started buying ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/25/2017 10:08pm
... visionary in that respect. david: you buy the cable franchise in tupelo, mississippi. how much did he pay for that? brian: i think a few hundred thousand dollars. david: and what did he do after that? he started buying other franchises like that? brian: yes. so, the next-door town was meridian. and ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/25/2017 10:07pm
... david: television was for free in those days. now, you have to pay for it in tupelo, mississippi. so was that hard to convince people to pay for television? brian: what he liked about the business was subscription nature. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/25/2017 10:06pm
... is community antenna television? and the answer was, the birthplace of elvis presley. and in tupelo, they could not get cbs from memphis, a valley town, so they put up a big antenna on the top of a mountain and ran a community antenna, catv, and those were the early roots of cable television. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/25/2017 10:06pm
... and a guy came up to him and said ralph, i have a got a venture for you. you ought to buy a community television system in tupelo, mississippi. and as he told the story, he said, where is tupelo and what ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/17/2017 7:49pm
... you start from literally tupelo, mississippi and no business, and you take risk capital. we have never had a guaranteed rate of return, like a phone company. we borrowed $60 billion to build the company. no one says we will be here in 50 more years. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/17/2017 7:35pm
... franchises like that? brian: yes. so, the next-door town was meridian. and he would go down to tupelo -- he never moved there. he had a philosophy of decentralized management. in that you would have a local manager, and they should feel like they own the business, and that was how it was in tupelo. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/17/2017 7:35pm
... visionary in that respect. david: you buy the cable franchise in tupelo, mississippi. how much did he pay for that? brian: i think a few hundred thousand dollars. david: and what did he do after that? he started buying other ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/17/2017 3:19pm
... i think we represent what the american dream is all about. you start from literally tupelo, mississippi and no business, and you take risk capital. we have never had a guaranteed rate of return, like a phone company. we have borrowed $60 billion to ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/17/2017 3:05pm
... tupelo. they went and bought meridian, then he got into michigan, new jersey, pennsylvania. we started buying other operators. and as the business evolved through the 1980's, one day, it was not just a valley town ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/17/2017 3:05pm
... so the next-door town was meridian. and he would go down to tupelo -- he never moved there. he had a philosophy of decentralized management. in that you would have a local manager, and they should feel like they own the business, so there was a general manager in ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/17/2017 3:05pm
... visionary in that respect. david: you buy the cable franchise in tupelo, mississippi. how much did he pay for that? brian: i think a few hundred thousand dollars. david: a few hundred thousand dollars, ok. and what did he do after that? he started buying other franchises like that? brian: yes. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/17/2017 3:04pm
... antenna on the top of a mountain and ran a community antenna, catv, and those were the early roots of cable television. david: television was for free in those days. now you had to pay for it in tupelo, mississippi. so was that hard to convince ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/17/2017 3:03pm
... and as he told the story, he said, where is tupelo and what is community antenna television? and the answer was, the birthplace of elvis presley. and in tupelo, they could not get cbs from memphis, a valley town, so they put up a big ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/17/2017 3:03pm
... so he sold his business. he was walking around philadelphia, apparently, in 1963. and a guy came up to him and said ralph, i've got a new venture for you. you ought to buy a community television system in tupelo, mississippi. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/17/2017 10:19am
... comcast. i am passionate about our company and our beliefs. i think we represent what the american dream is all about. you start from literally tupelo, mississippi and no business, and ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/17/2017 10:05am
... that was how it was in tupelo. they went and bought meridian, then he got into michigan, new jersey, pennsylvania. we started buying other operators. and as the business evolved to the 1980's, one day, it was not just a valley town business and ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/17/2017 10:05am
... he started buying other franchises like that? brian: yes. so, the next-door town was meridian. and he would go down to tupelo -- he never moved there. he had a philosophy of decentralized management. in that you would have a local manager, and they should feel like they own the business, and ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/17/2017 10:05am
... broadcasting, so he was very visionary in that respect. david: you buy the cable franchise in tupelo, mississippi. how much did he pay for that? brian: i think a few hundred thousand dollars. david: and what did he do after that? ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/17/2017 10:04am
... roots of cable television. david: television was for free in those days. now, you have to pay for it in tupelo, mississippi. so was that hard to convince people to pay for television? brian: what he liked about the business was subscription ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/17/2017 10:03am
... and the answer was, the birthplace of elvis presley. and in tupelo, they could not get cbs from memphis, a valley town, so they put up a big antenna on the top of a mountain and ran a community antenna, catv, and those were the early ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/17/2017 10:03am
... philadelphia, apparently, in 1963. and a guy came up to him and said ralph, i have a got a venture for you. you ought to buy a community television system in tupelo, mississippi. and as he told the story, he said, where is tupelo and what is community antenna television? ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/16/2017 6:18pm
... legislators or other people, and is that a painful part of your job? brian: i like advocating for comcast. i am passionate about our company and our beliefs. i think we represent what the american dream is all about. you start from literally tupelo, mississippi and no business, and ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/16/2017 6:05pm
... like they own the business, so there was a general manager in tupelo. they went and bought meridian, then he got into michigan, new jersey, pennsylvania. we started buying other operators. and as the business evolved through the 1980's, one day, it was not just a valley town business and a rural ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/16/2017 6:05pm
... franchises like that? brian: yes. so the next-door town was meridian. and he would go down to tupelo -- he never moved there. he had a philosophy of decentralized management. in that you would have a local manager, and they should feel ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/16/2017 6:05pm
... broadcasting, so he was very visionary in that respect. david: you buy the cable franchise in tupelo, mississippi. how much did he pay for that? brian: i think a few hundred thousand dollars. david: a few hundred thousand dollars, ok. and what did he do after that? he started buying other ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/16/2017 6:04pm
... now you had to pay for it in tupelo, mississippi. so was that hard to convince people to pay for television? brian: what he liked about the business was the subscription nature. so in belts or cologne and many other businesses he had been in, you have a product, you sell it, if you get sick next ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/16/2017 6:03pm
... venture for you. you ought to buy a community television system in tupelo, mississippi. and as he told the story, he said, where is tupelo and what is community antenna television? and the answer was, the birthplace of elvis presley. and in tupelo, they could not get cbs from memphis, a valley ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/16/2017 2:19pm
... american dream is all about. you start from literally tupelo, mississippi and no business, and you take risk capital. we have never had a guaranteed rate of return, like a phone company. we borrowed $60 billion to build the company. no one says we will be here in 50 more years. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/16/2017 2:05pm
... in that you would have a local manager, and they should feel like they own the business, and inre was a general manager tupelo. they went and bought meridian, then he got into michigan, new jersey, pennsylvania. we started buying other operators. and as the business evolved to ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/16/2017 2:05pm
... thousand dollars. david: a few hundred thousand dollars, ok. and what did he do after that? he started buying other franchises like that? brian: yes. so, the next-door town was meridian. and he would go down to tupelo -- he never moved there. he had a philosophy of decentralized management. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/16/2017 2:04pm
... television company, he dreamed up the name comcast. 'com' was 'communications,' 'cast' was 'broadcasting,' and we were going to merge and be in the future of communications and broadcasting, so he was very visionary in that respect. david: you buy the cable franchise in tupelo, mississippi. how ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/16/2017 2:04pm
... roots of cable television. david: television was for free in those days. now, you have to pay for it in tupelo. so was that hard to convince people to pay for television? brian: what he liked about the business was the subscription ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/16/2017 2:03pm
... you ought to buy a community television system in tupelo, mississippi. and as he told the story, he said, where is tupelo and what is community antenna television? and the answer was, the birthplace of elvis presley. and in tupelo, they could not get cbs from memphis, a valley town, so they put up ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/15/2017 11:18pm
... brian: i like advocating for comcast. i am passionate about our company and our beliefs. i think we represent what the american dream is all about. you start from literally tupelo, mississippi and no business, and you take risk capital. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/15/2017 11:05pm
... that was how it was in tupelo. they went and bought meridian, then he got into michigan, new jersey, pennsylvania. we started buying other operators. and as the business evolved to the 1980's, one day, it was not just a valley town business and a rural business. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/15/2017 11:05pm
... franchises like that? brian: yes. so, the next-door town was meridian. and he would go down to tupelo -- he never moved there. he had a philosophy of decentralized management. in that you would have a local manager, and they should feel like they own the business, and ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/15/2017 11:05pm
... david: you buy the cable franchise in tupelo, mississippi. how much did he pay for that? brian: i think a few hundred thousand dollars. david: and what did he do after that? he started buying other ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/15/2017 11:04pm
... antenna on the top of a mountain and ran a community antenna, catv, and those were the early roots of cable television. david: television was for free in those days. now, you have to pay for it in tupelo, mississippi. so was that hard to convince people to pay for television? ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/15/2017 11:03pm
... and as he told the story, he said, where is tupelo and what is community antenna television? and the answer was, the birthplace of elvis presley. and in tupelo, they could not get cbs from memphis, a valley town, so they put up a big ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/15/2017 11:03pm
... business. he was walking around philadelphia, apparently, in 1963. and a guy came up to him and said ralph, i have a got a venture for you. you ought to buy a community television system in tupelo, mississippi. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/14/2017 2:19am
... you start from literally tupelo, mississippi and no business, and you take risk capital. we have never had a guaranteed rate of return, like a phone company. we've borrowed $60 billion to build the company. no one says we will be here in ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/14/2017 2:05am
... so there was a general manager in tupelo. they went and bought meridian, then he got into michigan, new jersey, pennsylvania. we started buying other operators. and as the business evolved to through the 1980's, one day, it was not just a valley town business and a rural business. espn and hbo, and ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/14/2017 2:05am
... meridian. and he would go down to tupelo -- he never moved there. he had a philosophy of decentralized management. in that you would have a local manager, and they should feel like they own the business, and ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/14/2017 2:05am
... franchise in tupelo, mississippi. how much did he pay for that? brian: i think a few hundred thousand dollars. david: a few hundred thousand dollars, ok. and what did he do after that? he started buying other franchises like that? brian: yes. so, the next-door town was ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/14/2017 2:04am
... catv, and those were the early roots of cable television. david: television was for free in those days. now, you have to pay for it in tupelo. so was that hard to convince people to pay for television? brian: what he liked about the business was subscription nature. so in belts or cologne and many ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/14/2017 2:03am
... is community antenna television? and the answer was, the birthplace of elvis presley. and in tupelo, they could not get cbs from memphis, a valley town, so they put up a big antenna on the top of a mountain and ran a community antenna, ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
12/14/2017 2:03am
... polyester pants without belts, would be the technology that could put him out of business, so he sold his business. he was walking around philadelphia, apparently, in 1963. and a guy came up to him and said ralph, i have a got a new venture for you. you ought to buy a community antenna television ...