I Study Entrepreneurs

The key things I learned from reading The Making of a Blockbuster: How Wayne Huizenga Built a Sports and Entertainment Empire from Trash, Grit and Videotape⁠. This episode was inspired by my blog post: Wayne Huizenga Part 5: What I Learned.

What I learned about the $8B deal to sell Blockbuster Videos from reading The Making of a Blockbuster: How Wayne Huizenga Built a Sports and Entertainment Empire from Trash, Grit and Videotape⁠. This episode was inspired by my blog post: Wayne Huizenga Part 4: The Deal of Wayne’s Life.

What I learned about Wayne Huizenga's transformation of Blockbuster from reading The Making of a Blockbuster: How Wayne Huizenga Built a Sports and Entertainment Empire from Trash, Grit and Videotape. This episode was inspired by my blog post: Wayne Huizenga Part 3: Perception Drives Blockbuster’s Transformation.

What I learned about Wayne Huizenga buying into Blockbuster from reading The Making of a Blockbuster: How Wayne Huizenga Built a Sports and Entertainment Empire from Trash, Grit and Videotape. This episode was inspired by my blog post: Wayne Huizenga Part 2: Garbageman to Blockbuster Videos.

What I learned about Wayne Huizenga's early days as a garbageman from reading The Making of a Blockbuster: How Wayne Huizenga Built a Sports and Entertainment Empire from Trash, Grit and Videotape. This episode was inspired by my blog post: Wayne Huizenga Part 1: From College Dropout to Garbageman.

What I learned and struggled with last week working on my personal project. This episode was inspired by my blog post: Last Week’s Hurdles and Lessons (Week Ending 6/16/24)

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Updates on my personal project for the week ending 6/16/24. This episode was inspired by my blog post: Weekly Update (a New Format): Week Two Hundred Twenty

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My latest thinking on value per minute of entrepreneur's time and my latest project. This episode was inspired by my blog post: Adjusting to the High Value Entrepreneurs Put on Their Time.

My final takeaways from reading The Gambler: How Penniless Dropout Kirk Kerkorian Became the Greatest Deal Maker in Capitalist History. This episode was inspired by my blog post: Kirk Kerkorian Part 5: The Conclusion.

What I learned about Kerkorian's strategy to combine movies and studios from reading The Gambler: How Penniless Dropout Kirk Kerkorian Became the Greatest Deal Maker in Capitalist History. This episode was inspired by my blog post: Kirk Kerkorian Part 4: Movie Studios and Casinos.