Cable Cowboy: What I've Learned

Chapters 1 & 2:

John Malone

• Great dad who taught him things (taught him a way)
• His dad instilled in him a desire to operate in a certain way and to achieve
• First class education all the way to a Ph.D.
• Networked through McKinsey to General Instruments to TCI

Me

• No dad
• A step-dad who was disengaged
• Autodidactic
• Didn't network ... built

John Malone was classically trained.  I am self taught.  I excel at building an MVP and getting it up and running.  I enjoy building new technologies and then leveraging them to build other new technologies.  And selling them.

At this point I don't think I can learn alot from John Malone.  I think I can learn more from Bob Magness than from John Malone at this point.

What I've Learned

• Always ask "if not,"  If this doesn't work where does it leave me.
• Seriously consider selling your first business and using that capital to build something else
• Know your energy level.  When are you getting exhausted and need some new blood