Talking Warren Buffet with the CFO of Time Inc. [VLOG Episode 2]
Another busy day in New York!
Cathryn and I met up with our buddy Nathan, and we just got introduced to someone really interesting.
Check out the rest of my day in NYC!
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Transcript:
What's up everyone?
Today’s gonna be a fun day. I’m on my way to go meet up with my buddy Nathan. He’s in New York City and it seems like every time he’s in New York City, we get together and we have fun, we grab a bite to eat, and collaborate, and talk about business and growth. And actually, Cathryn and I, we’re gonna go meet with him. We’re working on a collaboration together. Can’t really tell you anything about that right now, but in the future I’ll probably share.
So, let’s go meet up with Nathan.
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So, the bus was an interesting experience today. My seat wouldn’t go back, but it seemed like the guy in front of me’s seat would go even further back than normal. So, it resulted in me having my knees crushed in.
Anyway, Nathan texted me.
So, instead of meeting in midtown, we’re gonna go meet downtown. So, I have to get an Uber down there.
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So, I just got to the spot that Nathan told me to meet him at and I thought we were meeting for breakfast, but turns out there’s a Sales Machine conference happening. I’m not sure what he has planned for us, but I’m sure it’s interesting.
Let’s go find Nathan.
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Cathryn and I just got out of this epic meeting with Nathan and the old- CEO of Time.
– CFO of Fortune.
– Fortune, no, of Time, I think, right?
– Of Time, Inc. which owns Fortune magazine.
– That owns Fortune.
Holy crap.
That guy was, I understood, like, half of what he said.
(laughing)
It was very interesting connecting with him. He consults for huge huge multi-million and billion dollar companies.
Actually, Cathryn and I are collaborating with Nathan on something in the future
that we’ll probably explain more about after we, after,
After it goes live.
after it goes live.
I’m just like, sitting, staring at the sky, like, “Oh my god.”
“Are we in the same room as this guy?”
He’s talking about hanging out with Warren Buffett. He’s like, “Oh, Warren’s cool,” and I was like, “What?”
He’s like, “Oh yeah, Warren’s a good singer and a dancer, blah-blah, good
singer and a good dancer.”
– “I liked hanging out with him,”
and I’m like, “Can I hang out with him?”
– Yeah.
Great meeting so far and now I have a meeting at 11, and then Cathryn and I
are gonna meet Steve, the CEO, or COO.
– What?
What?
We’ll see you guys in a bit.
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So, Cathryn and I just got to her second apartment.
– I just have so many.
Cathryn and I just got to her place, so we can, so I can jump on this call. Running a little bit behind, but it’s a friendly call, so he’ll understand.
And the meeting that we were at before was totally worth it, extending our time there.
We got a lot of value out of meeting Eric and we always get value from hanging out with Nathan.
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So, I just wrapped up my one hour meeting. It was actually, we scheduled 90 minutes, but we were able to knock it out within one hour. We got a ton accomplished and now I’m starving. So, I’m gonna meet Cathryn downstairs at the coffee shop, we’re gonna grab a cup of coffee, and then go meet up with Steve, our operations manager, for lunch.
Let’s go.
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So, we just wrapped up lunch with Steve, who you can see right here.
Steve, say hi.
– Hello.
Had a great meeting with him. It’s noisy out here. Now we’re just gonna wrap up the day.
Actually, Cathryn and I are a little tired, so we had another meeting right after this, but we ended up postponing it for tomorrow. Now it’s time for me to head back home.
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Alright, guys.
Actually, big takeaways for today.
The meeting with Nathan. Nathan always reminds me how important it is to be a connector. Meaning how important it is to see what someone’s unique traits,
or skills, or business is, and then match that with someone else’s strengths, skills, and business, and pair those people together. That is such a big part of business and success. I always get reminded because Nathan does it so effortlessly.
Another thing that I learned from Nathan and Eric this morning was making sure that you have the team and the infrastructure to handle any new projects that you want to go after.
So, maybe you acquire a business and you bring that business into the fold of your team, but now your team is spread too thin to not only work on the core business that you have, but now also work on the new business that you have. So, if you have the infrastructure to bring on a new business and make it successful, by all means, do it.
But if you don’t have the team or the infrastructure, maybe you have to think about bringing on a team or infrastructure in order to help that business accelerate and grow to where you want it to go.
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