Alan Mruvka: Co-founder of E! Entertainment Television | #ThePlaybook 345

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David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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On this episode of #ThePlaybook, Alan Mruvka, Founder, President and CEO of The Alan Mruvka Company and the co-founder of E! Entertainment Television, discusses: [:43] - How his passion for movies and entertainment, as well as the influence of his entrepreneurial father, set him on his career path [3:55] - The differences between broadcasting and narrowcasting, and how cable television has evolved in recent years [7:41] - Having the strength persevere for three years before finally securing the funding for the network, despite being rejected over 400 times [9:12] - How pitching a stranger on a plane led to the break that he and Larry Namer needed to found the E! Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On this episode of the playbook, I have Alan Murfka.
0:02.6	He is the co-founder of E entertainment.
0:05.8	And we're going to talk about how watching the movie The Godfather
0:09.2	over 400 time, help him prepare for the movie mafia.
0:13.6	Join me for all of this and more on the playbook.
0:16.6	This is Entrepreneurs the Playbook.
0:18.8	For each week I bring you some of the greatest athletes, celebrities, and entrepreneurs to talk
0:24.8	about their personal and professional playbook to success and what made them
0:29.2	champions on the field and in the boardroom.
0:32.6	I'm your host, David Melzer.
0:35.0	I have Alan Mervka.
0:37.0	He's an entrepreneur, film producer, screenwriter,
0:40.0	but really well known as him and his partner co-founded a small little entertainment company
0:45.1	called E Entertainment Television.
0:48.2	Alan has his own company, the Alan Murfka
0:50.3	company, and does some real estate as well.
0:53.0	You are what I call a true entrepreneur, Alan.
0:56.2	And I want to start out by saying, number one,
0:58.9	thank you for coming on.
1:00.3	You're a legend in the space.
1:01.8	But I really want to know one thing.
1:03.3	Was this born into you or was it something that was learned?
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