Black Entrepreneur Blueprint: 136 - Bob Johnson - How To Build A Business

BLACK ENTREPRENEUR BLUEPRINT

Jay Jones

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4.8 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2017

⏱️ 34 minutes

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"How To Build A Business"

Join us as we listen to billionaire Bob Johnson and how he started BET. Bob also talks about his new digital venture the Urban Movie Channel. A must listen for all entrepreneurs.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Black Entrepreneur Blueprint Show.
0:21.4	I am your host, Jay Jones.
0:24.4	Black Entrepreneur Blueprint was created specifically to educate and inspire black entrepreneurs to launch, build, and grow successful businesses.
0:35.6	Join us as we help build an economic power base in the black community by promoting business
0:41.4	ownership.
0:42.8	If you are currently an entrepreneur or want to be an entrepreneur, we invite you to join
0:48.6	us every week here at Black Entrepreneur Blueprint.
0:59.5	Thank you. Black Entrepreneur Blueprint. Welcome to the Black Entrepreneur Blueprint, episode number 136.
1:04.9	I'm your host Jay Jones and today we have another outstanding show and stored for you.
1:10.0	Today we're going to be listening to an interview done by Strayer University with Mr. Bob
1:15.6	Johnson, founder of BET, Black Entertainment Television, who later went on to sell it for over a
1:22.2	billion dollars.
1:23.7	Currently, Mr. Johnson owns a company, the RLJ companies, and he has interest in real estate and hotel investments, private equity, financial services, asset management, automobile dealerships, sports and entertainment, and video lottery terminal gaming, just to name a few.
1:43.0	Stay tuned with a very informative interview with Mr. Bob Johnson.
1:48.3	I just want to note, before the interview starts, the audio is not the greatest on this interview,
1:54.9	but the content I thought was so important for the Black Entrepreneur Blueprint Family to hear.
2:00.6	So please excuse the audio of the interview.
2:05.1	But let's start with sort of the founding legend of BET.
2:09.0	I was reading this book this weekend, as I said to you,
2:10.8	and your name was just in this book I was reading about John Malone.
2:14.1	And the story that the author tells in 1979, you schedule a meeting with John Malone.
2:20.3	You come out to Denver and you tell John the vision for BET, and John Malone says, how much do you need?
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