The Ultimate Fighter | S2 E8 | The TRUTH Podcast

Truth with Vivek Ramaswamy

Vivek Ramaswamy

Business, News, Government

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

00:00 Introduction 00:26 Putting Team First 02:54 The Rise of UFC 07:22 Pandemic 08:45 The Power of Relationships and Shared Interests 24:22 The Importance of National Pride and Unity 26:32 The Expansion of UFC into China 26:55 The Influence of Martial Arts and Asian Culture 27:38 Introduction to Weili Zhang 27:52 National Pride 28:02 Critique of American Culture 28:35 Running for Presidency 29:17 Confronting Cancel Culture 29:30 Hope for Change 29:59 Criticism of Media and Politicians 30:29 Supporting a High School Basketball Team 31:57 Critique of the State of Maine 32:54 Capitalist Achievement 33:31 Impact of Business on Lives 33:40 Challenges of Running a Business in California 37:32 Hiring Practices 44:31 Reflection on Public Company Experience 46:39 Advice for Younger Self 50:30 Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	But your passion is still in this and that's awesome.
0:02.6	I love taking things that people think can't be successful and making them successful.
0:08.6	That's what I love to do.
0:10.6	Two months later we bought the UFC for two million dollars.
0:13.0	I love killers that just no matter how successful you come,
0:16.0	you love to win and you keep driving.
0:18.0	The media was murdering me.
0:20.0	Respect for me.
0:21.0	I mean for the first time now.
0:23.0	Yeah, nice to meet you and congrats on everything.
0:25.0	It's good to meet you.
0:26.0	I mean, I think we just walked in here, but catching you at a moment where I know you're taking care of the people who work for you that says a lot about you.
0:33.9	I don't know you before but I know that you care about the people who work for you.
0:37.1	Sounds like somebody had a medical issue today.
0:39.7	You're here taking care of them well I'm here I respect the hell out of that.
0:43.2	Thank you. Yeah no my I say it all the time you know we went through COVID together me and my
0:48.0	employees you know probably the scariest time of our lifetime and you know a lot of uncertainties and you know I talk about a lot of time at a time when companies were
1:00.3	You know making the decision to lay off 30 40% of their staff I did the exact
1:05.5	opposite there's no way I was laying off some of these people have been with me for you
1:09.2	know 20 years yeah and you don't find out who people really are
1:14.0	until the shit hits the fan.
1:16.0	And that says it's useful.
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