What Warren Buffett’s $130B Cash Hoard Is Telling Us as Marketers

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Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Business, Marketing, Careers

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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In episode #2404, Neil and Eric talk about what marketers can learn from Warren Buffett’s $130B cash hoard. One of Warren Buffett’s key investor strategies is buying good businesses at a reasonable price. And right now, he’s struggling to find those, which has left him with a lot of extra cash on his balance sheets. Tune in as we discuss the current state of the economy, what Warren Buffett’s behavior tells us about what is to come, and why now could be an ideal moment to invest in your own company! TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [00:20] Today’s topic: What Warren Buffett’s $130B Cash Hoard Is Telling Us as Marketers. [01:39] Why Buffett’s behavior indicates that there is a lot of opportunity out there. [02:06] What Buffett looks for when he’s investing and why many companies currently have a lot of extra cash on their balance sheets. [02:38] A reminder to be greedy when others are fearful, and fearful when others are greedy. [02:51] The opportunities for you as a marketer and business owner in the coming months. [03:48] How tougher economic times can affect marketing costs. [04:08] Why this could be a great time to further invest in your business. [07:41] How you can be both aggressive and conservative in your growth strategies. [08:17] That’s it for today! Don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe! Go to https://www.marketingschool.io to learn more! Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Marketing School Episode 2401: How Digital Advertising Will Change in 2023 & Beyond Don’t forget to help us grow by subscribing and liking on YouTube! Leave Some Feedback: What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with Us: Single Grain << Eric’s ad agency NP Digital << Neil’s ad agency Twitter @neilpatel Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Marketing School, the only podcast that provides daily top-level marketing tips and strategies from entrepreneurs that practice what they preach and live what they teach.
0:11.5	Let's start leveling up your marketing knowledge with
0:14.0	your instructors Neil Patel and Eric Sue.
0:18.6	All right so let's talk about how Warren Buffett has a $130 billion cash hoard and what it basically tells us as marketer.
0:29.0	So I'm pulling up a text message that I said to my mom this morning because we're talking about investing yesterday when I saw her so the headline here is Berkshire Hathaway fourth quarter operating earnings
0:37.4	Fall 8% as cash hoard as swells to nearly 130. So Berkshire Hathaway is Warren Buffett.
0:44.6	Holding company, he's partnered with Charlie Munger.
0:46.8	These guys are in their mid 90s.
0:48.0	They don't need any more money.
0:48.9	They just love playing the game.
0:50.3	Warren Buffett eats McDonald's every day and drinks Coke.
0:52.5	I don't know how he does it, but he does it.
0:54.1	I know I think the same thing too, because I watch somebody's
0:56.2	documentaries.
0:57.2	And I was like, man, I'm like, this guy he eats really unhealthy.
1:00.4	And I'm never in any of the documentaries,
1:02.1	I've never really seen him exercise or anything like that.
1:04.4	No, he's just like he's just enjoying what he does and he just continues to live and my mom's like it's unfair to he gets to live for so long.
1:10.3	But we digress. So we want to talk about happiness. He's really happy in what he does and in life which probably helps I think they're both content you know they're not they don't complain or anything and they're just good uncles right so look he's got this
1:23.2	130 billion dollar cash forward I think last year is a 122 billion so that's
1:27.8	cash that he's holding right now and we want to explain how to think about it as
1:31.7	business owners and
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