My conversation with @AriEmanuel.
0:00 The UFC negotiation that blew up
3:33 Meeting Egon Durban and buying IMG
7:30 Betting $4.2 billion on the UFC
15:16 Getting the ESPN deal done
22:58 Taking over William Morris
30:02 Starting Endeavor with a table and a phone
32:53 Why you won’t remember the extra $400 million
35:01 Stop telling yourself stories
39:21 David Geffen: Get in traffic and get hit
45:19 Why Ari rolls the calls
49:35 Building your own school of entrepreneurship
51:56 Learning from Elon Musk and betting on live events
53:58 Learning from Hollywood’s greatest agents
1:00:23 Outgrowing rage without losing ambition
1:10:10 Psychedelics, purpose, and letting go of legacy
1:18:18 How Entourage changed Ari’s life
1:22:32 Ari never had a plan B
Includes paid partnerships.
good move btw
every crypto consumer app will *have* to build distribution outside CT
prediction markets + fomo led the way, now pumpfun
expect many others to follow