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Walk Through Fire
Walk Through Fire: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Triumph

2023

Autobiography

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Sheila Johnson

Details how billionaire Sheila Johnson navigated personal and professional challenges to co-found BET, build Salamander Hotels & Resorts, and own professional sports teams. A blueprint for extraordinary resilience and entrepreneurial triumph.

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Jermaine's Notes
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May 2024

Story of struggling while achieving outsized success. Investment from John Malone. Read 2023 hardcover.

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Sheila Johnson’s Journey to Become the First Black, Female Billionaire
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Sheila Johnson’s Life of Struggle and Success
A timeline of Sheila Johnson's personal and professional struggles in becoming the first Black female billionaire.
Sheila Johnson: Struggle Led to Billions
My takeaways from Sheila Johnson’s struggles building BET and Salamander Hospitality.
John Malone’s Value-Creation Flywheel
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Cable Cowboy
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May 2024

How one visionary and financial engineer built the modern cable TV industry from the ground up. Learn the strategies, deals, and bold moves John Malone used to build a media empire.
Cable industry history. Owned cable distribution assets. Deals with Ted Turner, BET, and Kirk Kerkorian. Read 2002 paperback.
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The Billion Dollar BET
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May 2024

The story of how Black Entertainment Television (BET) went from an idea to being sold for $2.3 billion. This book describes how Robert "Bob" Johnson founded, built, and sold the company. The book describes internal struggles and Johnson’s personal missteps, while detailing the impact of the channel on the Black community.
BET mentioned in Cable Cowboy(John Malone). Leveraged cable/satellites to serve black niche. Read 2004 hardcover.
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