Ahron Young is the Founder, Managing Editor & CEO of Ticker TV.
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SHOW NOTES:
00:06 – Welcome to Uncommon
00:24 – Guest introduction
00:30 – Peninsula life
03:07 – Childhood: principles, business & TV
06:46 – What integrity means to Ahron
08:01 – Getting into TV: struggles & lessons
12:05 – Ahron’s early entrepreneurship
16:01 – Corporate TV: first job & cultural problems
21:46 – News as soft power
27:20 – Coming back to Australia
29:07 – Ticker’s competitive advantage
31:53 – Ticker: the formulation of a concept
36:07 – The original go-to-market
39:25 – The power of listening to yourself
42:54 – Monetising Ticker
51:22 – Business & media idols
56:38 – Pushing through expectations & failures
01:01:02 – Has Ahron watched Succession?
01:02:28 – Morning routine
01:04:53 – Evening routine
01:06:03 – If Ahron could have a billboard
Links:
- Ahron on LinkedIn
- Ticker
- [email protected]
- Succession
- Elisabeth Murdoch
- Ted Turner
- Channel 10 Como Centre
- Amber Sherlock
- Julie Snook
- RT
- iView
- Your Money
- Cheddar news
- Innovation Forum
- The Founder
- Jannie Allis
- Cable Cowboy by Mark Robichaux
- The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty
- John Malone
- Me and Ted against the world by Reece Schonfeld
- Rupert Murdoch Interview
- George Carlin
- The Daily
- Big Kev
- Mojo
- Hunter.io