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Sean Callagy

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Unblinded with Sean Callagy
How Iron Man Saved Marvel: David Maisel Shares the Real Story with Sean Callagy

Four years.

Unblinded with Sean Callagy
How Iron Man Saved Marvel: David Maisel Shares the Real Story with Sean Callagy

Yes.

Unblinded with Sean Callagy
How Iron Man Saved Marvel: David Maisel Shares the Real Story with Sean Callagy

And it was worse for me because, as I mentioned, all my upside was stock options that were now under market for four years.

Unblinded with Sean Callagy
How Iron Man Saved Marvel: David Maisel Shares the Real Story with Sean Callagy

And, but you know, Ike and I talked about this and once I started showing what I could do and he got confidence, he ended up buying back a third of the company at that cheap price, which was very valuable when we sold it to Disney.

Unblinded with Sean Callagy
How Iron Man Saved Marvel: David Maisel Shares the Real Story with Sean Callagy

So it was taking lemonade and making lemons from it.

Unblinded with Sean Callagy
How Iron Man Saved Marvel: David Maisel Shares the Real Story with Sean Callagy

You know, having faith in situation instead of getting depressed if your stock goes down,

Unblinded with Sean Callagy
How Iron Man Saved Marvel: David Maisel Shares the Real Story with Sean Callagy

If you really believe in the fundamentals of an investment, that's the time, like Warren Buffett would say, where you buy it on sale, you know, from where it was.

Unblinded with Sean Callagy
How Iron Man Saved Marvel: David Maisel Shares the Real Story with Sean Callagy

And so we bought back Marvel stock on sale.

Unblinded with Sean Callagy
How Iron Man Saved Marvel: David Maisel Shares the Real Story with Sean Callagy

But to your question, it's a really good one, Sean, and I think

Unblinded with Sean Callagy
How Iron Man Saved Marvel: David Maisel Shares the Real Story with Sean Callagy

I don't believe any group of IP, no matter how talented the producer or the visionary is, can become what Marvel became, a cinematic universe.

Unblinded with Sean Callagy
How Iron Man Saved Marvel: David Maisel Shares the Real Story with Sean Callagy

There's elements that need to be in it.

Unblinded with Sean Callagy
How Iron Man Saved Marvel: David Maisel Shares the Real Story with Sean Callagy

And I like to combine analytics with creativity.

Unblinded with Sean Callagy
How Iron Man Saved Marvel: David Maisel Shares the Real Story with Sean Callagy

And this is an important point because in my specter of Hollywood,

Unblinded with Sean Callagy
How Iron Man Saved Marvel: David Maisel Shares the Real Story with Sean Callagy

you as a Harvard MBA, you are viewed as the suit, as the business.

Unblinded with Sean Callagy
How Iron Man Saved Marvel: David Maisel Shares the Real Story with Sean Callagy

And if you talk creative, you're out of your your arena.

Unblinded with Sean Callagy
How Iron Man Saved Marvel: David Maisel Shares the Real Story with Sean Callagy

And if you're a creative person and you talk about business, you're like diminishing your creative magic that people might trust in you.

Unblinded with Sean Callagy
How Iron Man Saved Marvel: David Maisel Shares the Real Story with Sean Callagy

I love both.

Unblinded with Sean Callagy
How Iron Man Saved Marvel: David Maisel Shares the Real Story with Sean Callagy

And I was known because I came front with my Harvard MBA and I got my first job because of that with Mike Ovitz as

Unblinded with Sean Callagy
How Iron Man Saved Marvel: David Maisel Shares the Real Story with Sean Callagy

that guy, right?

Unblinded with Sean Callagy
How Iron Man Saved Marvel: David Maisel Shares the Real Story with Sean Callagy

The business guy.