Disney, Plus

The Flywheel is strong with this one. We dive deep into the
origins of one of the boldest business strategy decisions of our
time: Disney CEO Bob Iger’s attempt to buck the Innovator’s
Dilemma - and forego billions of dollars in cashflow from Netflix
and pay TV providers - in order to establish a direct
distribution relationship with its customers for the first time
in the company’s history. Is this the force awakening within the
house that Walt built, or a phantom menace that will drag Disney
to the dark side of unprofitability? Tune in to find out!


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Links:



 https://www.thewaltdisneycompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2018-Annual-Report.pdf


 https://www.thewaltdisneycompany.com/wp-content/uploads/q4-fy17-earnings-transcript.pdf


 https://www.thewaltdisneycompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/q4-fy19-earnings.pdf

The Disney flywheel:
 https://kottke.org/15/06/walt-disneys-corporate-strategy-chart 






Sources: 


The Ride of a Lifetime by Bob Iger:
 https://www.amazon.com/Ride-Lifetime-Lessons-Learned-Company-ebook/dp/B07PF6XTD8


 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/22/style/disney-bob-iger-book.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Iger


 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bob-iger-bets-company-hollywood-s-future-streaming-1247663 


 https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-kevin-mayer-deliver-the-future-of-disney-11573272027 


 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-11-07/inside-disney-bob-iger-on-star-wars-pixar-and-more 


 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bob-iger-the-ride-of-a-lifetime/id1264843400?i=1000451721143
 



Carveouts: 


David: The Ride of a Lifetime

Ben: The Imagineering Story on Disney+:
 https://www.disneyplus.com/series/the-imagineering-story/6ryoXv1e1rWW