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What is the Virtuous Cycle, and how does it work? How did the Virtuous Cycle improve TCI’s value? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Virtuous Cycle, often called the virtuous circle, as a system in which business executives can use the idea that making money leads to more opportunities to invest and therefore make more money<\/a>. Read about how CEO John Malone<\/a> used the Virtuous Cycle strategy to pull TCI out of bankruptcy and grow the company like never before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Editor\u2019s note: This article is part of\u00a0Shortform\u2019s guide to saving money<\/a>. If you like what you read here, there\u2019s plenty more to check out in the guide!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Malone and Virtuous Cycle <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As CEO from 1972 to 1991, John Malone pursued a Virtuous Cycle strategy<\/strong>\u2014grow subscriber count through acquisitions of cable providers, which would give scale to negotiate lower fees with content providers, which would make acquisitions of cable companies further cheaper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this era of conglomerates, companies expanded quickly through acquisitions. Since private equity didn\u2019t yet exist, there was less competition for acquisitions, and acquired companies often traded for lower P\/E multiples than their buyers had in public markets. As a result, conglomerates had a Virtuous Cycle for acquisitions\u2014buying cheap companies raised short-term profits, which increased stock prices, which in turn was used to buy more companies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TCI was on the verge of bankruptcy when Malone took over in 1973. Once TCI stabilized, Malone could pursue his master strategy: a Virtuous Cycle of growth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At cable companies, the largest expense<\/a> (40% of operating expenses) was paid to content suppliers<\/a> (called programmers) like HBO and MTV. Larger cable providers were able to negotiate lower fees per subscriber. Malone realized that the key was to increase size, which would allow for increasingly better business economics, which would in turn allow for increased size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How the Virtuous Cycle Works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s how the Virtuous Cycle worked in more detail:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Buying more cable systems would lead to more subscribers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • This would lead to lower programming fees per subscriber, which would increase cash flow.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Higher cash flow allowed the company to take on more debt, which could be used to buy more cable systems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • This would further improve programming fees, and so forth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    In essence, larger cable companies could pay more for acquisitions than smaller competitors, since they could extract more value from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Malone executed the strategy relentlessly, acquiring 482 companies from 1973 to 1989 <\/strong>(this was a rate of one every two weeks). His sole focus was on acquiring subscribers at good prices, and maintaining the Virtuous Circle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Maintaining financial discipline, Malone avoided the costly competitions for urban markets, instead focusing on rural and suburban areas. He felt other cable companies were bidding up the price of urban markets, thus making them unprofitable; indeed, when years later the urban companies failed under too much debt and low profits, Malone acquired them at much lower prices, leading to better economics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In 1982, TCI became the largest cable provider, with 2.5 million subscribers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In addition to growing subscribers, Malone was interested in partnering with cable programmers. He took minority stakes in new programming businesses, in exchange for capital and access to TCI\u2019s subscriber scale. Thus Malone built partnerships with rising channels such as BET, Discovery, and QVC. He was unique among cable companies for doing so at the time. These investments would be a large part of TCI\u2019s ultimate value, and help with the Virtuous Circle policy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    As a capital allocator, Malone only invested in projects that provided clear and compelling returns. One project that often did not meet this bar was improving cable infrastructure. Capital expenditures would reduce cash flow, and he did not see the return on investment on upgrading to new technology. Knowing that implementing new media technology was costly and difficult, he preferred to wait for his competitors to scramble over each other and pave the way first<\/strong>; then he learned from their mistakes and pursued only the paths proven to be economically viable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Like other outsider CEOs, Malone repurchased a large portion of shares\u2014over 40% of outstanding shares. He took advantage when TCI stock reached especially low multiples. When allocating capital, he would compare the value of buying back stock to making more acquisitions, then make the more profitable transaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Malone’s Virtuous Cycle strategy paid off. He was able to significantly increase the value of TCI, and continue to generate revenue through acquisitions and capital allocations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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