December 24, 2020· 75 min

Michael Saylor, the CEO Who Turned a Software Company Into a Bitcoin Company

Orality
Model
50%

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(1,795 words)
M:28%
HostJoe Weisenthal(1,208 words)
M:28%
GuestMichael Saylor(9,058 words)
M:27%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic21%
literally, completely, basically
Engagement77%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, now, so
Repetition100%
bitcoin (122x), like (111x), it's (109x)
Parallelism80%
And I'm Tracy Alloway...., So, Tracy, you know, there's s..., But there are various, publicl...
Sound Patterns85%
108 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases3%
you know what, i mean

Literate Indicators

Hedging6%
could, maybe, probably
Passive Voice4%
were amalgamated, were merged, be virtualized
Abstract Nouns17%
investment, recommendation, equity
Subordination5%
though, since, because
Sentence Length36%
Avg: 14.1 words/sentence
Word Complexity47%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers2%
the literature
Impersonal Style23%
979 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style65%
literally, completely, publicly

Description

This past summer, the business intelligence software company MicroStrategy made waves when it put some of its extra cash into Bitcoin. Then, as Bitcoin ran up, it bought more, and the stock has now soared thanks to the bet. But what's the reasoning behind the move? We speak with MicroStrategy’s CEO, Michael Saylor, on why he thinks Bitcoin is the best reserve asset for any company. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.