December 28, 2023· 45 min
Brad Jacobs Plans to Make Billions in the Building Supply Industry
Orality
Model
84%
Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)
Speaker Breakdown
HostJoe Weisenthal(2,041 words)
M:28%
HostTracy Alloway(1,519 words)
M:29%
GuestBrad Jacobs(4,785 words)
M:28%
Oral Indicators
Agonistic38%
obviously, massive, totally
Engagement69%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, now, like
Repetition100%
like (81x), it's (78x), that's (49x)
Parallelism83%
And I'm Tracy Alloway...., And one of the things that has..., But then you also hear stuff l...
Sound Patterns71%
65 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases7%
you know what, i mean, so to speak
Literate Indicators
Hedging6%
might, maybe, could
Passive Voice5%
was supposed, is distributed, be reversed
Abstract Nouns18%
investment, production, movement
Subordination7%
since, because, while
Sentence Length33%
Avg: 13.1 words/sentence
Word Complexity47%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style31%
635 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style72%
obviously, totally, basically
Description
Brad Jacobs has founded multiple multi-billion dollar companies in his career. He turned United Waste into part of a major trash collection conglomerate. United Rentals has been a massive winner in equipment rental for the construction industry. And XPO Logistics (which has spun out GXO and RXO) is a freight behemoth. Now, he's planning on doing it again. His new company, QXO, wants to be a billion-dollar player in the area of building products distribution. On this episode, we speak to Jacobs — who is the author of the new book, How To Make A Few Billion Dollars — about why he chose to go into this industry, his philosophy of building businesses, and how he plans to win in this space. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.