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Scott Bernstein Shares Example of Strategic Transformation of Six Flags Through Updating Theme Park Image

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  • Date Added : 9/22/2004
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Scott Bernstein

  • President, Bedford Capital Partners
  • male
  • Caucasian
  • 1960 (Age: 64 years old)
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Biography

Scott Bernstein is President of Centre Environmental Partners, a private equity firm focused on acquiring companies operating in the environmental services sector. He is also the Managing Partner of Bedford Capital, a broad-based investment and advisory firm with interests in the entertainment, leisure and real estate industries.

Bernstein has been a successful CEO and senior executive of some well known companies, including Six Flags Entertainment, Trilegiant Corp. (formerly, Cendant's Membership and Consumer Services division), and Time Warner Enterprises. He spent the early part of his career as a mergers and acquisition lawyer with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind Wharton and Garrison, one of the top law firms in the country, where he represented public and private companies in their acquisition, divestiture and financing activities.

During this interview, he shares many experiences from his professional background - many specific to his tenure within the Six Flags Entertainment Corporation. He also shares his thoughts on entrepreneurship, business planning, risk, work-life balanace and leadership.

Scott Bernstein received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University. He has also received a degree in law from Fordham University.

Well Six Flags was a situation where the strategic transformation was more having a better vision for the business than what was in existence. Six Flags was also a busted leveraged buyout that we took over. But Bob Pittman had a much more relevant vision for the business. He believed that there wer...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).

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Video 1 of 27 Scott Bernstein Discusses Educational and Professional Background
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Video 2 of 27 Scott Bernstein States He Feels He is an Entrepreneur
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Video 3 of 27 Scott Bernstein Shares Thoughts on Definition of Entrepreneurship
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Video 4 of 27 Scott Bernstein Discusses Entrepreneurship Within the Corporate Setting
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Video 5 of 27 Scott Bernstein Shares Thoughts on Strategy and Strategic Transformation
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Video 6 of 27 Scott Bernstein Shares Challenges in Transforming Existing Businesses Due to Inertia Within Organizations
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Video 7 of 27 Scott Bernstein States It Is More Difficult to Transform An Existing Company Than to Start One From Scratch
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Video 8 of 27 Scott Bernstein States That To Find a Business Problem, One Must Follow The Financials
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Video 9 of 27 Scott Bernstein Shares Example of Strategic Transformation of Six Flags Through Updating Theme Park Image
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Video 10 of 27 Scott Bernstein Discusses Implementation of Re-branding Plan for Six Flags
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  • 3 min. 31 sec.
Video 11 of 27 Scott Bernstein Discusses How Team Worked to Transform Customer Experience At Six Flags
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Video 12 of 27 Scott Bernstein Discusses Involvement in Business Development and People-side of Business at Six Flags
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Video 13 of 27 Scott Bernstein Discusses Challenges in Role as President of Northeast Six Flags Operations
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Video 14 of 27 Scott Bernstein Discusses Challenges in Changing Culture of Six Flags
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Video 15 of 27 Scott Bernstein Discusses Challenges in Dealing With Unionized Labor at Six Flags
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Video 16 of 27 Scott Bernstein Shares Successes at Six Flags and States It Was One of Best Professional Experiences
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Video 17 of 27 Scott Bernstein Discusses Bedford Capital and Establishing a Pipeline for Deals
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  • 2 min. 41 sec.
Video 18 of 27 Scott Bernstein Discusses How Bedford Capital Evaluates Deals
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  • 4 min. 5 sec.
Video 19 of 27 Scott Bernstein Shares Thoughts on Economics of a Business Plan
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Video 20 of 27 Scott Bernstein Shares Thoughts on Value of the Business Plan
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  • 1 min. 43 sec.
Video 21 of 27 Scott Bernstein Discusses What He Expects to See in Financials of a Business Plan
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  • 3 min. 57 sec.
Video 22 of 27 Scott Bernstein Provides Summary Thoughts on the Use of the Business Plan
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Video 23 of 27 Scott Bernstein Shares Thoughts on Risk and Reward
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Video 24 of 27 Scott Bernstein Shares Thoughts on Work-Life Balance
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Video 25 of 27 Scott Bernstein Shares Thoughts on Balance
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Video 26 of 27 Scott Bernstein Discusses Impact of His Career on His Family
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Video 27 of 27 Scott Bernstein Shares Thoughts on Leadership
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  • 7 min. 59 sec.