Julian Brodsky on the genesis of Comcast

"I told [Ralph Roberts]: You're not doing this without me." - Co-founder of cable giant Comcast, 1956 undergraduate alumnus Julian Brodsky recounts the 1963 street corner meeting with fellow alumnus Ralph Roberts and Dan Aaron where he asked to join the fledging company which would start with one small cable system in Mississippi.

Julian Brodsky on the Launch of Comcast Interactive Capital

"I said, 'Holy Mackerel, this is it!' " - Upon viewing the first Web browser, Mosaic, Julian Brodsky, was immediate won over on the future of the Internet. He advocated that Comcast should form an in-house venture capital fund with ties to Silicon Valley. The result became Comcast Interactive Capital, one of the most successful corporate venture capital initiatives among the Fortune 500.

Julian Brodsky on Investing in Half.com

"I had a key role: providing the software developers pizza." - Comcast Interactive Capital's $700,000 investment in Wharton undergrad alumnus Josh Kopelman's start-up, Half.com, became one of CIC's first big payoffs when eBay purchased the company for nearly $500 million. Comcast's yield: $45 million.

Julian Brodsky - Full Interview

All three segments of our interview with Julian Brodsky, co-founder of Comcast Corp.