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  • Super-Chef Batali: Here’s How I Built My Brand

    By CNBC | Off the Cuff – Mon, May 20, 2013 4:00 AM EDT

    "We call them 'munchies' now. Then we were just 'starving'," chef, entrepreneur and restaurateur Mario Batali told "Off The Cuff," reminiscing about his undergraduate years at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

    “In college, when we were hanging around at the end of the evening after many potent beverages,“ he laughed, “we would get together and decide we were hungry after the restaurants had closed.“

    “That was the beginning of my sneaky tricks,” he continued. ”That's when I started to figure out just what ‘al dente’ meant in pasta and how simple things could actually be remarkably delicious, provided I did not have to do the dishes.”

    At Rutgers, Batali studied Finance and Spanish Theater of the Golden Age. He graduated in 1982. “After that, of course there were no jobs in Spanish Theater of the Golden Age,” he said. But cooking to satisfy those late-night cravings led him to study at Le Cordon Bleu, the venerable French cooking institution. It didn’t last.

    “I dropped out of Cordon Bleu due to impatience and foolishness. I just thought it was moving too slowly because I thought I was a big shot chef. And in fact I was wrong. And I should've gone all the way through the program,” he said.

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  • Matt Ryan on Big Contracts and ‘Victory Vomit’

    By CNBC | Off the Cuff – Tue, May 14, 2013 4:00 AM EDT

    Matt Ryan, the quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons is expected to become the NFL’s next $100 million quarterback with his new contract. He knows high expectations come with that much money.

    “I think there's always a responsibility as a professional athlete to make sure that you're living up to your end of the contract,” he told “Off The Cuff”. “I've always put a lot of pressure on myself, and had high expectations for myself, regardless of what the contract was going to be. It's not something I think about when I'm training, or playing,” he said.

    The $66 million contract Ryan signed in 2008 expires after the 2013 season. His first big purchase? An expensive bed, which he said he still uses.

    Ryan said he’s very conscious of staying healthy enough to keep playing. “With all of the information, and all of the research that has been done in regards to concussions, you'd have to be more aware of the effects that it has on you long term. Because everybody's career is going to come to an end

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  • Tivo CEO: This Is What Your TV Will Look Like

    By CNBC | Off the Cuff – Mon, May 13, 2013 4:00 AM EDT

    Tom Rogers, the president and CEO of Tivo, the digital video recording service, tells “Off The Cuff” what you can expect from your television set in the future. Rogers, the founder of CNBC and a creator of MSNBC discusses television’s transition into the digital space -- and what advertisers can learn from Tivo.

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  • T. Boone Pickens, legendary Texas oilman, hedge fund chairman and self-styled “accidental environmentalist” talks to “Off the Cuff” about the economy, where the jobs are, gun control, and being “green” -- while making greenbacks.
    Pickens has been a major donor to conservative causes. In 2004, he contributed $2 million to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth campaign, which opposed John Kerry’s candidacy for the presidency, and supported George W. Bush. Then in 2010, Pickens and Kerry formed an unlikely alliance to champion an energy policy bill in the Senate. Now, Pickens weighs in on Kerry’s performance as Secretary of State – and sizes up President Bush’s amateur artworks.

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Ever wondered what your boss eats for breakfast? Or why he or she works 24/7? Off the Cuff takes you outside the boardroom to show you what high-impact leaders do off the clock. Every week, corporate tycoons will answer questions about what they like (and loathe), what makes them get up in the morning, what inspires them, and what makes them the most proud.