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50 Cent's 10 lessons for success in business - and in life
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Re: 50 Cent's 10 lessons for success in business - and in life
#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
Someone I know ran into his manager at one of the conferences and the guy said something like how 50 Cents does not need to work another day and still be richer than the best of rappers because of the Vitamin Water deal. I hear he made over couple hundred mil.
I'd be interested in knowing how much equity he had in that company. I think its safe to say his public endorsement (both in commercials and his frequent plugs) contributed a tremendous amount to its meteoric rise and its eventual purchase for $4.1bln.
He had 10% so normally he would have made around 400 Million $. I believe after taxes he made around 100 - 150 Million $.
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#13All of these lessons are powerful and communicated in a wonderful way, but #2. Make Everything Your Own - Self-Reliance, is something that all aspiring entrepreneurs need to focus in order to take an idea and make it a reality. There are many talented people in the world who fear losing a steady pay-check regardless of the potential innovations that could be created. Stability means that you are actually moving backwards on your personal continuum of life because if you are not evolving, then you are going to compromise who you are for the sake of something other than yourself. Be creative, be alive, and realize that the most severe risk that you ever face is the risk associated with living a life that someone or something has created for you to live...be the creator, director, and artist of your own world!
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#14Thanks for posting this. I was peripherally aware of 50Cent's entrepreneurism (the Vitamin Water deal), and I had no idea he was so focused and driven. > The fools in life want things fast and easy — money, success, attention. Boredom is their great enemy and fear. PG's build something people want > Most people think first of what they want to express or make, then find the audience for their idea. You must work the…
Someone I know ran into his manager at one of the conferences and the guy said something like how 50 Cents does not need to work another day and still be richer than the best of rappers because of the Vitamin Water deal. I hear he made over couple hundred mil.
Yeah, during a performance a few years ago he was caught lip syncing. So he just mumbled 'Vitamin Water' into the mic and walked off stage.
http://mediatakeout.com/2009/7622-busted_50_cent_caught_lip_...
Re: 50 Cent's 10 lessons for success in business - and in life
#15Greene: Hey Fiddy, I just wrote a self-help book.
Fiddy: Great, here's a photo of me and I'll send you a few zesty rhymes about being the best.
Greene: Cool, we'll profit share and you can read the final draft before it goes to print.
Fiddy: Word. Split it into 50 chapters.
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I saw a Hugh Hefner self-help column once: don't even know if Hef even knew about it. Here it is: http://tr.im/z3yQ
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#16Reading this I could not help but think - 50 Cent DID NOT write this...
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#17Whoever wrote this its good, I mean talk about not judging a book by the cover...
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#18What are the logistics if everyone in the world was an entrepreneur? ~5-6bn small businesses?
Re: 50 Cent's 10 lessons for success in business - and in life
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Someone I know ran into his manager at one of the conferences and the guy said something like how 50 Cents does not need to work another day and still be richer than the best of rappers because of the Vitamin Water deal. I hear he made over couple hundred mil.
Yeah, during a performance a few years ago he was caught lip syncing. So he just mumbled 'Vitamin Water' into the mic and walked off stage. http://mediatakeout.com/2009/7622-busted_50_cent_caught_lip_...
Even though that particular story is true, don't link to mediatakout as a source. That site has made an art form of lying. Always check somewhere else first.
Re: 50 Cent's 10 lessons for success in business - and in life
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, during a performance a few years ago he was caught lip syncing. So he just mumbled 'Vitamin Water' into the mic and walked off stage. http://mediatakeout.com/2009/7622-busted_50_cent_caught_lip_...
Even though that particular story is true, don't link to mediatakout as a source. That site has made an art form of lying. Always check somewhere else first.
Fair enough, but EW (http://popwatch.ew.com/2007/06/27/50-cent-lip-syn/) and Stereo Gum (http://stereogum.com/archives/video/formula-50-goes-ashlee-s...) both cited them in this case, so I figured I would post the source, not other blogs' reposting...