Wanted to share this very interesting article from MSN MONEY. It highlights the entry level positions that some of the wealthiest and most influential people had at the beginning of their careers.
Interesting to notice that Buffett took a tax deduction during his teens on his bicycle for running his newspaper delivery business.
Also, Bloomberg was a parking lot attendant!
Article located HERE.
Friends at 29doors.com and TurboMetrics.com have partnered to produce an infographic showing home price appreciation for every state in the U.S.. Very interesting information worth sharing.
The below link is an entertaining brief interview by Men’s Fitness with Mike Repole, the co-founder of Glaceau Vitamin water, which was bought out by Coca-Cola for 4.1 Billion Dollars in 2007. Repole discusses his “coaching” style, and also what he looks for in an employee. A great read for anyone interested in brand development [...]
Enovative Kontrol System’s Derek Zobrist and Gabe Ayala generously offered their seasoned business advice and various experiences in this interview below which I conducted recently. Derek and Enovative were awarded the Emerging Entrepreneur Award of 2010 by Entrepreneur Magazine, which is well deserved. Click Image below to enlarge Entrepreneur Magazine article. Among other accolades, Entrepreneur [...]
To anyone who did not catch it last night on Charlie Rose, below are some snippets from the Andrew Mason interview (Founder/CEO of Groupon), in which he describes the beginnings of his business and continued success. This guy must be confident that he is heading in the right direction, considering he just turned down a [...]
One of the books I really enjoyed reading recently was BAG THE ELEPHANT! by Steve Kaplan (New York Times’, Wall Street Journal’s, USA Today’s, and Business Week’s bestseller list). In seven years, Steve grew his marketing company SCA from a start up to $250 million in sales with offices in 14 countries. One of the [...]
Remember the scene in film “The Social Network” where Zuckerberg receives a check for $500K and the entire audience knew the rest was history. The person who signed the check was Peter Thiel, whose rise to wealth is quite impressive. He founded Pay Pal (with the help of Max Levchin), created venture capital company The [...]
This is a MUST SEE. Beyond the Glory: Mark Cuban. Mark Cuban’s rise to wealth is detailed in this excellent behind the scenes video. Cuban had various jobs and businesses before hitting it big with Broadcast.com (which is what blossomed his immense wealth). One of his first ventures was actually owning a college bar which [...]
