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An entrepreneur since childhood, Cameron Herold wants parents and teachers to recognize and foster entrepreneurial talent in kids.
Bored in school, failing classes, at odds with peers: This child might be an entrepreneur, says Cameron Herold. At TEDxEdmonton, he makes the case for parenting and education that helps would-be entrepreneurs flourish as kids and as adults.
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In a recent interview with Vibe Magazine, Diddy let off a little steam discussing allegations of him being a back stabber, con-man, thief, and many other adjetives that have been used to describe him. Read his comments below:
Diddy: “There’s an off perception that needs to be addressed about me that I have ever robbed somebody or mistreated somebody, or tried to be ruthless or whatever in this game. Like, all this year I’ve heard people say, “Where’s Carl Thomas, where’s Black Rob, where’s G.Dep? Where are these artists?” And for some reason they go ahead and equate that, cause those artists aren’t with me, that I’ve done something wrong or malicious or conniving. It’s something that I do have a problem with because they don’t have no proof that I’ve ever done nothing like that.”
It’s a misconception. Especially someone who’s been brought up like me. I’ve been brought up to work hard for mine and never take from nobody. And to always try and help people. But people don’t understand this game that were in. You have a short life expectancy. It’s rare to a me, to be a Jay-Z, an LL, a Nas. That sh*t is a rarity. That’s not even one percent of the rappers. If you look at any artists that were on Ruff Ryders, where they at? If you look at any artist that was on Def Jam at the time we started, where they at? If you look at any artist that was on Roc-A-Fella, Jive, where they at? It’s not like anything was wrong with them. It’s just that you have a four, five-year average in this game. That’s just something I wanted to address.
My Thoughts: He does have a point but I think the misconception that many artist have in being with the black owned labels is that the are lead to believe that they were a tight knitted family once signed to the label; and we all know that thats the furtherest thing from the truth. If you look at most of the black owned labels they were ran on principles that applied in the under world/the streets/the hood. When you take these young artist from the streets and bring them into the “family” and knight the with a chain and tell them they are family, of coarse when the record sells start slowing up and they are kicked to the curb they are going to be upset because they were lead to believe that they were family; and we all know that family stick together through think and thin.
Here is another perspective from dakidd and its right on point:
The purpose of being on a “family” label is that a “family” label develops you, guides you, and pushes your career… the artist = the talent; the label = the machine. This is not to say the artist should enter shitty deals and not read their paperwork but Ruff Ryders, Bad Boy, RocaFella, G-Unit, No Limit, Cash Money etc did not promote or set their labels up in the same way Geffen, Def Jam, Interscope, Jive or even Koch did.
Those labels let you know they were just a label and you and your team had to put the work in… all of the black owned labels promoted that they were not just your label but they were your team; when in retrospect a number of the situations were just business like at Geffen, Jive or any other non black owned label.Thats why there are so many disgruntled artists, I’m sure if Puffy presented his label in the same manner Warner Music Group runs their label these people wouldn’t be so pissed.
What are your thoughts do artist have a right to feel cheated?
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Lately there has been a lot of talk about secret societies, new world order and illuminati all through out the internet. What are your thoughts, is this just speculation or is there some truth to it?
Here, Hal Lindsey discusses the Billionaires CLub: Bill Gates, David Rockefeller, Ted Turner, Oprah Winfrey Warren Buffet, George Soros, and Michael Bloomberg
Bill Gates outlines plan to cap global population…
(Population Control)
Good willed philanthropist?
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Cnn: Statistic show that only 47% black males are graduating high school compared to 78% white males nation wide. What are your thoughts about education in our inner cities?
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Being that it doesn’t look like Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao will touch gloves in the ring this year or maybe ever, it leaves many wondering what’s next for Floyd arguably the best pound for pound fighter ever. Its rare to see a competitor of Mayweather’s caliber not translate that same competitiveness to another arena. We saw how George Forman transformed into the best sales man ever, and how Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan evolved into true entrepreneurs heading two of the biggest brands in Urban America. Now it seems its Floyd turn to take those millions he’s earned and leverage his marketing potential to transcend boxing. Floyd has already shown he can draw a crowd in other areas. He took home a $2o million payday for his wrestling match against the Big Show of the WWE, so there is definitely a life after boxing for him entertainment wise. Lets just hope Mayweather has one more great fight in him before he retire the gloves for good; because a fight with him and Pacquiao would be the fight of the decade. The fight would also give Floyd the biggest payday of his career considering he’s due to make close to $100 million for the match. Only time will tell, but in the mean time leave your thoughts on what you think is next for Floyd Mayweather.
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Now this video is funny but very real, the world economy survives off of debt.. These large banking institutes wants everyone to stay in debt because thats the only way their able to remain tremendously wealthy and the same goes for all the countries around the world. Just take a minute and check this video out and leave your thoughts.
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(CNN) After seeing the chaos that took place in Georgia today, I had to raise the question are some people way to dependent on government assistance? I really believe that for most people who receive government assistance get into the habit of expectancy and the assistance begins to become a crutch instead of a stepping stone. The welfare system is in high need of restructuring.
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I do find it interesting that no women of color made the Forbes Highest Paid Actress List; but in hind sight this isn’t really anything new. Its well known that women of color make a fraction of what women who are white make. props to theybf for dropping this jewel.
FORBES Magazine released their annual Highest Paid Actresses list this week and the YBF chicks came out on the short end. No Halle Berry, no Queen Latifah, no Kerry Washington, no Zoe Saldana. In fact, there weren’t any people of color on the list. To find out what actresses did bank a lot of cash keep reading…
As the FORBES list was revealed, it sent media critics on the defensive with some saying it reinforces that African Americas don’t always get the same pay scale as their white counterparts.
To figure out actresses’ earnings, FORBES talked to agents, managers, producers and lawyers to determine what the stars earned as upfront pay on movies they are currently shooting, as well as back-end pay earned after a movie hit theaters. Because so many actresses have side projects, they also looked at any money actresses might have earned from perfume and clothing lines and from ad campaigns. And still….not one piece of chocolate…in any shade.
But these ladies did make the cut:
1. Sandra Bullock: $56 million
2. Reese Witherspoon: $32 million
3. Cameron Diaz: $32 million
4. Jennifer Aniston: $27 million
5. Sarah Jessica Parker: $25 million
6. Julia Roberts: $20 million
7. Angelina Jolie: $20 million
8. Drew Barrymore: $15 million
9. Meryl Streep: $13 million
10. Kristen Stewart: $12 million
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Kobe Bryant visited China and was given high praise, check it out. I really think that Kobe has the celebrity Michael Jordan has but the personal brand isn’t there. For example, with Jordan’s jump man logo and brand recognition Jordan has been able to remain a dominate brand in the sports world. Kobe’s brand isn’t personalized the way Jordan’s brand is, with the logo and all. I don’t think that Nike will be able to sell a complete Kobe line of apparel after Kobe is retired the same way they are still able to market the Jordan brand. What are your thoughts?
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Forbes writer Lee Igel who is an assistant professor at New York University took a moment to point out how race and politics is still on going; but inequality isn’t viewed in a better light despite blacks doing better financially in America. It seems as if Igel was trying to make the point that the race card is getting over publicized in the Shirley Sherrod case. He stated while there were definitely mishaps and a lack of due diligence in Sherrod case blacks can’t be getting treated that unfairly, just look at what sports athletes are earning. He then went on to support his argument by pointing out the fact that while at the same time Sherrod’s case was being highly publicized, the Forbes SportsMoney 50-50 list for top earning athletes was released and the majority of the top ten earners were all African Americans.
Now to try and make a point that inequality isn’t as big of an issue by using the earnings of athletes as a parallel is ridicules in my opinion. The reason I say this is while yes athletes are earning a great deal of money its no where near the earnings of team owners. There is only one black majority owner (Michael Jordan) in sports that I can think of, and its going to take a minute for him to turn a profit with the Bobcats. So, to bring up athletes earnings in Shirley Sherrods case just doesn’t make sense to me, I really don’t know how he found such a topic relevant in comparison to her situation. What are your thoughts?
Check out Lee Lgel article below:
The speedy and mislead condemnation of Shirley Sherrod, a United States Department of Agriculture employee who was labeled a racist black woman after a video clip from a speech she gave made it into the public discourse, is being called a “teachable moment.” Indeed, for all the lack of due diligence by the White House, United States Department of Agriculture, NAACP, and several major media outlets, it makes sense that pundits and public officials would use this story to agitate for another opportunity to hold a national discussion about race. But such a discussion is already taking place, and it is happening through sports and the sports business.
While there was all sort of jumping to conclusions about race in politics, no one batted an eye when, on the same day, it was also revealed that golfer Tiger Woods, boxer Floyd Mayweather, and basketball player Kobe Bryant are the top three names on the Forbes 50 Top-Earning Athletes list component of the SportsMoney 50-50. Few people need to look at photographs of any of these athletes to know the color of their skin. Yet there is nowhere near the attention to their skin color as there is to their earnings. Neither is there much attention to the reality that remainder of the top ten names on the list, which includes personalities from across the entire sports world, is comprised of a majority of people of color.
So while the headlines of the day have again demonstrated that America cannot yet be called a post-racial society, it also once again turns out that sports and sports business have a great deal to recommend to our society.
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