Mon 9 Aug 2010
Young turk Billionaires like Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Google’s Sergey Brin may capture the public’s imagination with their “overnight success stories“…
But that doesn’t mean you can’t learn a thing or two from the “slow rollers” or “late bloomers“….those who became billionaires after a life time of ups, downs and hard knocks.
Thu 5 Aug 2010
Money makes the world go round.
Money is the root of all evil.
A fool and his money are soon parted
Few things directly affect the quality of our lives more than money.
Tue 27 Jul 2010
Founder and CEO of business software producer Oracle, Larry Ellison, tops Wall Street Journal list of highest paid CEOs for past 10 years, earning $1.84 billion dollars.
At #2 is Hollywood Mogul Barry Diller who received around $1.14 billion from IAC/InterActive and the spin off online travel site IAC.
Sat 24 Jul 2010
Steve Rifkind & Melanie FionaAttention all aspiring Music Moguls!!!
Steve Rifkind, the Music Mogul behind Wu-Tang Clan,Xzibit and Akon wants YOUR marketing expertise!!!
Steve Rifkind hit Twitter this week looking for some fresh perspective on marketing his SRC artist (Akon, Shontelle, Asher Roth, Melanie Fiona and newest member Ray J.)
Thu 22 Jul 2010
“While working at Universal/SRC, my ex boss (Steve Rifkind) used to say, the easiest thing is, getting signed” -Monique Baines
Monique Baines is a NY based Recording Artist, Industry consultant and NYU grad who spent 6 years working for SRC Records, directly under Steve Rifkind (Wu-Tang Clan, Big Punisher,Lil’ Flip, Three 6 Mafia, Xzibit, Twista).
Wed 21 Jul 2010
iTunes Store saved the day for the major labels in 2003 by providing them an online version of how they’ve made money for years, pay per track model…where music listeners paid to download songs.
To bad for them now, there is no longer any growth in pay per track sales.
Sat 3 Jul 2010
If you really wanna talk Moguls…
The conversation starts in India.
In fact, the very word “Mogul” comes from India!
Direct descendants of the infamous Mongol Emperor Genghis Khan and the legendary Tartar conqueror Tamerlane, the Mughal Dynasty reigned supreme as a world superpower, from the Indian subcontinent , for over 275 years!
Tue 1 Jun 2010
Ft.com:
Last week, I participated in a panel discussion about entrepreneurship with executives from Royal Mail, Eon and Procter & Gamble. Each explained how their company keenly promotes such behavior, how they encourage their management to think entrepreneurial, and how they embrace risk. Except that I didn’t believe a word of it…..
Thu 11 Mar 2010
For only the 2nd time since 1995 Bill Gates’ name is not at the top of Forbes’ list of richest people in the world.
This year, the title goes to Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim, weighing in at $53.5 billion.
Tue 16 Feb 2010
Sean “Diddy” Combs passes advice to young entrepreneurs during this interview on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360.
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Tue 16 Feb 2010
Jared Paul Stern, of The Luxist reports:
Mechanic turned steel baron Vladimir Lisin (right) has replaced Mikhail Prokhorov as Russia’s richest man with a fortune of $18.8 billion. Russian magazine Finans just released its annual ranking of the country’s oligarchs, showing that Prokhorov, known for his shenanigans over the Villa Leopolda, has slipped into second place while Roman Abramovich languishes in third.
Thu 4 Feb 2010
