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]]> By: MattWilsontv http://under30ceo.com/most-influential-celebrity-entrepreneurs/comment-page-1/#comment-545 MattWilsontv Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:37:52 +0000 http://under30ceo.com/?p=775#comment-545 Pat, I like where you say "so did another thousand kids". <br><br>I like how Gladwell touts work ethic, but I am not sure 10,000 hours is absolutely necessary. Furthermore, I'm not one to think that success is based on falling into it--it's a decision that Jobs made to be successful and he went for it full on.<br><br>On the other side of things--rags to riches stories are much better than an upper middle class kid who did it big like Oprah. <br><br>Thanks for your comments Pat! Pat, I like where you say “so did another thousand kids”.

I like how Gladwell touts work ethic, but I am not sure 10,000 hours is absolutely necessary. Furthermore, I'm not one to think that success is based on falling into it–it's a decision that Jobs made to be successful and he went for it full on.

On the other side of things–rags to riches stories are much better than an upper middle class kid who did it big like Oprah.

Thanks for your comments Pat!

]]> By: Patrick@brand-yourself.com http://under30ceo.com/most-influential-celebrity-entrepreneurs/comment-page-1/#comment-544 Patrick@brand-yourself.com Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:14:10 +0000 http://under30ceo.com/?p=775#comment-544 I'm going to respectfully disagree (with you AND Gladwell). I hate when people attribute success to "right place right time." Sure jobs lived walking distance from HP, but so did a thousand other kids. How many of them started two of the most successful companies to date? Jobs succeeded because he was driven, smart as shit, and most importantly, willing to follow his passion through the ups and down of entrepreneurship, a feat few people are willing to accomplish. If it wasn't computers it would have been something else. <br><br> Any aspiring entrepreneur better hope that luck is something we create for ourselves, not something we just walk into. <br><br>As for "outliers" I passed on reading it but researched its merits. My initial thoughts were Gladwell took a few hundred pages to reach a rather obvious conclusion. However, if you recommend it I will definitely give it a try. You've read a ton more than me and seem to know the good from the bad.<br><br>Thanks for the reply,<br><br>Patrick I'm going to respectfully disagree (with you AND Gladwell). I hate when people attribute success to “right place right time.” Sure jobs lived walking distance from HP, but so did a thousand other kids. How many of them started two of the most successful companies to date? Jobs succeeded because he was driven, smart as shit, and most importantly, willing to follow his passion through the ups and down of entrepreneurship, a feat few people are willing to accomplish. If it wasn't computers it would have been something else.

Any aspiring entrepreneur better hope that luck is something we create for ourselves, not something we just walk into.

As for “outliers” I passed on reading it but researched its merits. My initial thoughts were Gladwell took a few hundred pages to reach a rather obvious conclusion. However, if you recommend it I will definitely give it a try. You've read a ton more than me and seem to know the good from the bad.

Thanks for the reply,

Patrick

]]> By: MattWilsontv http://under30ceo.com/most-influential-celebrity-entrepreneurs/comment-page-1/#comment-55 MattWilsontv Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:37:52 +0000 http://under30ceo.com/?p=775#comment-55 Pat, I like where you say "so did another thousand kids". <br><br>I like how Gladwell touts work ethic, but I am not sure 10,000 hours is absolutely necessary. Furthermore, I'm not one to think that success is based on falling into it--it's a decision that Jobs made to be successful and he went for it full on.<br><br>On the other side of things--rags to riches stories are much better than an upper middle class kid who did it big like Oprah. <br><br>Thanks for your comments Pat! Pat, I like where you say “so did another thousand kids”.

I like how Gladwell touts work ethic, but I am not sure 10,000 hours is absolutely necessary. Furthermore, I'm not one to think that success is based on falling into it–it's a decision that Jobs made to be successful and he went for it full on.

On the other side of things–rags to riches stories are much better than an upper middle class kid who did it big like Oprah.

Thanks for your comments Pat!

]]> By: Patrick@brand-yourself.com http://under30ceo.com/most-influential-celebrity-entrepreneurs/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Patrick@brand-yourself.com Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:14:10 +0000 http://under30ceo.com/?p=775#comment-54 I'm going to respectfully disagree (with you AND Gladwell). I hate when people attribute success to "right place right time." Sure jobs lived walking distance from HP, but so did a thousand other kids. How many of them started two of the most successful companies to date? Jobs succeeded because he was driven, smart as shit, and most importantly, willing to follow his passion through the ups and down of entrepreneurship, a feat few people are willing to accomplish. If it wasn't computers it would have been something else. <br><br> Any aspiring entrepreneur better hope that luck is something we create for ourselves, not something we just walk into. <br><br>As for "outliers" I passed on reading it but researched its merits. My initial thoughts were Gladwell took a few hundred pages to reach a rather obvious conclusion. However, if you recommend it I will definitely give it a try. You've read a ton more than me and seem to know the good from the bad.<br><br>Thanks for the reply,<br><br>Patrick I'm going to respectfully disagree (with you AND Gladwell). I hate when people attribute success to “right place right time.” Sure jobs lived walking distance from HP, but so did a thousand other kids. How many of them started two of the most successful companies to date? Jobs succeeded because he was driven, smart as shit, and most importantly, willing to follow his passion through the ups and down of entrepreneurship, a feat few people are willing to accomplish. If it wasn't computers it would have been something else.

Any aspiring entrepreneur better hope that luck is something we create for ourselves, not something we just walk into.

As for “outliers” I passed on reading it but researched its merits. My initial thoughts were Gladwell took a few hundred pages to reach a rather obvious conclusion. However, if you recommend it I will definitely give it a try. You've read a ton more than me and seem to know the good from the bad.

Thanks for the reply,

Patrick

]]> By: MattWilsontv http://under30ceo.com/most-influential-celebrity-entrepreneurs/comment-page-1/#comment-50 MattWilsontv Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:15:08 +0000 http://under30ceo.com/?p=775#comment-50 Pat and Ethan, you should read Outliers by Malcomn Gladwell where he talks about the 10,000 hour rule. Jobs was born in the perfect situation at the perfect time. He could walk to HP after school everyday right at the birth of computers. <br><br>I don't think this takes away from his success, but I think Oprah's is the perfect rags to riches story. Pat and Ethan, you should read Outliers by Malcomn Gladwell where he talks about the 10,000 hour rule. Jobs was born in the perfect situation at the perfect time. He could walk to HP after school everyday right at the birth of computers.

I don't think this takes away from his success, but I think Oprah's is the perfect rags to riches story.

]]> By: Patrick@brand-yourself.com http://under30ceo.com/most-influential-celebrity-entrepreneurs/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Patrick@brand-yourself.com Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:31:18 +0000 http://under30ceo.com/?p=775#comment-44 I have to agree with you Matt. When I think of celebrity entrepreneur I think of people who have become famous because of how absolutely brilliant they are in their industry. As for the other side, it's a lot easier to start a business with the connections, fame and money that come with being a celebrity in the first place. <br><br>@rethansmith There are few people I admire more than jobs. I recently found out he was fired from apple by the ceo HE hired. It was during that time he co-founded what would eventually evolve into pixar, before he returned to apple and catapulted them to their current position. <br><br>So my vote would have to go to jobs. If only because so many of his products have changed the game (ipods, computer animation, iphones, etc) I have to agree with you Matt. When I think of celebrity entrepreneur I think of people who have become famous because of how absolutely brilliant they are in their industry. As for the other side, it's a lot easier to start a business with the connections, fame and money that come with being a celebrity in the first place.

@rethansmith There are few people I admire more than jobs. I recently found out he was fired from apple by the ceo HE hired. It was during that time he co-founded what would eventually evolve into pixar, before he returned to apple and catapulted them to their current position.

So my vote would have to go to jobs. If only because so many of his products have changed the game (ipods, computer animation, iphones, etc)

]]> By: Building a Brand? Tell Your Story | Under30CEO http://under30ceo.com/most-influential-celebrity-entrepreneurs/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Building a Brand? Tell Your Story | Under30CEO Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:40:12 +0000 http://under30ceo.com/?p=775#comment-38 [...] Most Influential Celebrity Entrepreneurs [...] [...] Most Influential Celebrity Entrepreneurs [...]

]]> By: MattWilsontv http://under30ceo.com/most-influential-celebrity-entrepreneurs/comment-page-1/#comment-37 MattWilsontv Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:23:09 +0000 http://under30ceo.com/?p=775#comment-37 Hey Ethan, I love hearing Diddy tell his story. I've seen him on Donny Deutsche a few times and he's really good at it. He tells about how he got too cocky for his own good and things went downhill for him. He said he was partying with his pants off. Hey Ethan, I love hearing Diddy tell his story. I've seen him on Donny Deutsche a few times and he's really good at it. He tells about how he got too cocky for his own good and things went downhill for him. He said he was partying with his pants off.

]]> By: rethansmith http://under30ceo.com/most-influential-celebrity-entrepreneurs/comment-page-1/#comment-35 rethansmith Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:56:47 +0000 http://under30ceo.com/?p=775#comment-35 Decent list. Spielberg has done remarkable things, and he recently bailed out DreamWorks after they went almost bankrupt. Dreamworks has done well over the years, but I would be more apt to put Steve Jobs on the list twice - for Pixar, who has had more success in the computer animated movie market the Dreamworks.<br><br>Diddy (Sean Combs) has to the most amazing story on the list. While he was in college at Howard U near DC he got an internship at a record company in NY and traveled back and forth every week from DC and NY. He is a hard worker and has been well rewarded for it. Decent list. Spielberg has done remarkable things, and he recently bailed out DreamWorks after they went almost bankrupt. Dreamworks has done well over the years, but I would be more apt to put Steve Jobs on the list twice – for Pixar, who has had more success in the computer animated movie market the Dreamworks.

Diddy (Sean Combs) has to the most amazing story on the list. While he was in college at Howard U near DC he got an internship at a record company in NY and traveled back and forth every week from DC and NY. He is a hard worker and has been well rewarded for it.

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