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Warren Buffet on Jay-Z: Learn from him

• bobf 16y ago
  Jay-Z's entrepreneurial skills and success seem to be pretty frequently mentioned, but when Warren Buffet says "For a young person growing up he’s the guy to learn from," it is definitely worth listening. Full interview at http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/1011/rich-list-10-omaha-warren-buffett-jay-z-steve-forbes-summit-interview.html http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/1011/rich-list-10-omaha-wa...
  • maxawaytoolong 16y ago
    Sell drugs until you make enough money to become a rap star to raise money for your business career? Seems both a bit morally suspect and unlikely.
    • bobf 16y ago
      Diversification doesn't take a genius; successfully diversifying and building a brand is a different story. Lots of people who are successful in one area (professional athletes, for example) try to "diversify" and lose their fortune doing it. As you mentioned, Jay-Z was selling drugs at 13, but maybe there are actually more similarities between he and Buffet than seem readily apparent? Buffet told a few childhood stories in the interview, including one about stealing syrup from nickel Coke machines. Not that drug dealing and syrup stealing are truly equivalent, but if you consider the disparities in their circumstances at that point in life, they might be closer than it seems.
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