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Business Lessons From a Former Gang Member
- rizzom5000 14y agoA cool two-paragraph back story, but otherwise generally worthless. Also, it appears the protagonist of this story is the founder of a successful MLM company - good for him but he'll never knowingly get a dime from me.
- sayemm 14y agoInteresting guy, and that BW article is an okay read but doesn't do that great of a job telling his story. But then I looked him up and came across this HuffPo article on him and absolutely loved reading it, it's a must-read for founders: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/02/ryan-blair-visalus-my-first-million_n_1383430.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/02/ryan-blair-visalus-... I love collecting stories like this. They're real-world case studies of PG's "Anatomy of Determination" - http://paulgraham.com/determination.html http://paulgraham.com/determination.html
- Surio 14y agoNot related to the article, but if people are interested in the "economics" and "sociological" aspect of gangs and other illegal activites, the book "Gang Leader for a day" is a very compelling read. Check your library. (EDIT: I ended up liking it enough to buy a copy.) http://www.sudhirvenkatesh.org/books/gang-leader-for-a-day http://www.sudhirvenkatesh.org/books/gang-leader-for-a-day
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- daniel-cussen 14y ago"Get My Name Right" This is so important. If you just stop and focus on 1) pronouncing a person's name correctly and 2) remembering it, people are going to give you a much easier time.