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Marcus Lemonis
Marcus Lemonis is hiring people to help him expand his empire.
To quote Marcus:
With the growth of my portfolio of companies I’m always looking for great people. Please send resumes to jobs@marcuslemonis.com
I just came across this quick look at 15 billionaires who are bona fide rags to riches stories.
Howard Schultz
Here’s Starbucks founder Howard Schultz:
In an interview with British tabloid Mirror, Schultz says: “Growing up I always felt like I was living on the other side of the tracks. I knew the people on the other side had more resources, more money, happier families. And for some reason, I don’t know why or how, I wanted to climb over that fence and achieve something beyond what people were saying was possible. I may have a suit and tie on now but I know where I’m from and I know what it’s like.”
Since we’re on the topic of Wolf of Wall Street, I’d thought I’d make another recommendation.
Let me ask you a question first. Do you enjoy horror or science fiction stories where an alien creature attaches itself to the victim and refuses to let go? Yeah, me too! Then you’ll love this book.
The Wolf of Wall Street Opens on the 25th
The movie of the year opens on Christmas Day. It’s another pairing of Hollywood heavyweights Martin Scorsese and Leo DiCaprio with the actor playing the notorious real life figure Jordan Belfort who ran a boiler room operation in the 1990s selling penny stocks to the unsuspecting before going to prison. The movie Boiler Room was about a low level salesman who worked for Belfort’s firm Stratton Oakmont. According to people who have already seen it the 3 hours fly by.
Here’s business growth advice from John Paul DeJoria who has built two $2 billion companies since the 1980s.
True rags-to-riches stories are not as common as we sometimes like think, but the story of John Paul DeJoria is a bona fide example of one. At one point he was homeless and at another he was a member of an Los Angeles gang. Then in the early 1980s he launched a hair care products company, John Paul Mitchell Systems, with a startup budget of $700. On top of all that he’s a good speaker and story-teller. Here he is giving the keynote speech at the Stanford 2011 Entrepreneurship Conference.
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