Empire State of Mind: How Jay-Z Went from Street Corner to Corner Office
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (511 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1591843812 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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It was a good read and great insight in to the mind of John Stephon Adair Burned through this book really quickly. It was a good read and great insight in to the mind of someone who truly knows how to work game of life, Jay-Z really took hustling to the corporate world and he owned every opportunity he got. It's made me more aware of the things i need to do in my life to become more financially secure.. I enjoy listening to Jay Z I enjoy listening to Jay Z. However, I'm not a die hard fan (or a die hard fan of hip hop). I took a chance on this book and I thoroughly enjoyed the read. Even though Jay Z didn't "approve" of this book, the author did an excellent job chronicling "Hov's" life and success.. Really interesting for the business-minded and hip hop fans NoahE I would highly recommend this book to anyone that is interested in business, the music industry, and obviously Jay-Z. It is a great read!As both a business man and hip hop fan, I found this book to be really interesting, informative and well written. This book provides many business lessons to entrepreneurs. For example, failure is often part of the road to success, confidence in negotiations, importance of managing your brand (e.g. as never a failure), thinking a step ahead, diversification, and emotional detachment from business partners. The author's explanat
Carter sneakers, catch a Nets basketball game in the afternoon, and grab dinner at The Spotted Pig before heading to an evening performance of the Jay-Z-backed Broadway musical Fela! and a nightcap at his 40/40 Club. This book explains just how Jay-Z propelled himself from the bleak streets of Brooklyn to the heights of the business world. * The Jay-Z branded Jeep that was scrapped just before going into production. He'll profit at every turn of your day. Surprisingly to many, he honed his business philosophy not at a fancy B school, but on the streets of Brooklyn, New York and beyond as a drug dealer in the 1980s. Zack O'Malley
"Empire State of Mind" is a pure product of Greenburg's care and insight, an exploration of hip-hop's most enigmatic mogul, Jay-Z." -Dan Charnas, author of "The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop" ""Empire State Of Mind" follows the money and key pieces of the Jay-Z puzzle in this insightful, savvy readthis book is like a GPS leading us through the modern urban reality of how Jay-Z's empire was built." -Fred "Fab 5 Freddy" Brathwaite, hip-hop artist and pioneer "Lively and often surprising, "Empire State Of Mind" analyzes one of the greatest assets of the hip-hop generation: the business mind of Jay-Z. "Jay-Z's rise to fame has as many lessons for would-be moguls as for budding rappers All these lessons are clear from "Empire State of Mind: How Jay-Z Went From Street Corner to Corner Office, " by Zack O'Malley Greenburg (Portfolio, $25.95)
He lives in New York City. He has also written for The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, and Dan's Papers. . Zack O'Malley Greenburg is a staff writer at Forbes, where he has covered finance and music since 2005. Along the way he's profiled the likes of Akon, 50 Cent and Afrika Bambaataa; his stories have taken him from the casin