Stay updated with breaking news from Go into business. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Of. the largest to friends for women who go into business who they own company is that they are entering a male dominated world. so if you and says as a woman you are being faced with challenges where you basically experience that what you say doesn t get heard as much or perceived as much as if. a man would say it sometimes so i think there is a lot of learning and experience in terms of how you express yourself how you present yourself how do you get your message across how do you convey your ....
Or had the knowledge to really run a business and have an equity fund or a real estate fund. and so everybody thinks that oh, because i m magic johnson, i had it easy. well, i had it difficult because to build those theaters down the street and the starbucks, i had to do it with my own money until i had a track record of success. then they looked up and said, oh, i guess he does know business. now i will invest with him. but i think that we all have to overcome something and then make no mistake about it, all four of us had to put in a lot of work. if i was telling a young person anything, first of all, your work ethic has to be off the chart. then what is your niche, okay? what is it that you re passionate about that s going to wake you up in the morning? see, the money, the check is not going to wake you up. that s not going to wake you up. it s your love and passion for what you do. ....
Never seen anything quite like this. magic johnson, tyler perry and stevie wonder. all together on the same stage at the same time. i mean, this is it s live all over the country on msnbc. i was just thinking all these people here, i can ask all of you how you all can get me a job. i ve always wanted to be a ballplayer. and we always wanted to sing, see? you all could just cross, do it for each other. let me ask you something, though. when people are seeing all this success, clearly all of it a result of the movement, and then the obligation that all of you all have said tonight that we have to continue and whether it s in business, whether it s in artistry, whether it s in cinema and business. ....
Happened didn t happen. it s real. confront it. deal with it and make the difference by changing it. sallie? as i look to 50 years from now sitting here today, business and capitalism has a brand problem, and it should. i m hopeful that as we look out 50 years that we can move away from just the focus on the shareholders to the focus on the communities and the employees and recognize that you can do well and do good at the same time but that our business leadership really begins to embrace a true meritocracy where people get ahead because of their hard work not because of the color of their skin or their gender. it s very important for young people, if we re going to grow and for just people in managing their careers and their lives, whether you re 50 or you re 20, ....
they can feel it all over they can feel it all over welcome back. welcome back. well, our panel is growing. in our last few minutes we re joined now by one of pioneering businessmen on wall street, ron blaylock. glad to have you on. thank you, reverend. ron, you heard magic johnson talking about the difficulties of business and ted banks turning him down, and he s magic johnson. how was it for you and other businessmen that have tried to in these years that the dream was trying to be realized, go into business and develop business as a minority even on wall street? as earvin said, it s very difficult. a lot of setbacks. a lot of nos. ....