The Magic of Making Money

Got a buddy who is onto his 3rd startup but could be coaching his kid's little league games for the rest of his life if he wanted. When it comes to building something of value, getting buy-in from a lot of people and selling that thing for a lot of money, like Kobe, he can flat-out play.

At least that's how I see it.

He says I'm wrong.

He says he is not any smarter, more talented or any luckier than anyone else. He says it is simply, the halo effect.

He says the same people that rejected him and his ideas 10 years ago now treat him like a long lost cousin. He says money has not affected him as much as other's perception of him. And a lot of it comes from the clones of the corporate world who tend to inhabit the tidy and usually outrageously profitable world of high finance. He says when the bank meltdowns started coming he wasn't all that surprised because a lot of those guys are sheep. And they do one thing. They follow the money.

Speaking of following the money, on Monday, May 19, Harvard Business School Orange County is hosting something called Entrepreneurs Conference 2008 - Entrepreneurs Breaking Through the Growth Barrier.

I don't now a lot about it other than Peter Butterfield is one of the keynote speakers and that Peter has plenty of time to talk seeing as how Kia Motors North America just fired him as their CEO. I saw him speak while he was at Kia and he is a very sharp, funny guy. Might be worth checking out.