GENE SIMMONS BUSINESS FAILURES

"There is no failure. Take a cue from the best athletes in the word. “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” is actually a really good phrase. If you’re alive, you’re in the game. Every time you fail you learn something and next time you won’t make that mistake again."   -- Gene Simmons

GENE SIMMONS IS NOT A GENIUS

Over the past few years, Gene Simmons has become increasingly well known outside of his association with KISS. In accompaniment to that, I have noticed that many people throw around the word “genius” when referring to him or addressing him. In interviews, emails, blogs, etc.
– Gene Simmons is a genius rock star
– Gene Simmons is a genius business man
– Gene Simmons is a genius marketer

I’m not sure why, seeing as I am such a lifelong KISS fan, but I think it’s ridiculous. How did this genius monicker get associated with Gene? Is it because he’s wealthy? Nope. He’s wealthy because of KISS. Is it because he is famous? Nope. He’s famous because of KISS. Is it because he is a successful businessman outside of KISS? Successful outside of KISS? Let’s examine further as chronologically as possible.

> Managing Bands: Gene originally “discovered” Van Halen. True story. However, he was unable to get Van Halen a record contract. How bad must you be if you couldn’t get Van Halen a record contract?
He also managed Liza Minelli for a time in the 80s. Remember how popular her music was in the 80s?

> Acting Career: Gene was in the monster hits Kiss Meets The Phantom Of The Park, Runaway and Trick Or Treat. Remember those? Got them on DVD?
Those aren’t really business though…those were jobs.
He did produce and star in the KISS themed movie Detroit Rock City. And yes, it also was a flop.

> Music Producer: Gene produced albums in the 80s. Probably the most well known was by a band called Black’N’Blue. Never heard of them? Most haven’t. They were awful and never even had a gold album.

> Record Label: In the 80s Gene had his own record label, Simmons Records. He discovered and released albums by such acts as Silent Rage and House Of Lords…and a few others. None managed gold success. (As a note, House Of Lords went on to have gold albums AFTER moving away from Simmons.)
In the new millennium Gene resurrected Simmons Records. After a year he released one album by an artist named BAG. Nobody bought it.

> Comic Books: Officially, KISS had an incredibly successful comic for Marvel Comics back in the 70s. Since then KISS has tried to release a comic book series 3 times for 3 different companies. None lasted longer than a year. (Technically this is a KISS thing…I just wanted to point out that a concept practically stolen from comic books has not been able to achieve any success in comic books.)

> Clothing Line: Gene tried to start a clothing line in conjunction with a successful company called Dragonfly. There was supposed to be a boutique in LA. It never opened and the line failed within a year. He has now partnered with Dussault. Have you seen all of your friends, family and co-workers wearing Simmons-Dussault clothes?

> magazine publishing: Gene started his own magazine, just like Oprah and Rosie. It was called Gene Simmons tongue. It didn’t even last 6 months.

> Book Publishing: Gene has released 4 books on his own book imprint line. Now keep in mind, these have all been KISS “themed” or “related” in some way and had some success. The imprint also released a book by his “not wife” Shannon Tweed, but few bought it. He has a new book out recently about the history of prostitution…it didn’t make the best-seller list. He has not released anything not written by or related to him.

> NGTV: This is a company that produces humorous content for YOUTUBE. Gene has been made the “Chairman” of the company. He does not create the content or run the business daily. I have no idea how much money someone can make by posting content onto YOUTUBE for free. [editorial: Gene appears to be little more than a paid spokesman that has been given a title.]

> Marketing: Gene has been given a lot of credit over the years for successfully marketing KISS. I just want to say that KISS really markets itself, doesn’t it? There also seems to be some confusion with the difference between “licensing” and “marketing”. Marketing is a process of promotion in order to generate interest in a product. Advertising, appearances, communication. KISS really doesn’t do that. KISS licenses their intellectual property. What that means is that company’s approach KISS and say, “If you let me put KISS’s logo on our toilet seats, we’ll pay you $XXX.” Licensing is NOT marketing. NOT refusing money from people that will do ALL the work putting YOUR property on stuff isn’t genius…it proves you are not a complete moron.

> Simmons-Abramson Marketing: Based on the perception that Gene is a genius marketer, Gene partnered with a well known marketing guy and started looking for work. Gene likes to brag that companies pay them $2Million for their services.
– INDY: SAM was hired by INDY racing 3 years ago to market their races. You’ve seen all the advertising and promotion, right? Well, the good news is that after 3 years attendance, viewership and merch sales are ALL down from 3 years ago. (Look it up, it’s true.) Isn’t marketing supposed to INCREASE all of those things?
– Frank’s Energy Drink: This is a new energy drink on the market. SAM has been marketing them for a year now. So I’m sure you’ve heard all about it. I’m sure you have seen it at retail locations all over. No? Did you see the sex tape of Gene in his black socks banging one of the Frank’s Energy Drink product models?

> TV: OK…Gene has the #2 reality show on A&E…within a certain demographic. It will be entering it’s 4th season soon. I can’t deny that this has SOME level of success. It does kinda feel like this is the second best selling burger at the local diner being compared to the success of the Whopper, though…

SUMMATION:
• Companies want to license KISS intellectual property because KISS has a large fanbase and they are part of popular world culture. KISS has a large fanbase and are a part of popular world culture because of WAY more than Gene Simmons. There were several other band members over the years that contributed, 3 others that developed the original concept right along with Gene. There was also a record label, management team, lawyers, choreographers, songwriters, etc.
The fact that KISS has been very successfully licensed does NOT make Gene a genius on ANYTHING. It makes him not a moron for not turning down the no-risk, no-effort, free money.
• Gene Simmons has failed fabulously and repeatedly at his business ventures outside of KISS. See ALL of the above examples. (The above does not include investment blunders that Gene and KISS are well known for…like failed horse farms and property investments.)
• Just because people give you money to do something (marketing), doesn’t make you a genius or even GOOD at what you do. It means you are famous and stupid people will stupidly pay large sums of money to get access to you and your perceived fame. It would be genius if you successfully grew there business via your marketing. Now, as shown above…SAM has failed regularly at what they do. So do you think people are paying SA because of their proven track record or because Gene Simmons is in KISS?

Gene is not a genius.
Gene has what he has because of KISS and because of stupid people with too much money.
-Sir Pent

http://lizardsfromafar.com/2008/10/01/gene-simmons-is-not-a-genius/

Gene Simmons real business $ucce$$ comes from licensing KISS stuff.
Nothing else!

However his business books are always a good source of inspiration and motivation!

Scumdog Billionaire

Scumdog Billionaires on Wall Street
      

Scumdog millionaires? Try billionaires! Those billionaire bums on Wall street deserve nothing but our disdain. The Madoffs of the world, the Wall street bankers and brokers, all those rotten to the core people, we say screw 'em! And this t-shirt says it all! An image of the Wall Street sign with a skyscraper behind it (from which some of them ought to jump), and the words SCUMDOG BILLIONAIRES!

Slumdog Millionaires? Try Scumdog Billionaires

Bernie Madoff, the Stanford Financial Group, Lehman Brothers, AIG, who knows what it all means? All we can figure is that there was massive fraud in a lot of places on Wall Street, and it cost Main Street dearly. Here is the t-shirt of the moment, titled SCUMDOG BILLIONAIRES:

Stock broker and money manager and hedge-fund operator and insurance rep can all sell their soul to become Scumdog Billionaire.

The movie Assault on Wall Street which presents the problems that arise with rich bankers and Wall Street brokers, business advisers...etc. It's all about “screwing the little man” so that “the cream rises to the top.” lol.. I love it!!


http://biznik.com/articles/dont-be-a-scumdog-billionaire

Wall Street Mega Billionaires

A nice source of motivation for all the stock traders around here!
Aim for the moon and land among the stars... of trading.






http://www.wallstcollege.com/wall-street-mega-billionaires/

How to Invest Like a Rothschild

Who want to be a Trillionaire?

How to Get Rich Like a Rothschild

http://thecounterpunch.hubpages.com/hub/How_to_do_like_the_Rotschild_and_become_extremely_wealthly

Trillionaire Rothschild International Banking Cartel

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Bob Maron, Watch Dealer to the Stars

By Eric Spitznagel on May 24, 2012

When Bob Maron walks onto the set of Anger Management, Charlie Sheen’s new sitcom for the FX (NWSA) network, he exudes the confidence of a Hollywood agent or manager. Sheen spots him from across the room and walks over and gives him a bear hug.

Despite Maron’s swagger, he’s just the guy who sells Sheen wristwatches. “He has incredible taste,” says Sheen, who’s made Maron a co-executive producer on his show. “He’s the most astute player in the game. He truly is, in my opinion, the market maker.”



Maron specializes in brands such as Rolex and Patek Philippe, and makes a convincing case for spending more on a watch than on a house.

“You can drive a Ferrari, but you can’t drive it into a board meeting,”

he likes to say.

“You can put a beautiful Warhol on your wall, but you can’t take it to dinner with your friends.”

And he has countless stories that prove that spending a fortune on a watch is the best investment you’ll ever make.

“A client I worked with, one of the first hires at Dell (DELL), he bought 22 vintage Paul Newman Daytonas from me 10 years ago,” Maron says. “I thought he was nuts. I remember the highest price I ever charged him for an individual watch was $16,000. A few years ago I ended up buying his collection back. I bought 20 of his watches for a million and a half bucks. He got the last laugh.” (No, Maron did. He only bought the watches, he says, because he knew he could sell them for $2 million. “And I did.”)

Maron, 52, has been buying and selling watches since 1982, and the market for watch collecting, he says, has never been stronger. Christie’s, the New York auction house, reported watch sales of $116.3 million last year, a 28 percent increase from 2010. Global Industry Analysts, a San Jose publisher of market research, predicts the worldwide market for watches could reach $46.6 billion by 2017.
Fine watches have survived their redundancy in the age of mobile phones because telling time is beside the point. “Even the most complicated timepieces have a handmade quality to them,” says Evan Zimmermann, chief executive officer of Geneva-based watch auction house Antiquorum. “They’re not disposable, plastic things that will be replaced tomorrow with something smaller and faster.” In a culture that constantly looks forward, he says, watches offer a connection to a centuries-old art form.

Maron shows off his inventory at his boutique. Photograph by Peter Bohler for Bloomberg Businessweek

Maron, who runs his own vintage watch boutique, Robert Maron Inc., in Thousand Oaks, Calif., has certainly benefited from the increased interest in collectible watches. Most of his customers, he says, buy in bulk. The serious collectors will buy anywhere from 40 to 200 watches. As for what that translates to in actual earnings, Maron won’t get into specifics. “We sell million-dollar watches,” he says. “You don’t have to do a lot of math to realize we’re doing tens of millions of dollars of business.” He says profits are up 20 percent so far in 2012.

Maron seems to enjoy cultivating an air of mystery in everything he does. He declines to name most clients. “I deal with some of the most well-known icons in the business world,” says Maron at his office. “I’m constantly on the phone with somebody from Goldman Sachs (GS) or ….” He pauses, whispering to his associates, Paul King, chief financial officer, and Rob Spayne, sales and marketing manager. “Let’s just say when a guy sells his business for a couple hundred million bucks, his money usually finds its way to me.”

While Maron’s corporate clientele prefers discretion, he has a high-profile customer pool of celebrities, including musician John Mayer and actors Orlando Bloom and Jennifer Aniston. “Maron is the only watch dealer that I ever allowed to bring watches into the locker room,” says Mike Dunleavy, former head coach and general manager of the Los Angeles Clippers. “He knows exactly what you want and how to get it,” says Richie Sambora, lead guitarist for Bon Jovi. “I recently contacted him requesting a very rare Rolex made in 1962 as a present for one of my band mates. Within days it was delivered to my hotel room in New York. He’s the rock star of watch dealers.”
Sheen has been buying from Maron for almost a decade, through good times and bad. The engraved Patek Philippe Calatrava that Sheen used to propose to real estate investor Brooke Mueller in 2007? That came from Maron. And when Sheen tore apart his room at New York’s Plaza Hotel in 2010 looking for his cherished $165,000 Patek Philippe Ref. 5970, the watch he accused adult film performer Capri Anderson of stealing, it was Maron who helped him find a replacement. Maron also sold him the original and was out with Sheen the night before it disappeared.

“He partied a little harder than me,” Maron says. “Dinner turned into drinks turned into 4 in the morning. But I skipped out on dinner the next night. Charlie’s blamed me for his 5970 disappearing. He said, ‘If you’d been with me, you wouldn’t have let me go up to the room with the watch on my wrist.’ Which is true, by the way.”

Born and raised in Chicago, Maron never saw watches as his career. As a student at Harvard and then UCLA School of Law during the late 1980s and early ’90s, he paid for his tuition by buying and selling vintage timepieces. It was a low-stakes hobby he did mostly for fun. In 1999 he attended a Christie’s auction in New York and made an impulsive bid on an IWC Il Destriero Scafusia. “The price was up to $100,000,” he remembers. “And somehow I raised my paddle. I bought the watch for $107,000. And I had no money.” But he did have a line of credit with Christie’s, and he managed to sell the watch for a profit to Silicon Valley real estate developer Robert Eves. “I just started telling him how magnificent the watch was,” Maron says. “I basically didn’t stop talking till he said ‘yes.’ ” With that sale, he graduated into the big leagues.

There’s very little Maron won’t do to beat a competitor. He’s flown to Las Vegas on his wedding anniversary, his wife in tow, to wine and dine an Italian race car driver who wasn’t quite ready to part with his Patek 130, a model that sold at a Christie’s auction in 2008 for $213,833. (“I ended up getting the watch,” he says.) He’s driven out to a hippie commune in Joshua Tree National Park to inspect a rare Patek before a Christie’s inspector could show up. (“I was part of a drum circle,” he says. “I left with the watch.”) He’s hired a helicopter pilot to take him on a high-speed commute from Thousand Oaks to Palm Springs to buy a vintage Patek World Time from a difficult seller. “The guy told me, ‘I want a cashier’s check for $50,000 by 5 p.m. or I’m considering other offers, and I’m not flexible on this,’ ” Maron remembers. “It was 3:30 in the afternoon, and he was 140 miles away.” Maron made it to the seller with minutes to spare.

For all his success, Maron still has a Great White Whale of timepieces: the Patek Philippe Ref. 3449. Only three were made, and two are publicly accounted for. One was sold in 2004 for $1.4 million at an Antiquorum auction and the other in November 2011 at a Christie’s auction, fetching €1.2 million (approximately $1.5 million). As for the third, Maron is either still searching for it or already has it; he won’t say. “People have insisted that I’ve found the third,” he says, without elaborating on who these people might be. “I’m not going to confirm or deny it.” He laughs. “The world will find out if I own it if I offer it for sale,” he says with a grin. “Let’s leave it at that.”


http://thetrueblogtoread.wordpress.com/category/article/

The Wolf Of Wall Street full movie

Excellent! This Jordan Belford is a great man! Masterful interpretation by Leonardo DiCaprio.

Margot Robbie is the mega bombasticly hot Duchess Naomi.


Some pearls of wisdom from this fascinating movie:

“Of all the drugs under God’s blue heaven, there is one that is my absolute favourite,” he says as the camera trains on DiCaprio cutting an enormous line with his credit card. “Enough of this shit will make you invincible — able to conquer the world and eviscerate your enemies,” he explains, staring at the drug. Unfolding the hundred-dollar bill he’s just used to snort powder up his nose, he clarifies that he’s talking about the money.

GEKKO VS THE WOLF: THE FATTEST LINES
Gordon
“The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good.”
“What’s worth doing is worth doing for money.”
“It’s all about bucks, kid. The rest is conversation.”
“Lunch is for wimps.”
“We make the rules, pal. The news, war, peace, famine, upheaval, the price per paperclip. We pick that rabbit out of the hat while everybody sits out there wondering how the hell we did it.”
“If you need a friend, get a dog”
Jordan
“Money doesn’t just buy you a better life, better food, better cars, better pussy — it also makes you a better person.”
“The year I turned 26 I made $49 million, which really pissed me off because it was three shy of a million a week.”
“I am not gonna die sober!”
“I’ve been a poor man, and I’ve been a rich man. And I choose rich every fucking time.”
“My Ferrari was white like Don Johnson’s in Miami Vice, not red.”

Matthew McConaughey is away in the clouds as Mark Hanna, a broker who gives the young Belfort tips to succeed: masturbate at least twice a day to stay relaxed and use cocaine to keep sharp between the ears.

http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/the-wolf-of-wall-street-why-londons-bankers-love-reallife-fraudster-jordan-belfort-9064038.html
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/12/31/wolf_of_wall_street_true_story_jordan_belfort_and_other_real_people_in_dicaprio.html

http://wallstreetplayboys.com/the-wolf-of-wall-street-review/

Bond villains cat & pinky ring

Billionaire CEO with face tattoos

 Bryan "Birdman" Williams ($160 million)

Birdman’s number would be over $300 million if he didn’t share his fortune with brother Ronald “Slim” Williams, with whom he cofounded Cash Money Records two decades ago.


 

Birdman-SouljaBoy 'Rich Gang' face tattoos

On Monday (March 11, 2013), the Cash Money Records honcho posted a photo on Twitter of himself with the Rich Gang emblem from his latest mixtape etched into the side of his face. “RichGang.” YMCMBoss,” he wrote with the photo.
Three days prior, Soulja Boy posted a picture on Instagram of himself with a similar Rich Gang tattoo, except his is written in block letters.



The only centimillionaire CEO on earth
with so many shitty tattoos on his face.

His cash cow

Birdman, who is covered from head to toe in tattoos, unveiled his newest artwork — the initials “GTV” and the Trukfit logo. The GTV is located on the top of his head and it stands for his Grand Touring Vodka brands. The Trukfit image of Lil Wayne‘s clothing line sits on the lower part of his cheekbone. “GTV.TRUK Fit.RichGang.YMCMB,” he tweeted out to his followers.

Obviously, the tats are in honor of Cash Money’s latest business ventures outside of music. At this point, Birdman will be running out of room for any additional ink. Among some of his past artwork includes the infamous 5-star tats which cover his noggin and the “B” and “W” tats (for “Bryan Williams”) on his right and left biceps.

Perfect pic with a lot of ink and bling!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birdman_(rapper)
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eeel45ejkjl/4-bryan-birdman-williams-160-million/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_Money_Records
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_%22Slim%22_Williams
http://www.zmldajoker.com/cash-money-records-cofounder-ronald-slim-williams-pays-for-7-15-million-home-in-cash/
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/black-overclass-rich-opinion-money-talks-affluent-athletes-music-biz-bigs-article-1.390667
http://slodive.com/inspiration/birdman-tattoos/

http://failblog.cheezburger.com/ugliesttattoos/tag/face-tattoos/

Vince McMahon promoter how to

Vince McMahon and Mr. McMahon same person, same way

Event Marketing / Promotion Guidelines

The following are from the on-screen character of Mr. McMahon (which, from sure source, is the same as the real-life off-screen Vince McMahon.)


Ruthless Aggression. Offered more money to buy-out the best wrestlers of rival wrestling promotions.  Singlehandlely destroyed the era of wrestling territories to built the WWE into a global wrestling monopoly. 

Marketing Savvy.  Just think about the yearly WrestleMania extravaganza.

Creative Genius.  Created several characters over the years in the WWF/WWE. 

Mind Manipulation.  Useful in any business negociation.  That's the reason why Mr. McMahon hate attourneys so much.  And that's the reason why Vince McMahon doesn't want a wrestler to bring his lawyer when he negociates a contract.


From the same sure source, Vince McMahon IS:
* Passion
* Focus
* Pay close attention to Details
* Tireless Workaholic. Work 40 hours a day.
* Always open to new ideas

Vince always got the last word on EVERYTHING.


"Doing what's best for business" is the only way to go in any business venture.  

NO EGO.  When it come to offering the fans what they really want.  Vince McMahon have no ego, sort of speak.  

Despite years of disputes and lambasting with Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior, Bret Hart, Bruno Sammartino.  Vince was always willing to take them back into the WWE one way or the other.  

Despite the fact that post WCW debacle, Goldberg and Scott Steiner publicly stated that they will never work for the WWE and made distasteful remarks about the WWE product and Vince McMahon himself respectively.  Vince signed both of them.


Vince McMahon priority was and is to offer the fans what they really wants.

He was willing to give the Ultimate Warrior what he wanted for the show to goes on.  And he was willing to re-engage The Ultimate Warrior despite his unprofessional conduct and his uncooperative attitude.

And most of all, Vince McMahon signed his nemesis during the WWF vs. WCW rating war, Eric Bischoff.  The same who promise to run Vince McMahon out of business. 

More often than not, Vince McMahon was willing to put himself into humiliating and tasteless angles (getting his head shaved at WrestleMania, his feud against Steve Austin, Rikishi's stinkface, Kiss My Ass club...) and put his body on the line (starting his wrestler career at age 53, bleeding himself, cage match, street fight matches...) for the sake of a good storyline.

"I always do everything I do for WWF fans.”  -- Vince McMahon



If I can do it you can do it
Vince doesn't hesitate to put himself and his family (Linda, Shane and Stephanie) into various wrestling angle and in-ring action for the sake of offering a good show.  Vince risked injuries in the ring and bleeded himself.  Vince and his daughter Stephanie were on the receiving end of a Rikishi's stinkface (rubbing his 350-pound butt crack into their faces).  Linda McMahon being on the receiving end of a Steve Austin's Stone Cold Stunner.  And his son Shane McMahon performed some of the most fantastic daredevil aerial stunts ever seen in the pro wrestling world (Shane's dive onto the Big Show from high Titantron), gets suplexed through glass twice and take several chair shots.

An unlikely stunt for a billionaire son.

Stick to what you do best
But Vince McMahon should learn to stick to what he knows best.  You're the god of wrestling.  So stick to wrestling! 


"What I learned from the XFL experience is to be smarter the next time I take on the NFL."      -- Vince McMahon

Here are some of Vince McMahon failed business ventures...

- WBF (World Bodybuilding Federation)
- XFL (Xtreme Football League)
- WWF New York Restaurant
- WWE Niagara Falls merchandises store
- ICOPRO (Integrated Conditioning Program) weight training supplements
- WWE Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas that never opened

- Evil Knievel Grand Canyon Jump. A closed-circuit fiasco who forced him into personal bankruptcy.
- Cape Cod Buccaneers hockey team.  Also promoting concerts at his Cape Cod Colliseum
- Boxing match promotion
- Two music companies??
- Shane Productions.  His first movie production company.
- WWE Fan Nation/Universe online social network
- not to forget Linda McMahon's two Senate runs in Connecticut


"I'm not afraid of failure. I'm not afraid to fail. I hate failure, I love to succeed. But I wouldn't say I'm afraid of it." 
                               - Vincent K. McMahon

“I’m not afraid of failure. I’m not afraid to fail. I hate failure, I love to succeed. But I wouldn’t say I’m afraid of it,” – Vincent K. McMahon

Read more at http://whatculture.com/wwe/wwe-vince-mcmahon-is-he-brilliant-or-insane.php#C2go6UQG5IU4qxkI.99

“I’m not afraid of failure. I’m not afraid to fail. I hate failure, I love to succeed. But I wouldn’t say I’m afraid of it,” – Vincent K. McMahon

Read more at http://whatculture.com/wwe/wwe-vince-mcmahon-is-he-brilliant-or-insane.php#C2go6UQG5IU4qxkI.99

“I’m not afraid of failure. I’m not afraid to fail. I hate failure, I love to succeed. But I wouldn’t say I’m afraid of it,” – Vincent K. McMahon

Read more at http://whatculture.com/wwe/wwe-vince-mcmahon-is-he-brilliant-or-insane.php#C2go6UQG5IU4qxkI.99

Vince McMahon should stick to Sports Entertainment.  Just like any of us should specialize in one domain and stick to it.  Don't become  a jack of all trades, master of none.

But who the fuck I am to criticize the god of wrestling? 






Article written by me, PYGOD, and originally published in my Combat / Strength sports blog StrengthFighter.com
Article link: http://www.strengthfighter.com/2013/12/vince-mcmahon-promoter-how-to.html


http://mvbprowrestlingmma.blogspot.ca/2011/04/vince-mcmahon-is-about-to-go-down-in.html
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/395345-genius-not-so-fast-vince-mcmahons-five-biggest-flops#/articles/395345-genius-not-so-fast-vince-mcmahons-five-biggest-flops/page/2

 http://www.wrestlingperspective.com/positioning.html
http://whatculture.com/wwe/15-things-wwe-wants-forget-vince-mcmahon.php

Vince McMahon Forbes Billionaire 2014

THE GREATEST COMBAT SPORTS PROMOTERS


Vince McMahon supports Strength Fighter dot com

The Brain Of A True Entrepreneur

Do You Have What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur? 

See The Phrenology of a True Entrepreneur 

 

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/hannylerner/2013/03/18/do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-be-an-entrepreneur/

Donald Trump view on MLM

'Isildur1' Viktor Blom playing style

Hyper-aggressive
Unpredictable

"I deposited $2,000 and within three weeks I had $2 million."

Large bet bluffs and reraise bluffs are all part of the playing style that he has perfected.

- He knows when to hold'em and when to fold'em.
- He puts his opponents to a decision for all of their chips.
- His continuation bet size is excellent, wagering bout 350 into most pots.
- His signature fatality is arrrr-in on the river with an overbet.
- People conjecture that he has been staked by that overweight neanderthal slob Tony G.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29/news-views-gossip/isildur1s-playing-style-909876/index2.html

PASSION FOR THE GAME
His hyper aggressive style is highly lucrative but is major leak is his complete absense of bankroll management.

ISILDUR1’S WILD RIDE

Blom won and lost fortunes during a 13-month span between 2009 and 2010. Below is a look at the roller coaster swings during that time.

Oct. ʼ09: $-989.48K
Nov. ʼ09: $1.32M
Dec. ʼ09: $-2.22M
Jan. ʼ10: $0
Feb. ʼ10: $199.82K
Mar. ʼ10: $225.17K
Apr. ʼ10: $156.52K
May ʼ10: $-42.63K
Jun. ʼ10: $-249.1K
Jul-Aug. ʼ10: $0
Sept. ʼ10: $-214.1K
Oct. ʼ10: $-414.05K
Balance: $-2,227,850
* data from highstakesdb.com

...nine-tabling $500/1000 against Dwan, Ivey, and Antonius all at the same time????  The guy is plain crazy!

The style used by Viktor Blom is not one that many players would follow. In fact it has been described as reckless by most people. He often makes large bets even when he has nothing. He frequently plays multi table games when he is online and he is hyper aggressive. This has resulted in some really wild swings in his fortunes. After initially breaking onto the scene by winning a million dollars in a few weeks he managed to lose three million in one game. These swings have occurred because most of the professional players are smart enough to not fall for his bluffs.


'Isildur1' Viktor Blom is most likely the most thrilling poker player ever.  But his playing style and, worst of all, his bankroll management are not one to emulate.  You should model yourself on an equally aggressive but wiser player like Phil Ivey.  The point here, is to be a long-term winning player.  Not a rollercaster skydiver kamikaze. 

Nonetheless, my hat off to Viktor Blom.  He is an amazing player with tons of raw talent and an unseen willingness to face the best of the bests at the same time at the highest stakes possible.  A 1-on-3 handicap match.







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Poker Grinder

Grinder

word type: poker slang

1. Poker player who plays in games they're significantly over-bankrolled for while also playing a style of poker that leads to consistent and steady win rates.

* definition of 'grinder', taken from "Grinderschool" training site

grinder (n) a professional poker player who earns a living through small but consistent winnings (See also: rounder)

I think of a grinder as a player who--
1) puts in great volume,
2) has a positive win rate,
3) thinks systematically about the game and tries to improve as they play,
4) plays within their bankroll.

Grinders rarely "take shots" and money does not come pouring on them, but nor do they lose it easily. They accumulate capital slowly, but steadily and securely.

Grinders rarely take shots because grinders don't take alot of risks. Grinders look for maximum gain for the least amount of risk...

a grinder is a player who understands that solid play + volume > short term variance.

He just keeps putting in hour after hour, day after day, month after month until he looks up at the end of the year and sees a significant profit.

Understanding the math and playing solid poker according to the math will always win in the long run regardless of the short term results. I like these two mostly.

Where You Can Find Grinders

Actually, you can find grinders in almost all types of poker in the lower and middle limits. You typically don't find a "grinder" per se at the nosebleed stakes. Most grinders will multi-table to the tune of eight or more simultaneous tables, oftentimes of identical game types and limits. For instance, a Sit and Go grinder might play eight tables at a time of $25 turbo 9-person Sit and Goes. Considering that 10% (after rake) is a great ROI for a Sit and Go player, that means that the player is only making $2.50 per sit and go. But if they can squeeze in 20 sit and goes in an hour, then they're "grinding" a $50 per hour win rate. By contrast, if that same player decided to go play a $200 Sit and Go, then they're now "off their grind" and taking a "shot" at a higher game.

You Should Also Know...

While some grinders do play almost exclusively large, multi-table tournaments, these people are a very rare breed. The goal in a large tournament is to make a big score, to win a sum of money that can sustain you until the next sizeable take. Some people are able to win small to medium prizes on a fairly consistent basis, but in general, grinders don't specialize in multi-table tournaments because luck can swing one's results too quickly in them and they take too long to make smaller wins worth the time.
Additionally, online players can earn rakeback to increase their hourly rate, and some online poker rooms only offer rakeback for cash games.

In Film - Rounders

The terms "grind" and "grinder" are featured in the opening monologue of the popular poker film, Rounders.

Guys around here'll tell ya... you play for a living.
It's like any other job. You don't gamble. You grind it out.
Your goal is to win one big bet an hour, that's it.
Get your money in when you have the best of it, and protect it when you don't.
Don't give anything away.
That's how I've paid my way through half of law school.
A true grinder.
See, I learned how to win a little at a time. But finally, I've learned this...
If you're too careful, your whole life can become a fuckin' grind.


The Gambler - Kenny Rogers

You've got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
'Cause every hand's a winner And every hand's a loser





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Top 10 Richest People In History Ever

Here are the Richest people in History Ever. These are mega mega billionaires.The 10 people on this list are the wealthiest human beings to ever walk the earth. I guarantee the #1 person on this list will make your jaw drop. Thanks for Watching. Please subscribe, Share, Comment and like. Richest man in history, ever.

When we think of the world's all-time richest people, names like Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and John D Rockefeller immediately come to mind. But few would have thought, or even heard of, Mansa Musa I of Mali -- the obscure 14th century African king who was today named the richest person in all history. With an inflation adjusted fortune of $400 billion, Mansa Musa I would have been considerably richer than the world's current richest man, Carlos Slim, who ranks in 22nd place with a relatively paltry $68 billion.

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Who were the wealthiest people EVER?
Our list of the twenty richest, based on scholarly estimates and adjusted for inflation, includes entrepreneurs, warriors, and robber barons. We did not include monarchs, whose vast wealth is considered public.
Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Carlos Slim are the only living men who crack the list -- and that's only counting their net worth at bubble peaks in 1999 and 2007.
You'll notice much of the list come from England and America. Partly this happens because that's where estimates were available. But it's also true extreme private wealth occurred only several times in history, such as: The great lords of England, the Gilded Age, and today's credit bubble.Who are the richest human beings ever? We've been researching this article for the last week so get ready to have your mind blown by these mega mega billionaires. The 25 people on this list are the wealthiest human beings to ever walk the earth. We started off with roughly 50 people then finalized the top 25 after adjusting for inflation to convert the fortunes into 2012 dollars. For example, the annual rate of inflation change between 1913 and 2012 is 2199.6% so $100 million in 1913 would be equal to $2.299.63 billion in 2012 dollars. We also used the most recent price for an once of gold which is roughly $1750 as of October 17, 2012.

In addition to some familiar modern names like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, our list features older magnates like Vanderbilt and Carnegie. We also included lesser known billionaires from history that you may have never even heard of before. We guarantee the #1 person on this list will make your jaw drop.Quick: who is the richest man of all time? Bill Gates? Warren Buffet? Not even close, though there's no denying they're very, very rich. The richest man of all time, when wealth is measured as a percentage of the national economy, was John D. Rockefeller, whose fortunes made Gates' and Buffet's look downright puny.

Keeping score of who's wealthier is like a spectator sport with Forbes magazine as its official referee. Last year, Forbes counted 946 billionaires (there are too many millionaires to count, so they don't bother with that anymore) with combined net worth of $3.5 trillion. That's larger than the GDP of Germany, the third largest economy in the world.

But the richest people ever belong in their own special club. These people (all men) have built fortunes of legendary proportions when calculated at the peak of their wealth. Here is the list of the 10 Richest People of All Time and How They Made Their Fortunes.

The list of the wealthiest historical figures is an attempt to gather and compare the net-worth and fortunes of historical figures against one another. Inflation and other factors devalue currency over time; economies of different regions over time periods; and economies' produced goods, commodities, and services over time. These fluctuations increase difficulty when accurately assessing and comparing fortunes from different decades, centuries, and especially millennia for the economy of any given State or region. Also, because several individuals and families never had their financial records revealed publicly and there are no contemporary estimates of their net-worth, several individuals could be omitted due to a lack of citable estimates of their net-worth. Some estimates of individuals' wealth are based upon ownership of capital and stock in a company or many companies, the value of which is always changing.