Making Money

Do you want to be counseled by Robert Kiyosaki?

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Here’s an interesting article called ‘Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur?’ that investigates Robert Kiyosaki: from ABC News.

How easy is it to make money? If someone handed you $1,000 and gave you 20 days to turn a profit, would you have any idea where to start? “20/20” challenged three would-be entrepreneurs to find out. To give them guidance we brought in famous get-rich guru Robert Kiyosaki to offer them his secrets for money-making success.

It throws down a challenge to three contestants who are counseled by the Guru and examines what happens to them over 20 days.

For more about what happens, it’s worth reading the full story. And yes, I know it’s an old story, but still! I hadn’t seen it before!

666: The number of the devil? Not in Taiwan!

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For reasons that I must admit are a bit murky to me, 666 has been associated in the Christian world with the Anti-Christ. Far be it from me to enter a theological or mythological debate, I would like my readers to read this story…

cbs5.com – SF Cab Driver Claims Taxi Number 666 Bad Luck

In Taiwan, the numbers 6 and 8 are considered very lucky or auspicious numbers. Combinations of 6 and 8 are therefore very desirable. In fact, license plates with these numbers fetch high prices.  Prices in stores often end in these numbers.

The number here to be avoided is the number ‘4’ because the sound is similar to the word for death. Hence there are no rooms with 4 or 44 in hotels, no 4th floor in hospitals, and so on.

I guess my point: numbers and their related meanings are highly culture determined. In Taipei, the SF Taxi Driver would be able to sell his cab for a lot more!

Are all artists wishing they were making a PRINCEly sum?

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As a brief, but interesting sidenote to the Pandora debacle, another artist is shoving aside traditional ways of making money from CDs. In the UK, he just GAVE AWAY the entire CD to a newspaper’s readers… How cool is that?

The New York Times Article examines the highly original and adaptive “Prince”… it’s a really interesting article regardless of what you think about his music. He’s innovating in a way that really gets to fans, and they are shelling out big time… So, read on …The Once and Future Prince – New York Times

I’VE got lots of money!” Prince exults in “The One U Wanna C,” a come-on from his new album, “Planet Earth” (Columbia). There’s no reason to disbelieve him. With a sponsorship deal here and an exclusive show there, worldwide television appearances and music given away, Prince has remade himself as a 21st-century pop star. As recording companies bemoan a crumbling market, Prince is demonstrating that charisma and the willingness to go out and perform are still bankable. He doesn’t have to go multiplatinum — he’s multiplatform.

And for those interested in a review about his new album: Planet Earth. Here is the album on Amazon.com.