424 - Byron Allen: How To Make History in Your Dream Industry (A Story About Outsmarting The Standards)

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2019

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

Bryon Allen has 3 rules in business: "Don't let anyone come between you and the customer. Don't run out of money. And don't break rules #2 and #3." But he didn't know these rules when he got started. He says people weren't betting on the young black boy born in Detroit... in the 60's... to a 17-year-old teenage mother. But he defied the odds. And found his passion early on (age 12). This episode walks you through Byron's success from comedian to writer to TV producer and distributor... all the way up to the top. Now, he owns "Entertainment Studios," (the TV production company he started at his kitchen table). This is the story of someone who decides to make history. I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.4	This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.
0:12.5	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:15.4	You know, people always try.
0:17.6	I can't wait to get to the top.
0:19.4	Who cares about being at the top?
0:21.6	It's the journey.
0:23.1	I'll never forget, one day Jimmy handed me an envelope and I had no clue what it was.
0:30.2	And I opened it up and it was a check.
0:32.6	It was a check for $25.
0:35.9	And I said, what is this for?
0:37.6	It says, well, I bought one of your jokes.
0:39.3	And at the time, James, I was a paper boy and I was getting paid half a penny,
0:46.0	a paper for every paper I delivered.
0:48.0	I had to throw two newspapers to make one penny.
0:52.2	I had to make like $5,000 to make $25.
0:55.4	To make $25.
0:57.1	So when he handed me this check for $25, I'd never seen a check made out to me before.
1:02.2	I cannot believe somebody paid me for a thought that I had in my head.
1:06.5	And I called the next day after I got the cash and I quit my paper out.
1:11.7	I called my supervisor and I said, like, I don't know how to break this to you,
1:15.5	but I'm very, very rich now.
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