Chamillionaire (Music Artist & Performer), Quincy Jones III (QD3 Entertainment) - Successful Independent Promotion: From Artist to Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

Stanford eCorner

Business, Life Lessons, Creativity, Startups, Strategy, Thought Leadership, Education, Stanford University, Leadership, Challenges, Journey, Culture, Etl, Innovation, Founders, Stanford, Entrepreneurship

4.5 • 740 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2009

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Hip-hop artists Quincy Jones III and Chamillionaire discuss mastering the business side of the music industry. Keeping up with cutting-edge technologies, production logistics, and finding creative ways to gain direct audience contact are essential tactics for the self-produced artist in the digital age.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the DFJ Entrepreneurial Thought Leader series, brought you weekly by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program.
0:10.3	You can find podcasts and videos of these lectures online at eChorner.standford.edu.
0:18.3	Welcome to a special edition of the DFJJ Entrepreneurial Thought Leader Lecture Series.
0:23.6	This episode coincides with the launch of the Global Innovation Tournament, which is hosted by STVP.
0:30.6	During the week-long competition, students around the world are challenged to make saving money fun.
0:36.6	Intuit is the generous sponsor of this
0:39.3	international event. Our guest speakers today are award-winning music producer Quincy Delight
0:45.7	Jones III, known as QD3, and Grammy Award-winning rap artist, Camillionaire. To set the stage,
0:53.8	Stanford President John Hennessey
0:55.8	talks about the importance of having an entrepreneurial mindset
0:59.2	to solve big problems and to make amazing things happen.
1:03.7	This is special for a lot of reasons.
1:05.7	We've got a couple of people for you to get to know
1:08.8	later in the program.
1:10.5	But first of all, you may know this
1:11.9	person. This is President John Hennessy. Let's bring them out.
1:17.8	Thanks, Tom. Well, welcome, everyone. How do we change the world? How do we make it better?
1:28.3	How do we think about solving the massive problems we have around the world?
1:33.3	We think outside the box.
1:35.3	We bring innovation. We bring new approaches.
1:38.3	We bring an entrepreneurial mindset to things.
1:41.3	And I think that kind of thinking is what shapes the world.
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