There's obviously the more extreme version of that, which is the death penalty, which I don't adhere to, but I could see the rationalization of, well, you stole somebody else's life, so you don't sold these lies that are basically impossible for everybody in society to achieve. And understandably people get angry, and if you're angry and if you feel entitled and if you're in
I remember Kid President was one of my favorites. Sold that to Participant and has sort of been on a path to understanding, and perhaps rethinking spirituality and religion, and is here today to talk about his book,which I had the pleasure of reading over the weekend while my daughter was chasing Pokemon and the Promenade-- so thank you for that--
And I just started building a body of work and knowledge and contacts and turned that into the podcast The Anxious Achiever in 2019. Sold the business that I had owned for 11 years two years ago exactly and have now embarked on a new journey.And you said something that jumped out to me there.
Over a million shows or gigs happened through the site over the 13 years or so that I ran the business. Sold it in 2013 to a private equity group that merged with the Billboard Media Group.And then, went to Berklee to found the Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship.
Absolutely. So in veterinary school, you learn the basics of all the domestic animals and then as you continue to sold out, but they also use those chili peppers now to create chili pepper bombs
Right. And it still didn't make their top 35 or 40. sold a company for a couple million dollars.
Now, in March of '20, when I had turned it in to the label and was anticipating a first leg of a tour which had already sold out in arenas, COVID crisis hits.The first thing I do is I cancel the tour outright, refund all the money, very aware that folks might need that cash for credit card bills and the rent.
Just do it after the talk. Sold over 10 million albums worldwide, 8 million in the UK alone, making them one of the most successful Welsh and British rock bands of all time.And big on YouTube.
5 mil. 5 million-- OK, so the last figures were, from a season and a 1/2 ago, that Manchester United, on a yearly basis, sold 2.9 million shirts.Or rather Adidas or whoever the manufacturer was-- 2.9 million shirts.
It's easier than it is in California. Sold houses for five years, couldn't stand a second of it.Hated it. I said to myself, something good will come of this one day, I honestly believe.
Finally, I sold a house to a guy who started a biotech company-- worked for a biotech company. Sold him a house.Called me up a couple years later.
Sid, you have it. Sold to you. The great Picasso, at $100 million, $102 million.Larry, do you have it?
For you, sir. The Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington, $7,700,000 and selling at Christie's for $10 million. Sold to you. - The beautiful "Whistling Swan," $280,000.Sold . - And we go to Delacroix.
Sold to you. - The beautiful "Whistling Swan," $280,000.Sold . - And we go to Delacroix.Here comes the first really important question.
I'm moving forward. Somebody asked me, hey, what's the name of your realtor because I want to sell my house, and you sold quick and everything.For the life of me, you guys, I could not remember.
Wow, cultured group. That's great. Sold . So you were talking a little bit about how different this is from the traditional opera houses.What do you sort of try to preserve that exists in the traditional opera houses, and where are you really trying to change things up?
Built up a hedge fund, then a fund of hedge funds, then I built this kind of social media site for investing. Sold that, started another hedge fund after that.And then gradually, I started doing more and more angel investing, because I realized I really couldn't handle-- day trading and hedge fund investing
And that's what we're shifting a little bit, not just that brand that makes workwear. Sold that in the US and in Europe.
sold ourselves this false notion that, oh, but kids they all listen to hip hop.
Sold all the books.
Sold out crowd on this side of the country.
sold a story since birth about what America is about democracy and a lot of us who identify lot of people identify
Sold horribly. So it was one of these critical successes that was disappearing.
Sold millions of copies.
sold it to the Kinki region for prices equivalent to 20 million or 40 million yen in today's currency. So, one amazing product can
sold for 1800 yen, and it's a huge market, especially in Japan, a mass market. So
Sold . I think we tend to work on stuff that's a little less sexy than the space age Pantyhose for seniors?
Sold those bricks and saved up.
sold a few copies of a book.
Sold out performances in 2011 in the Orlando Fringe Festival and then yeah, woo.
sold out all over the place.
Sold a bit. Sold out its first print run, but it didn't really do anything.
sold to Gambrinas Company, the importer of Corona beer.
sold more than 3,000.
Sold to AT&T's mobile advertising that's been out recently.
Sold the company, joined my two sisters-in-law, and here I am.
sold at the market, so it's a lot of small fish, and the fishermen eat them. So here, having it right under
Sold out Bleecker Street Theater Was produced by Nathan Lane.
"sold ." Signed it. So that was -- I mean, so I want to make clear at the very beginning -- I'm not
Sold it to y'all . And they've been great.
sold three or four or five years ago and how do you measure that?
sold in about 3 days. Uh so the and we got national media attention and then we
Sold in places--. Hey, I think it's a great idea. Sold in places unrelated to eating.
sold to us in our culture,that you don't need a team.
sold these around the world to collectors, libraries, universities, and so on and did this for many, for many decades. He became known as Great Britain's best bibliographer
sold , and so on. Why do people believe this stuff? Well, it turns out, I think, that these books are really masterfully exploiting many of the illusions we've talked about today
sold make me an offer I cannot refuse you know if I win then
sold the idea of Smoothies better to people. We didn't invent. We're not crazy guys with beards hiding in sheds. I have a shed. But then, when you've had your idea, you got to
sold off his team to new york uh those were red sox players playing for them they were just wearing pin stripes at
sold arms they handed over state assets they provided intelligence about enemy forces they spread rumors