Publisher's Synopsis
PICTURE THIS: A normal 11-year old takes a kid entrepreneurial journey to build a celebrity media company and interview the all-time greats like Jack Nicklaus, Magic Johnson, Patrick Mahomes, Snoop Dogg, Cedric the Entertainer, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Flo Rida, Deion Sanders, Ranveer Singh, and thousands more - all by age 17 before college! This is the amazing and TRUE story of Global Kid Media.
"One second I am passing behind LeBron James and later outside his birthday party networking, and a few seconds later I am caught stuck in a staircase between security guards and later told that is the end of my birthday party adventure efforts... One minute Tom Brady is saying he has to shake my hand as a young trailblazer, and a few minutes later I am on the outskirts for my approach... One hour I am talking to Coach Saban along with players from the top Alabama football team, and the next hour I am staring at the street outside kicked out... One day I am covering a Zion Williamson press conference, and later that day my phone is confiscated and pictures deleted by a security guard despite showing my credentials... One year I am a blink away from PGA star golfer Rickie Fowler waiting patiently with my media badge to show off my research just a couple feet away, and in the next blink I am told to get out immediately by a guard before I can open my mouth but find some solace another year sitting down with the legendary Mr. Jack Nicklaus for an interview... On and on these time adventures go... in one lifetime memory I am getting hassled in talking to players on the eve of the Super Bowl even though I have talked to some over the years, and in the next exhilarating moment on that trip I am throwing passes on the Super Bowl field the very night of that big game! This has all been quite a topsy turvy twisty terrifying terrific thrilling time journey. Well, welcome to my life as a kid entrepreneur. You will get to read these stories and more in this book from when I started as a media entrepreneur at age 11 to the completion of this book now at age 17. It has been a most unique journey that I dare say nobody in the world has gone on filled with dangers, successes, failures, emotions, thrills, and learning. So many stories to tell. So many life lessons to share. So many assumptions to challenge about what is possible and at what age." This Global Kid would go on in just over 5 years to cover 100 events in 18 states including 3 Super Bowls and 4 Final Fours while doing 100 partnerships to help pay his way on those long sometimes 30-hour roundtrip drives. Yet... how does a kid build a company? Global Kid Media: A kid entrepreneur's time-traveling journey might surprise you and even shock you because the obstacles are everywhere! Few want to see a kid interacting with stars and it's nice to hear youth are our key and supported... but the reality is that kid or no kid wait until you face angry security, media gatekeepers pushing you away, almost always only the word NO, and every obstacle prevening success. Well it takes incredible things like:- Fate
- Connecting the Dots
- Never giving up
- Sacrifices
