Cay Hill—"Awesome!" "Excellent!" "Exactly what St. Maarten needs!" were just a few comments made by the audience in attendance at the launch of Victorious Living's Wealth Creation Series, held at the Belair Community Center in Cay Hill on Monday night. The audience was engrossed with African American NY Times bestselling author and entrepreneur Omar Tyree, the guest speaker at the launch of the Wealth Creation Series. He spoke about the concept he has studied and developed called "The Equation." His audience, a combination of young and old, turned out to the Community Center to hear the 41 year-old businessman talk about what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur as presented in his "Equation" concept.He explained the four components of the equation which are: Love, Art, Support and Business. The first component comprises a passion for the idea that will become the business, a commitment to the idea, dedication, loyalty and consistency. "Art," which is the idea or product, includes the characters of adoration, presentation, purpose, execution and excellence. "Support" means attracting people to support the product and the person who conceptualized it in order to make it into a successful business. Here, Tyree stressed that people, especially the youth today have to dress in a manner that will attract people with money to invest in their idea and for consumers to support their idea.
He drew attention also to the civil rights movement, which he said prompted people to act. In business, entrepreneurs have to prompt people to "move" in support of their product, because saying you like the idea without moving to support defeats the purpose of attraction.The "Business" component involves taking the idea from support to a point of generating income. Other aspects of "Business" that then come into play are productivity, progress, power and responsibility.
The audience was enthused by the event and many inspired persons stated they are ready to get their business started. Commissioners William Marlin and Frans Richardson also in attendance, endorsed the initiative; while, Lt. Governor Franklin Richards endorsed this initiative with a support letter addressed to local businesses.
The Wealth Creation Series begins with a symposium on August 6-7, 2010 and runs until March 2011. It is designed for both seasoned entrepreneurs and those wanting to enter into business; young people or adults. The first 200 people for the symposium in August are being registered now. To register people can contact the VLF office or visit www.victoriouslivingsxm.org. Tyree's presentation is available on DVDs and audio CDs and persons interested may contact the Victorious Living Foundation at 542-2663. The Wealth Creation is a joint venture of the Victorious Living Foundation and Ascendant Strategy.
