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Article: Managing funny business.(Brief Article)
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- Black Enterprise
- Article date:
- July 1, 2001
- Author:
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Name: Eric C. Rhone
Age: 35
Occupation: Entertainment manager/producer
Location: St Louis
Job description: Manages and consults on the comers of entertainers, athletes, and writers
The answer stood in front of Eric C. Rhone's face for seven years. He knew his friend had talent and skill and, above all, was funny. It was all a matter of risk: Do you give up what you know for a dream, and a Hollywood dream at that?
For Rhone, the answer was yes. And seven years after quitting his corporate job, Rhone is president and CEO of Visions Management Group Inc., formerly Black Swan Enterprises, a multimillion-dollar firm that ...