Questions for Johnny Palmer, CEO and Founder of Blackentrepreneurship.com

 
 
1. What did you dream of becoming when you were a kid?
I've always dreamed of being a successful business owner. I dreamed of becoming a multimillionaire and taking care of others financially.
 
2. In terms of time, what was your study-to-party ratio in college?
I partied 90% and studied 10% (that's the main reason why I didn't finish)
 
3. Which entrepreneur do you most admire?
John Moores, owner of the San Diego Padres. He offered to pay for my college education on several occasions when I was in my early 20's and has always been available when I needed him to share his knowledge with me.
 
4. What is your favorite hobby?
I love playing with my family and friends. I'm the world's biggest grownager. A grownager is a grownperson that acts like a teenager. I'm developing an apparel line that will be sold at www.grownager.com.
 
5. How much of your success do you attribute to sheerluck?
I don't believe in luck. I believe in divine guidance. I believe that we each have the ability and right to ask GOD for success and we will receive it if we truly believe that He is able to give it to us.
 
6. What is your greatest guilty pleasure?
I enjoy my freedom to do whatever I want to whenever I want to.
 
7. Where do you get most of your information on your industry?
The Internet.
 
8. What has been the best day of your life so far?
The day my wife Yolanda and I were blessed to become parents of our daughter Bryn. I cried more than the baby cried.
 
9. On average, how many employees do you interact with each day?
2
 
10. When was the last evening that hadn't been scheduled in advance?
What did you do? Tonight. I played racquetball....I'm not a big planner, I just tend to do things on whims.
 
11. What is your worst quality?
I'm not a big planner, I just tend to do things on whims.
 
12. What is your favorite book and why?
The Bible....it has never failed to provide me with peace and encouragement.
 
13. Which decision in your life took the most courage?
Not to go back to college.
 
14. If you could share a drink with anyone on the planet, who would it be?
Oprah Winfrey.....I would love to become her friend...I think she would be a cool Auntie.
 
15. Say you have $100,000 to invest: What do you do with it?
I would invest it in the education of my children. Anything that they wanted to learn, I would take this money and allow them to be taught.
 
16. If you had three months to live, how would you spend them?
I would talk with my family and constantly reiterate the love that I have for them.
 
17. How much is the correct amount to leave to your children?
As much as you have.
 
18. What is the hardest lesson you've had to learn?
That I am fully responsible for my success or failure in life. It doesn't matter one iota what anyone else thinks of me or my abilities. Once I realized this, I quit asking for others opinions.
 
19. What's the next billion-dollar idea waiting to be exploited?
An affordable method to make the common person a millionaire. Something that can be sold in Wal-Mart or via the Internet in the form of a CD or DVD.
 
20. So much of what passes for wisdom is wrong. What piece of contrary advice can you offer?
Wisdom says that you have to listen to the opinion of others. I say that since GOD created us all uniquely, we should make decisions concerning ourselves for ourselves.