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ANTHONY LEWIS After working almost 20 years in the security industry and spending 10 years of that time as the Director of Security for Midtown Plaza and the Midtown Risen Project until March of 2012, I was laid off. I decided to create D.B.I. Management Group in April of 2012, and in 2015 restructured it to D.B.I. Management Gr o u p , L L C , w h e r e managing ideas and visions and turning possibilities into opportunities are achieved through coaching and consultation.
careers. I was excited about the offers and the opportunities, but from my experience, every opportunity isn’t always a good one. Each one needed to go through an onboarding
Currently I’m still suffering from the accident. The disabilities, and chronic pain among other issues have forced me to to make some changes within my business and to find a niche that not only allowed me to use my experience, but also met a demand, which was providing operations management and strategic support services to entrepreneurs and small businesses.
I started out as a freelancer using Twitter as my main source to find clients and since I’ve had years of experience working with music artists, I had an insight of what they needed to promote and market their projects, events, etc. I followed them making humorous comments on their posts, sparking conversations among fans and other artists, creating introductions among artists, spear heading collaborations, giving management advice and then eventually they started inboxing me asking to listen to a new song, beats, watch a video. Before I knew it I had up and coming artists from Hip Hop to R&B from around the world asking for advice, and seeking management for their
that disabled me. This prevented me from traveling to work with him as his manager so in 2016 while laying in the hospital bed after having back surgery, I called to tell him that he should find other management group. We mutually decided to part ways as I didn’t want to hinder his career. A year prior to that we had been working hard and he was mentioned in the 2015 XXL Magazine as an up and coming artist to look out for.
process. I had chosen an amazing artist to work with and we were making progress with his career, then I was involved in a car accident in 2013
My mission is to help people become successful business owners and entrepreneurs, but to also empower them by providing a learning environment for themselves and their business. I inform potential clients that I should not know more about their business than they do, and as a requirement for us to work together they will have ROCHESTER WOMAN ONLINE :: MEN’S EDITION 2020
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