Barbara Corcoran: Starting Out as a Nobody in a Somebody Town

by jill ~ October 2, 2009

Last week, Mediashop hosted a Forbes Video shoot at our office for our friends at Red Real Estate and the Barbara Corcoran.  It was a thrill to meet Barbara (she said we could call her that - and yes, Barbara - we’ve rearranged our office as you suggested!).

America’s Most Promising Companies is a new Forbes.com channel devoted to assessing the current environment of young entrepreneurship. This channel is a compilation of distinct video series, featured articles, and business profiles that build up to a list of the most promising small businesses in the nation.

In this segment, Celebrity Mentor Barbara Corcoran advised the entrepreneurs/small business owners of Red Real Estate and discussed important points of interest and suggestions for success for starting out in the real estate industry. Barbara was truly inspiring and I was particularly moved by her thoughts about “making your mark” in New York City. She said the hardest part in the beginning was starting out as a “nobody” in a “somebody” town, but goes on to say, “The City doesn’t give a damn who you are and where you’re from. All they care about is what you can do- and what you can do for me lately. You have a huge advantage starting out here - [New York] is a town that’s totally open to the newcomer and totally open to change.” If you can brand yourself and produce results for your clients or customers, you can succeed.

Check out the first full segment here on Forbes.com.
http://video.forbes.com/fvn/ampc/making-your-mark