Monday, May 29, 2006

21st Century Hustle




On April 3, 2000,we launched a newsletter called 21st Century Hustle. It was one of those things where we just interviewed people in business on how they came up... Man it turned out to be a runaway success because after about a year it kind of ran away from me. websites were taking bits and pieces of the idea and I did'nt have the money or the team to keep up.

The Rebirth
On May 12 2004 I got the opportunity of a lifetime to be the guest of Quincy Jones to a massive concert in Rome he put on, that gave me my first taste of the Global experience.
I found myself invited to the table with Q and a close group of influential friends. At one point they were talking about how young Americans are missing opportunities globally. Then they posed the question that changed my life....

"How can young Americans get to understand the opportunities that exist if no one will tell the stories? Who will tell the stories?"

Now my wig is blowed back at this point, because 1. I know I'm sitting on 21st, that tells the stories of people making and taking the opportunities and 2. it seemed like they were looking dead at me when they posed the question. Like "what you gon' do about it..."



The Sleepless 2 years
From that Moment on I've put the pieces of the puzzle together. Took the ideas put them in motion, built the foundation, tried, failed, came back tried again, got a cover lost a cover, then we scored!! Aaron McGruder Blessed us with our First cover. From there I quit my job and is focused on the launch oof 21st Century Hustle the Magazine on Newsstands...June 13, 2006.

21st Century Hustle:The Global Grind Culture
We exist to tell the stories...the good bad and the ugly. We are a fluid orginzation that will change over time to insure we are telling the stories that need to be told. That's why we are here. to find the Grinders, the Go Getters, the Artists and the Visionaries the ordinary people doing extraordinary things.. We welcome to suggestions,submissions columns, whatever!! Holla at ya Boy..

If you know a go getter, tell us about the go getter....

In Motion,

Ali Muhammad
Founder
21st Century Hustle