Dale Dupree – Do Not Be Tricked Into Taking Shortcuts to Riches

<p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/copierwarrior/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Dale Dupree</strong></a> is leading a sales rebellion against the mediocre ways of the status quo in order to put people over products, community over commissions, experiences over performing a pitch, and fellowship over negotiations.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p class="ql-align-center"><strong>“If you miss it at 30, and you don’t find it until 60, it’s okay. Being patient with your outcomes is what’s most important instead of trying to force them.”</strong></p><p class="ql-align-center">Dale Dupree</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h2><strong>Worst investment ever</strong></h2><p>When Dale was 23 years old, he had ambitions to become a rockstar. He rubbed elbows with big names in the industry, such as Lou Pearlman, a well-known record producer.</p><h3><strong>Meet the who is who in the music industry</strong></h3><p>One day, Dale got invited to Pearlman’s mansion for a hangout with the who is who in the industry. He was elated to receive the invite because this was his chance to network with the music industry big wigs.</p><h3><strong>The enticing investment opportunity</strong></h3><p>While at the mansion, Pearlman and other big wigs from Warner Brothers, Sony, and Universal Records did a video presentation of a product similar to Spotify where a user could access any album they wanted at a subsidized rate. Now in 2007, this was huge.</p><p>The big wigs invited those in attendance to invest in the product. One could choose to invest $50,000, $20,000 or $10,000. Dale liked the idea.</p><h3><strong>Here comes the pyramid scheme</strong></h3><p>After signing up for the investment, Dale got informed that he had to get 10 of his friends to sign up underneath him, and all their sales would level him up.</p><p>Then came the wait for returns. A year later, Dale had made nothing. Two years later, he still had not seen any return on his investment. Eventually, in 2012 the scheme was shut down by the government. Dale never made anything from th