Life is very sweet indeed for Simon Cowell. The Sunday Times Rich List recently estimated that he earned £33.5m in one year alone thanks to the global success of the "Pop Idol" brand. He serves
as a judge on both the UK and US version of the show, runs Production Company Syco TV and has signed a multi-million pound deal with ITV for 3 years for the rights to his hit
talent show The X Factor. So how did a man who dropped out of school at 15 and started his career in the mail room at EMI go on to dominate the global music scene?
The Unauthorized Guide to Doing Business the Simon Cowell Way draws out the universal lessons from Simon Cowell's international success and identifies 10 strategies that can be applied
to any business or career:
1) Know Your Industry/Work Your Way Up
2) Understand Your Audience
3) Get Your Name on the Credits
4) Learn to Roll With the Punches
5) Think big, think lateral
6) Tell it like it is
7) Harness the power of the crowd.
8) Develop International Formats
9) Work with Partners
10) Manage the talent
