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4 career lessons you can learn from Rihanna’s latest business ventures
Over the past 13 years, music and creative artist Rihanna has proven her abilities don’t stop at breaking pop music records. She has also launched lucrative designer shoe collaborations, luxury jewelry collections, a fashion line with Puma and most recently Fenty Beauty,her own makeup brand with luxury company group LVMH.
And the 29-year-old, with an estimated net worth of $36 million, doesn’t plan to stop there.
“I have long-term goals in fashion, not so much with any one brand, you never know what’s going to happen,” she recently told Vogue’s Hamish Bowles at the Forces of Fashion conference.
But having had her career take off as a 16-year-old singer signed to Def Jam Recordings to now participating in a variety of business endeavors, Rihanna has advice for those entering the professional world or who want to work for her.
Do your job and do it well
Even as Rihanna is on the road or flying from one event to the next, she is still in charge of screening people to collaborate with her.
Before moving forward, Rihanna checks if job seekers would be able to handle the position.
“If I can do your job better than you, I can’t hire you. That’s a waste of my money and time,” Rihanna says. “But if you have something to offer, I know there’s an expertise that I can respect and I put people in place based on what their strengths are.”
Rihanna also recognizes that old adage “there’s no ‘I’ in ‘team.'”
“I’m only as great as my team, and I pay very special attention to that,” she adds.
Be honest with your goals
Rihanna says not to accept a job offer simply because of greed or the chance to work for a well-known person or brand.
“When it comes down to working for [me], you can come to work and …
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