Black In Business

I just got back from Vegas this morning. It use to be Las Vegas but now that I am hip,it is Vegas. In a recent post I blogged about not being much of a gambler but I was so confident that my Knicks would cover over the Bucks that I went public with my bet. I had the beloved New York Knicks giving 3.5 over the Bucks. The Knicks won by 2. I sat at the black jack table for about 30 minutes before losing another 50 to go with the 100 I lost on the Knicks. Thank God for the nickle slots, I won, 53, 58 and 79 to make me a winner for the trip.

On to our Blackinbusiness man Prince. Wow, Prince is a bad bad dude. He turned the joint out. I was going to say the MF out  but the joint will make the point.As you would think there were many beautiful people and some incredible lovely women. I had one of the best and most lovely on my arm, my wife NRW. Fine Fine lady. Myself, I hate to say it but I hung in there pretty good as well. I had a 4 button burgundy suit with a black undertone and baggie pants, a black dress silk tee shirt and black ostrich lace up shoes.!

The show started at midnight, I told you “I became hip.” NRW and I arrived at the restaurant at8:30 for a 6 course meal. We had smoked salmon, soup, salad, fish course and a meat course consisting of , filet mignon and lamb chop. This was followed by some really hip dessert. This was part of our package.

I puffed on a nice cigar and then we went from the resturant to the club around 10:30. We had VIP seating and a bottle of high quality Champagne on ice at our table for my wife and I. Also part of the package. Prince had a sound system that rocked.The female DJ was one of the best ever and the old school music had everyone enjoying the music and the energy was taken up a notch.

The DJ has a multimedia  presentation that included a historical review of black music. We saw Josephine Baker, Cab Calloway, James Brown  and many more. The music which was from the 70’s blended with the video of stars from the 40’s and 50’s in such a way, you would have sworn Joesphine Baker was dancing to George Clinton. This was the part I knew I had gotten hip. All of this was before the show and Prince would have to come with it in order to out do the warm up. By the way, if you have never seen Josephine Baker dance, check it out and man oh man, you will understand why the French went crazy over her. The moves and the body are indescribable.

At about 12:10 Prince took the stage and wow wow wow!!! Prince had a white suit and a purple silk dress shirt and his entire band was dressed in white,The trumpet player hit notes so high he tore the roof off the sucka.I have seen Prince at least 5 times but never in a night club where you could dance. I am not a dancer as much these days but I could not sit still. I danced my butt off.

During the show we ran out of champagne, so I asked my waiter for another bottle, she said, you know that is 375 dollars a bottle. I said, what else do you have. We switched to mixed drinks. The show ended around 2:20 am

Prince is an artist but also a business man with an ultimate ability to satisfy the customer in a way that is memorable That is my take away, In business, be the best at what you do, and go the extra mile to provide customer satisfaction to make the value so good price becomes an after thought.