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Hitmaker’s 1st Friday’s – CLICK HERE for promo video. D’ondrae Allen Landers, CEO of Bay Entertainment Events, and host of the ever popular Hitmaker’s 1st Fridays and the upcoming Gospel Brunch took time out to talk with us about his life, his projects and being successful in business.
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ou’re quite an entrepreneur! Tell us about you as a child. Where did you grow up? What was it like?
I never got into too much trouble by a child’s standard. I’m not saying I didn’t get I trouble, just no more than you’d expect from a child of a particular age. I had a terrible temper when provoked though. I still have it but joining martial arts in the 5th grade taught me to control it. Now I can’t be angered. I grew up in Vallejo CA. in the bay area. Everyone pretty much middle class. That’s what I like about the bay area. It wasn’t nearly as segregated by financial status as Los Angeles.
Who wielded the most influence on you as you were growing up? My mother taught me how to distinguish what’s important and what isn’t. She was a single parent working all day every day but she always managed to be there when it counted most. That usually meant when I started to go astray. Trust me, she had ways of getting a brother back on track. In this case my Mother was the disciplinary and my Father was the one that supported whatever I did. Though he wasn’t in the home he was accessible. That combination worked for me.