I'm a huge Billy Joel fan, and this makes me like him even more. Every budding entrepreneur should watch this vintage footage of Billy Joel explaining how to be an entrepreneur.  Proto-social media, self-publishing, viral marketing. And that was almost 30 years ago.

His message: "if the song is good enough and the voice is distinctive enough," you'll get a record deal. Rings true for journalists and others today. If your content is good enough, niche enough and presented in a format that resonates with your audience, you'll succeed.

Watch this first (it's only five minutes), then listen to The Entertainer.