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Pecking Order

Omar Tyree
Chapters (37)
  1. Cover
  2. Colophon
  3. ALSO BY OMAR TYREE
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction
  8. Part I
  9. One
  10. Two
  11. Three
  12. Part II
  13. Four
  14. Five
  15. Six
  16. Part III
  17. Seven
  18. Eight
  19. Nine
  20. Part IV
  21. Ten
  22. Eleven
  23. Twelve
  24. Part V
  25. Thirteen
  26. Fourteen
  27. Fifteen
  28. Part VI
  29. Sixteen
  30. Seventeen
  31. Eighteen
  32. Part VII
  33. Nineteen
  34. Twenty
  35. Twenty-one
  36. Closing Interview:
  37. About the Author

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Colophon

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ALSO BY OMAR TYREE

The Last Street Novel

What They Want

Boss Lady

Diary of a Groupie

Leslie

Just Say No!

For the Love of Money

Sweet St. Louis

Single Mom

A Do Right Man

Flyy Girl

The Urban Griot Series

Cold Blooded

One Crazy-A** Night

The Underground

College Boy

Anthologies

Dark Thirst

The Game

Proverbs of the People

Tough Love: The Life and Death of Tupac Shakur

Testimony

Children’s Books

12 Brown Boys

Nonfiction

The Equation

Title Page

Copyright

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Simon & Schuster
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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2008 by Omar Tyree Incorporated

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information address Simon & Schuster Subsidiary Rights Department, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020

SIMON & SCHUSTER and colophon are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Tyree, Omar.
Pecking order / Omar Tyree.
p. cm.
1. Accountants—Fiction. 2. African Americans—Fiction. 3. New business enterprises—Fiction. 4. Parties—Planning—Fiction. 5. Branding
(Marketing)—Fiction. 6. Success in business—Fiction. 7. Millionaires—Fiction.
8. California, Southern—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3570.Y59P43 2008
813'.54—dc22
2008012091

ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-8024-9
ISBN-10: 1-4165-8024-7

Are we still thirsty

for knowledge?

Or

are we already saturated?

You tell me.

When I had my first money

I was excellent with it.

But when that first money ran out

I became desperate

and unethical.

So I had to build it back up again

like a true hustler.

Then I made stupid money

and spent it erratically

like an addict with surplus drugs

ending up in money rehab.

So now that I’ve faced and battled my demons

and won,

I only hope and pray

that I can make it back to heaven

and stay there

before I die.

“Peaks & Valleys”

by Omar Tyree

Contents

INTRODUCTION   What Is the Pecking Order?

PART I   THE START-UP

ONE   Downtown San Diego

TWO   Back to the Office

THREE   Black Network Parties

PART II   THE PROS & CONS OF PARTNERS

FOUR   The Intimidator

FIVE   Family Ties

SIX   Football Party

PART III   LEARNING TO DEAL

SEVEN   Like a Pimp

EIGHT   Deeper & Deeper

NINE   Money Lessons

PART IV   LIFE & MONEY MANAGEMENT

TEN   Narcissism

ELEVEN   Moving Forward

TWELVE   Everybody Wants Something

PART V   BIGGER FISH

THIRTEEN   Setting Up Shop

FOURTEEN   Celebrity Status