Tyler Perry Pays Off Over $400,000 Debt for Walmart Shoppers Who Made Layaway Purchases

Tyler Perry is already in the holiday spirit. TMZ reported that the film mogul has paid off over $400,000 in Walmart shoppers’ layaway debt —paying off $178,000 at one store in Atlanta and another $256,000 at a Walmart in nearby Douglasville, part of the Atlanta Metro Area.

According to TMZ, “all the customers have to do to collect their outstanding items is pay a penny at pickup.”

Perry is not only generous with his money but as a successful filmmaker and entrepreneur, he finds time to dole out advice to aspiring creatives and entrepreneurs. At a recent event, the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Summit, Perry took part in a panel discussion dropping various gems of wisdom. Some of his tips for entrepreneurs included:

Stay creative, fresh, and relevant
Serve and then super-serve your audience
Focus intensively on your core/niche
Show them how special they are
Show them that you appreciate them
Treat them with as much respect and sincerity as you would anyone else

Perry also advised those in attendance of the importance of having a good team in place to achieve your dreams, acknowledging that it’s extremely challenging to identify and formulate a good team.

Click here for more on Perry’s advice from the summit.