My parents always told me that the only way to live comfortably is to do what all the smart kids do, meaning, to get a university degree and then find a well-paying job. S-T-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y, they said. I listened, and, as you can imagine, I followed their advice.

In a way, I was conditioned to believe that business is only for the “chosen” or “special” ones. This meant that either you would need to be born into an already wealthy family or be extremely lucky, which in my opinion, are pretty much the same thing. The idea of taking risks and working hard towards personal success in the context of business, in my mind, did not exist… until I got my university degree.

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