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The One Word That Shouldn’t Exist in an Entrepreneur’s Vocabulary

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She was president of the UJA in Sacramento. From this I saw civic involvement and leadership first hand. Stay with me. When I was little I had a role model for entrepreneurship – my mom. She was a natural leader. She was a nurse but was never graduated from a 4-year college.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

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She was president of the UJA in Sacramento – the United Jewish Appeal. Then she opened a bakery and a second bakery and then a restaurant – in Sacramento. That leadership trait is just not innate in everybody. My mom was an entrepreneur – she was kind of my inspiration for entrepreneurship.

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Why Immigration and The Fourth of July are so Entwined

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Louis, then Philadelphia and ultimately to Sacramento, CA. On my mom’s side they came from Poland and Lithuania and similar such places. They arrived through New York and eventually found their way to St. The turn of the last century wasn’t kind to Eastern European Jews so I guess the sacrifices of the pilgrimage were worth it.

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