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From a relatively early age I got interested in business.

I ran my own business when I was 19, buying condos and renovating apartment buildings.

At a relatively early age, I began to believe that building a business was perhaps the greatest opportunity for making an impact, because it's a tool for making a change in the world.

As the years passed, and I was nine, 10, 11 years old, it became obvious I was going to start up a business of some sort.

I wanted to be a businesswoman from as early as I can remember, and specifically, my real passion was real estate.

I remember when I was young, I was watching TV, and my father came into the room, agitated, and told me to start a business. I was eight years old.

From an early age I was told that I was expected to do more than continue to run a small business. Education was important and seen as a way of moving forward.

I started my first business at 14!

I didn't realize how hard it was to run a small business.

I always knew I wanted to run a business someday.