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Had I pursued my education long enough to learn all the conventional dos and don'ts of starting a business, I often wonder how different my life and career might have been.

When I started the business, I hardly went home. I became very driven about work and about my career.

It changed my life in a lot of ways - before I got that role I was just going from job to job, not really having enough money to be able to do what I wanted to do.

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

This mix of willingness and passion made me the businesswoman I am now.

I've had to change careers several times. Sometimes because my interests changed. Sometimes because all bridges have been burned beyond recognition, sometimes because I desperately needed money. And sometimes just because I hated everyone in my old career or they hated me.

My husband changed jobs so fast that I simply never knew what business he was in.

My life has been about big changes.

I changed the course of my life, from the rigidity of mathematics and the corporate rhythm to a more bohemian world.

From the minute I got to 'Fortune,' I loved my job. I knew myself to be a virtual dunce about business, and I was wide-eyed about how much I was learning.