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– Click/Watch video by Mehran Moin
We’ve met a diverse set of entrepreneurs during this series so far, but now we’re focusing on one story that has a special place in my heart: my dad’s and mine.
If you’re ambitious and can’t ever become president of the company where you work, why work there? After years of working at 3M, my dad, Phil, had an epiphany about securing his future career and being his own boss.
Since becoming the president of 3M wasn’t likely, my dad, who wasn’t an entrepreneur, but worked too long in a corporate environment, decided to become president of his own company.