It all began in early-eighties Brooklyn at a flea market booth rented by my immigrant parents who were fresh off the boat from Guyana, South America. A 10×10 enclosed booth called “Lovely Lady Hosiery & Lingerie” was my early adolescent entrepreneurial birthing ground. I was responsible for cashing out the register (counting down to every penny), straightening up the inventory (in chronological order by size), arranging all hangers to face the same direction and staying out of trouble—no disappearing at the PAC Man arcade. At the time, I think my parent’s primary intentions were to keep me occupied after school and save on babysitting costs while they strived to make ends meet in the glorious land of opportunity. Little did they know that they were laying a strong foundation of hands-on learning, business acumen and social equity disposition that would become the passion that fueled my present-day work.
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