Are you 18-25 years old?

I was 24 and had just graduated from college with a degree in Business Administration with specialization in International Marketing and married the most wonderful woman in the world. My ego was too big and I began my journey into the world of business. Almost immediately I got a job in Gothenburg, Sweden, as an international seller of paper and wood pulp. I made many trips, especially to Latin America, closed successful businesses and I also had other functions, but the downside of my job was the salary that they gave me for my effort.

At this age, I had no work experience and the company where I was accepted had as a compromise to earn the confidence and experience that I really needed. These “ideas” were not only mine, but my wife thought the same and we accepted our situation without concern.

My parents were very proud of their successful son. I followed the pattern of education and training of that time, a good professional education, a great marriage and with the ultimate goal to fight every day to achieve further progress. At that time there was nothing in my mind to create something different, something on my own or something that might have changed my life forever. It’s true that the internet didn’t exist at that time, not even the fax was born. All marketing communication was by telex, telegrams and normal letters. Phone communications were used only in cases of great importance or urgency. Without internet, Skype and/or emails, entrepreneurs were born anyway.