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Murtadha ("M.T.")

10/21/2015

 
"The best decision I ever made was to start my own business. I was eleven years old. My father taught me how to repair electronics, so I bought items, fixed them, and then sold them. I didn't know how to manage the business in the beginning. It didn't work so well and I got depressed, but then I learned and got on my feet. My father and uncles - all of them - started their own businesses when they were kids too, so I had them as role models.

"Our family left Iraq one night in 2006 and fled to Lebanon. I worked 24/7 to save enough money to open a store there too and make the business work. I didn't sleep a lot---just a little here and there when I could. 


"Then, in 2009, we came to the U.S. I'm an Apple engineer now with an electronics company.  I also work in customer service and customer tech with my dad's company, buy and sell online, and sell in the open market on weekends. I work hard to help my family and because I want to build up a business. I'm 23 now, and I'd like to get to the point when I'm older---40 or so---that I won't have to work this hard. Hopefully, one day when I get married and have children, they'll have time to focus on their education. I went to school, but honestly, getting an education wasn't really my main concern. I was too busy working."
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