Eddie Basha Jr.CEO and chairman, Bashas’ Family of StoresDescribe your very first job and what lessons you learned from it. I was 11 years old and it was summer vacation. My mom was making a cake and needed something for it, so she sent me to our family store on my bicycle to pick it up. When I got there, my Uncle Ike thought it was time I had a job, so he told me to go home, take my mother the ingredients for the cake, and come back and start sweeping the store. I pedaled home, horrified, and told my mother the crazy idea my uncle had. She agreed with my uncle! So I went back to the store, grabbed the broom, and I’ve never stopped working. What I learned from that experience is that a family business really is no respecter of age. It’s something that’s in your blood. Describe your first job in your industry and what you learned from it. What was your salary? Who is your biggest mentor, and what role did he or she play? What advice would you give to a person just entering your industry? If you weren’t doing this, what would you be doing instead?
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