Whenever people ask me about how I started in pawnbroking, I share the story of being a kid who got caught up in the negative stereotypes of pawnbrokers. I went to University of Michigan with the intention to become a doctor.
In my senior year, however, I realized that the passion for medicine just wasn’t there. So I called my mom.
I’ll never forget her response when I said that I wanted to go into the business. “What business?”
“The family business,” I said “I want to be a pawnbroker.”
The rest is history, of course, but I count myself lucky to have a mom who’s always been supportive of me and my ambitions. Being a mother is a tough job, so be sure that you’re good the the special moms in YOUR life on Mother’s Day and every day.
With my mom at Michigan International Speedway 2013
Lunch break in Milan with my parents.
