Sam Parr

I knew as much about New Jersey as you probably knew about Missouri growing up because Missouri, where I grew up, very blue collar.

I knew as much about New Jersey as you probably knew about Missouri growing up because Missouri, where I grew up, very blue collar.

And my parents owned a fruit stand.

And my parents owned a fruit stand.

And that is how I learned about entrepreneurship.

And that is how I learned about entrepreneurship.

But back then, they didn't call it entrepreneurship.

But back then, they didn't call it entrepreneurship.

It was just making a living.

It was just making a living.

That's just what people did.

That's just what people did.

And so for years, I thought that I was going to own a landscaping company or something like that, some type of blue collar thing.

And so for years, I thought that I was going to own a landscaping company or something like that, some type of blue collar thing.

But when I was in college, but really maybe starting in high school, I started learning about the internet.

But when I was in college, but really maybe starting in high school, I started learning about the internet.

I started selling stuff on eBay.

I started selling stuff on eBay.

And then in college, I started a couple of e-commerce stores.

And then in college, I started a couple of e-commerce stores.