I grew up in an entrepreneurial family. My grandfather started a motorcoach company  ( by selling watermelons he was able to buy his first motorcoach), and was president of a bank during his career. My father was a farmer who then bought a restaurant where I began to work at a very early age in life. This is where I was instilled with work ethics and business integrity early on.

I purchased my first restaurant in my early twenties right after my...