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The Trophy Kids Grow Up: How the Millennial Generation is Shaking Up the Workplace
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The Trophy Kids Grow Up: How the Millennial Generation is Shaking Up the Workplace

by Ron Alsop
October 2008
Beginner
272 pages
5h 20m
English
Jossey-Bass
Content preview from The Trophy Kids Grow Up: How the Millennial Generation is Shaking Up the Workplace

10.2. VENTURING OUT ON THEIR OWN

Reagan Pollack didn't feel that he needed the leadership grooming of a consulting position, or any other corporate job for that matter. Before he even started filling out college application forms, he knew he was destined to pursue a career "off the corporate beaten track." After all, entrepreneurship was considered "a family gene" dating back to his great-grandfather, and his father had always advised him, "Do what you love, and the money will follow."

But what exactly would he love to do? An acoustic and electric guitar player, Pollack considered a musical career but decided he would probably end up being just another failed artist. There was also his family's party balloon business to consider, but he really ...

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ISBN: 9780470229545