Gavin Newsom: “I started right out of college, pen to paper, one part time…”

“Again, speaking of purchasing, you can buy it in bulk, it's be out in February, but to sort of Demystify all this, February 23rd. But I say that to make this point. That. I'm a small business guy. I started right out of college, pen to paper, one part time employee, Pat Kelly, opened a little business with literally $175,000, 13 investors. I built that. Restaurants, hotels, wineries. We got about 1,000 employees, 23 little businesses. I say that not to impress any of you, but to impress upon you my passion for entrepreneurialism, my passion for risk taking, free enterprise.” (42:28–42:39)

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