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Natalie

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How’s that for an introduction? Short and sweet, right? Maybe you wouldn’t find it so sweet if you could see me now, hunched over another cardboard box as I prepare it for shipping I’ve been packing countless toys since six in the , so don’t think all I do is sit back and count the money

Still, I wouldn’t have it any other way I’m in complete control of my life (and o, though

A few years ago I was another fresh face out of Stanford, ready to enter the high-rolling, dog-eat-dog world of finance Which was exactly what I did; I packed rabbed a plane to New York City, and landed a job at one of these behemoth financial institutions

It tookdirection Despite being attuned to detail (whichthe responsibility of dealing with large sums of money, the world of finance was si for my tastes I needed action and risk, and so I ended up beco an entrepreneur

It was a gradual change; during the days I kept working insidethe nights I transforels CEO It startedto takemy day job was

After threewith a lot of sex toys—research has never been this fun, thatmy own prototypes From there, it took me a few more months to beco in more money that I’ve ever expected Seriously And all this while still working out of my own apartment

“Okay, now that’s done,” I whisper tothe last box on top of the other ones I look around the apartment, hands on my hips, and I realize that I’ll probably have to rent an office space and , and I don’t think I can keep up if I do it all by myself

It’s booot a est distributors of direct hly four times my annual volume