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Article: Newsday, Melville, N.Y., Money & Power column.(Column)
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- Newsday (Melville, NY)
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- July 30, 2007
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Byline: Richard Galant
Jul. 30--Jason Belkin helped pay his way through college by working part-time as a manager at McDonald's outlets on Long Island.
In the classroom at New York University, he studied journalism and public relations and dreamed of becoming a foreign correspondent.
In the fast-food restaurants in Bethpage and nearby communities, he learned more down-to-earth lessons -- scheduling staff, managing inventory, keeping the kitchen clean.
"I probably learned more at McDonald's," the 32-year-old entrepreneur says. Today, he and his wife, Theresa, run Hampton Coffee Company, a coffeehouse and roasting firm in Water Mill with ...