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Article: Pernille Lopez.(Business)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- July 3, 2008
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Ever since I was a kid, I've been very adventurous and curious. I went to college in Denmark, and when I was writing my dissertation I decided to go to the United States and stay with a family on Long Island. The subject of my dissertation was a comparison of the American health care system and socialized medicine.
I stayed on Long Island for six months, returned home, got my degree and worked as a freelance journalist for a year. Then I realized that this was not my calling. But maybe I could start my own business.
My brother was in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., working for a furniture company; I decided to move there and start a firm that would import Danish ...