Parents in Biz

In Conversation with Rob Moore Author, Property Investor and Disruptive Entrepreneur

How did you get started in business?

My dad raised me to be an entrepreneur. But as I went through secondary school and university years, I lost my way. I came back from University to do a temporary job in my dad’s pub and end up being there for 3 years. The entrepreneur bug didn’t go away. And my dad had a nervous breakdown in his pub. I felt very ashamed and motivated to make a change. So, I started as an artist because art was the only thing I really knew how to do well. I did okay for 2 or 3 years, creating art, but never really made any money.

Then by a good chance of fortune, a gallery owner who was selling some of my art, told me that I should go to a Property Networking Event. I normally would ignore something like this, that I didn’t feel comfortable with. But because my dad,

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