Harvard man
Kwame Jackson, a first-season veteran of “The Apprentice,” is proving that he doesn’t need The Donald to find success. Jackson highlighted the keys to his success at a Youth Business Leaders Roundtable held at the Small Business Administration on Tuesday.
Jackson, a D.C. native, spoke with a group of teenage business moguls Tuesday, sharing anecdotes from his own youth.
“When I was in seventh grade, I wanted the original Nintendo,” he said, “but my mother gave me a look like, ‘People in hell want ice water.’ ” Showing early business savvy, Jackson got out his lawnmower and went to work on his neighbors’ yards in order to get the game console.
These days, he has moved from gardens to department stores, where he currently sells a line of ties named “Krimson” — much more appropriate for a Harvard Business School grad.
-Ryan Freeman
