I was born in Albania just after the fall of Communism, which greatly influenced my education and focus on math and sciences.

To be good at managing money, you need to talk about it openly and maintain financial literacy from a young age, just like how athletes discuss their sports.

I learned to be grounded and not take anything for granted, especially after experiencing failure with the first version of inDinero.

During my childhood, I didn't engage in much entrepreneurial activity, but I learned to use a computer early on and made money fixing computers for friends and family.

I grew up in a one-room house with my family, and despite the extreme poverty, we never felt the burden of it, as my parents worked incredibly hard to ensure we never felt the struggles of our circumstances.

My early life was spent in extreme poverty, but we never really felt the burden of poverty because we had never worn fine shoes, so we didn't know what we were missing.

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I grew up in a middle-class family, and my father's optimism and work ethic had a significant impact on my outlook on life. I learned a little bit about business when I was young, realizing that sometimes employees' interests can differ from those of the employer.

I started investing at a young age, motivated by my parents' encouragement and the opportunity to build a portfolio on Yahoo Finance during the dot-com boom.