LinkedIn Influencers share stories and lessons from their first work experiences.

2. How did the top minds in
business start their careers?

3. LinkedIn Influencers share
their first work experiences,
from paper routes to retail.

4. “If it wasn’t for those first few
failures, the future successes
would never have happened.”
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Richard Branson
Founder
Virgin Group

5. “When you do something you love, even the grunt work
doesn’t seem so bad.” Read More
Herb Greenberg  Journalist & Editor, TheStreet

6. “The pay was something around
$1.13 per hour, but the education
was priceless.”
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Geni Whitehouse
Countess of Communication, Brotemarkle, Davis &
Co LLP

7. “Throughout the journey, look for the silver lining. If you can
identify one or two learnings from every situation, you’re headed
in the right direction.” Read More
Gary Swart  CEO, oDesk

8. “I learned how to fall a little in love with each
of my customers; how to take on their
challenges as my own.” Read More
Mickey McManus
President & CEO
MAYA Design, Inc.

9. “My coworkers could have
been hard on me, but instead
they took me in and taught me
about teamwork.”
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Beth Comstock
CMO, GE

10. Read Influencer early career
stories at bit.ly/MyFirstJob