On a cattle ranch in Southern Arizona, Mysty Rusk started her first business at five years old. Miles from town, the ranch hands were a captive market, especially when they headed to lunch in her mom’s kitchen. Mysty captured critters, including a horny toad, a tarantula, and a jack rabbit, and set up a zoo in the direct path from ranch to kitchen, charging the ranch hands a quarter for viewing. When her dad found out, he made Mysty return the money, but the seeds of entrepreneurship were already sown.
Image: Mysty Rusk, Director, The Brink SBDC at University of San Diego Donald Carlton - https://www.sandiegomagazine.com
