In his youth in India, Jay Sidhu, chair & CEO of Customers Bank, could have studied medicine or entered the military. He chose business and after a grueling admission process, was accepted to India's first business college, the School of Business in India

Steve Stoute is founder/CEO of Translation, a PR firm expert in understanding and relating to today's generation. Author of "The Tanning of America" Steve Stoute talks candidly about growing up in Brooklyn, and his not-so-direct route to success.

Dr. Lawrence Smith is Founding Dean of the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine and Physician-in-Chief of the North Shore-LIJ Health System. The two institutions established the School of Medicine, a true partnership of outstanding institutions.

Scott Galin, of Handler Real Estate, a full service real estate firm, in NYC, remembers the $10, paid weekly and the Saturday breakfasts he shared with his grandpa when he worked for G&G, the family's retail business.

Raised in Fleischmanns, NY, a small community in the Catskills, Kenneth Pasternak begins -early in life-to be an extraordinary entrepreneur. Mr. Pasternak took interesting twists and turns along the way to his current role as founder of The KABR Group.

Founded in 1944 by Pasquale Scognamillo, Patsy's Italian Restaurant continues to provide hospitality to its patrons. Following in his father's footsteps, Joseph and his son Sal tell the family's story of hard work, good food, affection for their clients.

Martin P. Klein talks lovingly about his parents. Eastern-European, Rosie and Louie lived on Pulaski Street. Rosie sang-and understudied Molly Picon; Louie was an entrepreneur. "When you grow up with my mom & dad-everyday was almost a party."

David Cornstein was first to open a fine jewelry counter in a department store. No jewelry was sold outside of jewelry store at the time until a counter opened at JC Penny in Lake Success. He developed Finlay Fine Jewelry and is now with Circa.

Richard Frankel, like many high school kids, worked in the Catskills, at the Raleigh Hotel. He worked lights in the hotel's giant theater, and later, in high school and college theaters. So begins a career: Richard Frankel Productions.

Founder/editor-in-chief of Dan's Papers, a must-read for events in the Hamptons, Dan Rattiner details the development of the free weekly newspaper, published in 1960, as the Montauk Pioneer. Cartoonist Rattiner is author of 3 memoirs about the Hamptons.