I have always been a fan of a good hustle. My parents firmly believed that allowance made kids entitled. As members of the family, we were expected to pitch in around the house without the expectation of payment. And while I do not know that I will subscribe to this philosophy with my own future children, it did help me develop an instinct for making my own money at a young age.

As a kid growing up in the 90s, I was surrounded by fictional characters who valued making money. Every time Saved by the Bell came on and Zack Morris cooked up a new scheme to make money off his Bayside High classmates, I was inspired. Although Zack's methods were sometimes less than pure (he has on more than one occasion earned a dishonest dollar), it was his entrepreneurial spirit that encouraged me to start my own hustle.