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Riches to Rags and Back Again: Arian Simone
Just call her “an entrepreneur,” she says. That is the simplest way to describe the multifaceted life and career of 34-year-old Arian Simone. “I’m in love with the creation process, seeing things come to life.” Now with six streams of income, Simone says she has earned a six-figure salary since she was 21 in college and owned a boutique in the mall.
In high school, she was selected as one of the 20 students from around the country to receive a college scholarship from the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation. Instead of going to her first choice of Harvard, she attended Florida A&M University (FAMU) School of Business and Industry (SBI) in Tallahassee, Florida, where she signed up for the five-year MBA program. “I’m so glad that I made the decision because I wound up being a businesswoman so heavily while I was in school,” she explained. By her sophomore year, she was a state of Florida realtor, and by junior year, she was operating her boutique. In her first day of business, Arian says she made $5,000.
At times while in college, she thought, “Why am I going to class?” Focusing in college was admittedly difficult because she already knew what she wanted and was making a good living. She started college with a 4.0 and ended up with a 3.7, as she juggled her classes, career and ambition…
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