When I Grow Up . . .
What these entrepreneurs wanted to be when they were young
 Ann S. Price, 39, CEO and president
of Motek, a supply chain execution software firm in Beverly Hills,
California
I always wanted to be an entrepreneur. When I was 13, I realized
the lady I babysat for was playing cards with three other women who
all had children. I offered to watch all the kids in one house and
save them baby-sitting dollars in return for more money. While
other girls [worked both] Friday and Saturday nights, I made in one
night what they made in one week. My specialty has always been
negotiating win-win situations.
David Woo, 39, CEO and president of
The Amanda Company, a developer of voice pro-cessing systems based
in San Juan Capistrano, California
On the freeway [en route to my mother's work], we regularly
passed a large structure that was shaped like a sphere. I was
fascinated by it. When I mentioned to my mom that I wanted to work
in that building, her response was, "Well then, you have to go
to college and become a scientist." From that moment on, my
goal was to become a scientist. Jennifer Carey, 37, president and
CEO of JLC Environmental Consultants Inc. in New York
City
I was about 8 years old when I sent away for my first
"ecology" package in the mail. The kit contained old
ecology stickers and binoculars and other things [used to] observe
nature. I liked the outdoors and was often in the stream, down at
the end of the block, checking out the wildlife, like crayfish, and
catching them and bringing them home. I often joke that I wanted to
be "Jennifer Cousteau." Content Continues Below
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