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Discover what it is like to start and run a small business with local small business owners.
Immigrant, and minority entrepreneurs have historically powered the U.S. economy in pursuit of the American Dream and the number of minority- and women- owned businesses is on the rise. Explore the prospect of entrepreneurship with three Somerset County small business owners.
Shirley Perlinsky started her entrepreneurial career in Brazil at the age of 19 and moved to the United States right before 9/11. Upon arriving to the United States she quickly learned English, mastered human resources and started a local cleaning services business located in Manville, NJ.
Dharam Singh learned entrepreneurship at a very young age from his father. He arrived in the United States at the age of 14, completed his education and entered the information technology business. After working in the IT industry for 30 years, he gave it all up to pursue his dream of opening his own restaurant. Singh is the creative director and executive chef at a Hillsborough, NJ restaurant specializing in Burmese and Indian cuisine.
Kim Osterhoudt was laid off from her corporate human resources role in 2009. In 2009, she started making artisanal jams and jellies to sell at local farmers markets and online. Osterhoudt's business, located in Hillsborough, New Jersey, is the culmination of a family legacy of vegetable growing, canning and preserving foods.