#85: From Immigrant to 1st Female Cannon Platoon Leader to Successful Entrepreneur: Handling the Ups & Downs of Life & Business with Nargis Mougey

Being born in a Pakistani refugee camp

To Queens, NY

To Pipestone, MN

Life Lessons from her father:

1.) Education

2.) Hard work

3.) No excuses

4.) You can be whatever you want

Started babysitting at 8 y/o to help provide for the family.

Dishwasher, waitress, hardware store, bartender, golf course

Played in the high school state basketball championship

Enlisted in the Army National Guard

Recruited to play basketball at West Point

Judo National Champion

Semi-finalist Golden Gloves boxing

Only woman to go to Field Artillery in USMA Class of 2010

First Woman Artillery Cannon Platoon Leader

Had great mentors along the way

Husband was deployed during birth of first child

Army Brigade Operations Officer in an all-male unit working 12-14 hours a day w/a new baby.

Made the decision to breastfeed but it was very difficult to do in the Army.

How she handled & approached external failure.

Had her second son & went straight into Company Command. Spent lots of time in the field w/little to no control over my schedule.

Couldn't find a solution anywhere, so decided to create one. That was the "birth" of Zanbazan.

Importance of critical thinking as an entrepreneur

Insights on healthy view of failure

How she's handled the emotional ups & downs of being an entrepreneur

One of the hardest aspects of her emotional journey

Advice to entrepreneurs

Nargis Mougey, LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nargis-kabiri-mougey-mba-ms-ab168b5a/

Nargis Mougey, Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/nargis.mougey

Zanbazan

https://www.zanbazan.com/

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