While some family businesses may struggle to keep younger generations interested, Mills Menser knew at age 8, when he started working at his family’s jewelry store as a sweeper, that he wanted to succeed his father. He gradually progressed to gift wrapping, then sales in his teens and finally became vice president.
Buchroeder’s Jewelers
Saturday, April 7, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 7:31 a.m. CDT, Saturday, July 19, 2008
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