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So I'm a little bit of a risk taker.

I knew that again, to help your family, you have to educate and help yourself.

And then once you're stable and you've got ground footing, then you go back and you get them.

Nina Vaca started her workforce solutions business out of her one-bedroom apartment.

Today, Pinnacle Group is valued at over a billion dollars.

It's been named the fastest growing female-led business in the United States.

And here's the most amazing part.

Nina still owns 100% of the company.

Nina, I'm so happy you're here.

Thank you for having me.

This is the first time we've had a guest on who was recommended by another guest we love. Natalie Molina Nino told us unequivocally that we had to have you on and you know when Natalie tells you that. She means it. So let's start at the beginning. Your parents emigrated from Ecuador to L.A. They were the original entrepreneurs.

They were.

My mother and father immigrated from Quito Ecuador to Los Angeles, California.

And in very short order, like most immigrants, they found their American dream through entrepreneurship.

My father was an entrepreneur as my mother was,

but my mother was a civic leader. She got very involved in her community, became a leader in her

community, contributed back to her community. And so I feel like I've dedicated my entire life to do

those very two things, the entrepreneurship piece, but not forgetting the immigrant roots and the community

piece. What did you learn watching them? I learned a lot about failure. And I learned,

again, as most immigrant families, that failure is not really an option and that you have to get

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