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In Chapter 2 of 18 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview, Internet entrepreneur Anatole Faykin answers "How Have Your Parents Encouraged You to Pursue Your Passion and Explore the World?"  Faykin shares how his parents have moved from allowing him to move far away to supporting and, ultimately, understanding his decisions to live abroad in other countries.  Faykin is the founder of Tuanpin, a Shanghai-based daily deals site he grew to 25 employees and sold in the fall of 2011.  Previously, he worked for British Telecom in London, Intel in Shanghai, American Express in New York, and Oracle in San Francisco as well as several startup ventures.  He holds an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business and a BS in computer science and biology from the California Institute of Technology.