« How to Cultivate Childhood Passions for Food, Travel, and Film - Slava Rubin »

In Chapter 9 of 16, Belarus-born American entrepreneur Slava Rubin shares the experiences cultivating his passions for food, travel, and film. A latch key child with two working parents, Rubin watches "Yang Can Cook" and "Julia Child", learns to cook, and soon finds satisfaction feeding others and making them happy. Born abroad, Rubin prioritizes a college abroad experience to Belgium to broaden his cultural experience. Rubin's film interest shapes through Blockbuster visits and his tendency not to choose movies by quantity but by those showing film festival olive branch award logos. These collective experiences - enabling happiness, opening cultural doors, and creating fine art - influence Rubin to apply these interests and build the IndieGoGo mission.