Rocco Termini’s entrepreneurial spirit first manifested itself as a paper boy on the West Side, when men who played the horses asked him to bring a later edition with the race results.

Termini saw an opportunity and jumped: he charged them an extra quarter for the 5 p.m. paper.

That boyhood example was a central lesson Thursday morning at Medaille College, when Termini addressed students and the campus community about the makeup of a successful entrepreneur.

“I seized an opportunity,” he told a crowd at the Medaille auditorium. “I saw an opening.”

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• Posted By: Gwyn Beyer

Posted by: Gwyn Beyer