I knew that I wanted to be a business owner already at a young age. How did I know that? Because I grew up watching my grandfather working with the company he created with some other investors, Toolex Alpha.
You see, my grandfather, Mr. Östen Nilsson was an engineer and inventor. He was the inventor behind the machine that presses the vinyl. Yes THE vinyl that we once upon a time listen to music on.

He took me along to work, I was allowed to listen to music and also see how they created the machine that later pressed the CD. They also worked on the MiniDisk that didn’t really become anything big. He let me sit in meetings where a 8-10 year old girl had absolutely nothing to do, but it taught me a lot just watching things happening. I think I was around that age when he sold the company.

As I wrote a couple of days ago, I have started deal with the storage unit we have. Most of it is stuff from my mom and grandma. And today I found something that reminded me of my grandpa and all the work he did. How he prepared me for life and being a business person.

The first thing I found is an article from a newspaper. It doesn’t say from when or what paper it is. But it talks about my grandfather’s invention going international!

It is my grandfather in the bottom right picture. And the top left picture is the famous band ABBA, Toolex Alpha pressed all ABBA’s vinyls…

The second thing I found together with this is a picture of my grandfather and his coworkers (I guess) showing their machine and a freshly pressed vinyl!

It is my grandfather to the right in the picture.

Looking back today, when everything is digitalized and vinyls are a rarity, it brings me joy that my grandfather was a part of the evolving of the music industry! Pretty darn cool! And I am so grateful for everything he taught me about being a small business person. I don’t think that I would sit here today with my own business if it wasn’t for him!

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