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others have to sift through the pieces. ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, ♪ >> nebil: addis ababa. ♪ >> anthony: admit it. you hear the name ethiopia and you think "starving children with distended bellies." you...

>> my lightning talk today is going to be about how i made my money, made my success, and i want to share that with you. >> 19-year-old abenezer is among the freshman class. >> tell me about your background. >> so i grew up in a little village in ethiopia. my mom had the only radio, so when i was bored, my mom let me take apart the radio, and as i grew up, i took apart the tv, so anything i could get my hands on, so it was always interesting to me how things worked. >> abenezers family moved to ...

You were making while you were in high school? >> my company was worth almost a million dollars. >> before you sold it. >> yeah. >> after high school, abenezer planned to study computer science and business at the new jersey institute of technology. >> thank you. >> but then he discovered make school, and his plans changed overnight. >> was there always an expectation that you would go to university? >> of course. my parents and all my friends thought, "hey, this guy is crazy." but i think that ...

>> anthony: it is like apple juice. shekla tibs are chunks of beef or lamb fried in oil and served in a charcoal-heated clay pot called a shekla. >> marcus: nice! i like the fat part, i love that. they dont -- they dont hide the fat. >> anthony: every tibs house has their own version, but here at mesay grocery, its served with a spicy dipping sauce called mitmita, and, of course, injera bread. yeah, thats good. that works. ah, thats, uh -- >> abenezer: gursha? >> anthony: ah, there you go. how d...

>> all: cheers. >> sean: its like apple juice. >> anthony: youre right. >> marcus: its sweet, but the gin is good. >> anthony: it is like apple juice. shekla tibs are chunks of beef or lamb fried in oil and served in a charcoal-heated clay pot called a shekla. >> marcus: nice! i like the fat part, i love that. they dont -- they dont hide the fat. >> anthony: every tibs house has their own version, but here at mesay grocery, its served with a spicy dipping sauce called mitmita, and, of course, in...

Gin is good. >> anthony: it is like apple juice. shekla tibs are chunks of beef or lamb fried in oil and served in a charcoal-heated clay pot called a shekla. >> marcus: nice! i like the fat part, i love that. they dont -- they dont hide the fat. >> anthony: every tibs house has their own version, but here at mesay grocery, its served with a spicy dipping sauce called mitmita, and, of course, injera bread. yeah, thats good. that works. ah, thats, uh -- >> abenezer: gursha? >> anthony: ah, there ...

Community that grew up in the parking lots around addis. sean stromsoe is a founding member whos been documenting the group. >> anthony: all right, man. my first -- my first turbo. cheers. >> all: cheers. >> sean: its like apple juice. >> anthony: youre right. >> marcus: its sweet, but the gin is good. >> anthony: it is like apple juice. shekla tibare chunks of beef or lamb fried in oil and served in a charcoal-heated clay pot called a shekla. >> marcus: nice! i like the fat part, i love that. t...

Called a shekla. >> marcus: nice! i like the fat part, i love that. they dont -- they dont hide the fat. >> anthony: every tibs house has their own version, but here at mesay grocery, its served with a spicy dipping sauce called mitmita, and, of course, injera bread. yeah, thats good. that works. ah, thats, uh -- >> abenezer: gursha? >> anthony: ah, there you go. how did this skating community form? i mean, do people watch what other people are doing around the world? >> addesu: definitely. >> a...

They dont -- they dont hide the fat. >> anthony: every tibs house has their own version, but here at mesay grocery, its served with a spicy dipping sauce called mitmita, and, of course, injera bread. yeah, thats good. that works. ah, thats, uh -- >> abenezer: gursha? >> anthony: ah, there you go. how did this skating community form? i mean, do people watch what other people are doing around the world? >> addesu: definitely. >> abenezer: some of them, they go to the internet cafe, and they just s...

Shekla tibs are chunks of beef or lamb fried in oil and served in a charcoal-heated clay pot called a shekla. >> marcus: nice! i like the fat part, i love that. they dont -- they dont hide the fat. >> anthony: every tibs house has their own version, but here at mesay grocery, its served with a spicy dipping sauce called mitmita, and, of course, injera bread. yeah, thats good. that works. ah, thats, uh -- >> abenezer: gursha? >> anthony: ah, there you go. how did this skating community form? i me...