the company is lifeway foods. he was mike smolyansky and she is julie smolyansky. you're the ceo.0 years ago and you've made the company into a national brand - lifeway is sold at all whole foods and target stores. you are now opening operations in europe. i bet you weren't prepared to take over this company. >>i was probably a little bit underprepared at the age of 27 but perserverance and the feeling that failure was not an option, i really wanted to see my father's dreams come together. >>i did an interview with him and then after he passed i wnet back and did another television story on you and i have to say i do see some similarities between you two. why don't you articulate what he taught you that you are carrying forth? >>i think we're both stubborn in some ways in that failure was never an option for either one of us, a real strong work ethic, a driev to succeed. he taught me to dream. >>that's what he was. he was a dreamer. he was in the ukraine. he told me he was a hippie in the 70s protesting against repression. his dream was to come here. >>he believed in the american