Jacob Sapochnick I'm from Haifa, which is a port city, just like San Diego. When I finished
my military service, in Israel we all have to go to the army, I was in the Air Force,
I decided that I'm going to leave Israel and go to Europe. And so, I did my bachelor's
in law in England. And California was on my mind. It was like this amazing dream. It was
so far away. And I wanted to come to California. I came to see San Diego. I visited San Diego,
and I fell in love with this place. I fell in love with the city. It was like… so,
I landed here and within an hour, I'm on the freeway, and then, boom, it hit me. It was
one of those beautiful cities and I felt connected. And so, I went to a law school in San Diego,
and I graduate from a law school here. And so, my first job was working for an immigration
law firm. And that's how it started. After a couple of years of working for the firm,
I had the vision to start my own legal practice. San Diego is a great place for immigration
practice like ours because we are kind of like the hub to Latin America. We're right
on the border. There's a lot of trade coming in and out. And also, San Diego is a huge
hub for innovation. We have a lot of technology. We have a lot of startups, I own have co-working
space, which is a place where entrepreneurs are working together, kind of like a commercial
space where they shared desks. But we started this because we want to give freedom to entrepreneurs
from all over the world to be able to work. So, San Diego to me is not only an inspiring
place because of the opportunities, the border, the biotech, the startup community, but also
it's an inspiring place because a lot of people who come here, they come to create, and I
feel that. People, they want to be in the relationship. The level of relationship is
different but they want companionship and share their life with somebody. And for me,
it was important because I'm a social person and I wanted to be… and I'm like, already
desperate with all my dating thing like, I'm just going to call it quits and move to Africa
and become a monk. And then, I met her. Jacob’s wife
I was very apprehensive to get in a relationship with someone who's very newly divorced. And
so… but we did talk about it. I did raise it on the third date and went ahead and said,
hey, look, where are we? Where is this going and so, we did talk about it. We decided we
couldn't live without each other. Jacob She's a beautiful girl and a good heart. And
I just… we just had a connection and it's been a great ride since then. It’s just,
how funny because the guy comes to my office and he has… He comes with a Lamborghini.
He literally drives to my office with a Lamborghini. Jacob’s wife
Oh, my god… Jacob And he parks where the other side of the building
and [inaudible] is like, and this, we’re talking about this and I told him the fee
was [inaudible] Jacob’s wife He’s negotiating fees in his Lamborghini.
Jacob He's like, you know what I'm making? Like…
Listen. You have a Lamborghini [inaudible] I don't care. Jacob’s wife
I don't even have a Lamborghini. Jacob’s If you came to negotiate your fees, don't.
[inaudible] Lamborghini [inaudible] Jacob’s wife
Exactly. Rule number one of negotiation… Jacob’s
Yes. Do not come with that car. Traveling for me is a vital part of my life. I enjoy
travel. I've always enjoyed traveling. I mean, since I left Israel to go study abroad, and
I do it a lot. I mean, I've recently came back from Tokyo, I went to the Caribbean,
I went to Cuba.