The Skills That Actually Transfer From Employee to Entrepreneur (and the Ones That Don’t)
I was a genuinely excellent employee before I started my business. Reliable, high-performing, promoted twice in four years. None of that prepared me...
I was a genuinely excellent employee before I started my business. Reliable, high-performing, promoted twice in four years. None of that prepared me...
Someone once told me to “just leap, the net will appear.” I’ve watched that advice ruin more than one otherwise capable...
A friend forwarded me a job offer last year and asked what I thought. Good salary, standard benefits, she was ready to sign. I asked her three...
Somewhere around my second year of freelancing, a client asked if I had a team. I said “not yet” without thinking, and then spent the...
A former colleague, 46 at the time, posted about “burning the boats” and diving headfirst into a completely new industry with no plan B....
A 24 year old I mentored spent two years chasing a passion for photography into a business that never broke $1,800 a month, while ignoring a genuine...
A founder once offered me 2% equity instead of a $15,000 fee for a project. I ran the actual numbers before answering, not the excitement of...
I spent three weeks building a polished portfolio site before pitching consulting clients. It generated exactly one inquiry in its first two months....
I quit my job on a Friday and by Monday I felt something I hadn’t expected at all: grief. Not doubt, not fear exactly, though both showed up...
My manager offered me a director title, a $22,000 raise, and a bigger team to run. I said no, and six weeks later I quit entirely to start my own...
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