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Power Women: I Was Fired From My Own Company & What I Learnt From It
The Hindu system of thought has a very powerful core concept: Tat Tvam Asi or I Am He. Instead of w…
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The 5 smartest things I did when I started my own company
All that changed a year ago, when my position of 11 years was eliminated. Everyone told me I'd find…
Nicole Rollender
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I quit my high-paying job to travel the world - and came back as the CEO of my own company
Ever since I was five years old, all I've ever wanted was to travel and meet people around the worl…
Mag Boron
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I'm an ER doctor who runs my own company, and my best health advice and business advice is the same
It was analytics drawn from my medical experience that was the inspiration for forming liveClinic i…
Sudip Bose, Contributor
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I used psychedelics to treat my PTSD after other treatments failed. My experience using these medicines with therapy led me to found my own company.
Jonathan Sabbagh told Insider about how his use of ayahuasca and ketamine-assisted therapy led him …
Yeji Jesse Lee
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I quit my director job at Goldman Sachs to start my own company. There's always a cap if you're an employee.
A trader at Goldman Sachs quit to start a crypto company during the crash. He said a slump is the b…
Lauren Crosby Medlicott
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I'm an American and lived in the Netherlands for 4 years. Subsidized childcare allowed me to start my own company.
Marianna Sachse gave birth in the US and the Netherlands. She says kids have more freedom in Nether…
Lauren Crosby Medlicott
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I have a terminal illness and I'm fighting my health-insurance company to let me die on my own terms
Shava Nerad has Behcet's syndrome and wants to die. She's fighting with her health insurance to all…
Jane Ridley
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I left my job making $500,000 a year to start my own company, and I couldn't be happier. Here are 3 things I have now that even a 6-figure salary couldn't give me.
I'd become the CEO of a large company at the age of 42. In less than three years, I'd led a massive…
Erin Hatzikostas
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I quit my job at Google to launch my own media company. Here's what entrepreneurs need planned out (and in the bank) before ditching the 9-to-5.
Cami Galles walked away from a cushy role and took a big bet on herself, and it paid off. Here are …
Cami Galles
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Salesforce kicked me out after I left my desk to play ping pong. Here's why I think employees shouldn't be micromanaged.
In 2014, a game of ping-pong at work lost Miles Schwartz his internship at Salesforce. Now, he want…
Charissa Cheong
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9 things I wish I knew before quitting my job to do my side hustle full time
"I've learned to set healthy boundaries and know when it's time to take a step back, whether from a…
By Kisha Smith, as told to Je…
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My 6-figure consulting job wasn't fulfilling. I quit to start my own business when I realized dream company doesn't necessarily mean dream life.
AJ Eckstein spent three years as a management consultant before realizing he wasn't fulfilled and w…
Robin Madell
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Viral salary spreadsheets - including my own - are showing workers how pay stacks up. Here's what happened when I put 200 numbers together.
I still keep the spreadsheet private - journalists hear about it and direct message me for access -…
Meghan Morris
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I was promoted too quickly at my Silicon Valley job and it made me overconfident — moving to a new company was a humiliating experience
Neha Sampat told BI being promoted three times in four years at Sun Microsystems gave her too much …
Charissa Cheong
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I've held leadership roles at Yahoo, Google, and Facebook. Taking a demotion is what set my career on the right path.
Jennifer Dulski spent years working in Big Tech before founding her own company. She attributes her…
Nora Redmond
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I didn't have time to be the father I wanted when I was working in-person. I give my employees the same flexibility I needed.
My 1-year-old tends to sit on my lap during meetings. I wish more employers offered flexibility to …
Pierce VanDunk
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I'm a Black woman who left her job at an architecture firm to go out on her own and I've never been happier
Xena Stryker, now the CEO of her architecture design firm, said having a mentor is essential becaus…