Why I Quit
48 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsReal stories of real people quitting their 9-5s in search of something different. Listen to inspiring conversations where we dive deep into the stories of why people quit their jobs, what were the hardest parts, where they are now, and any advice for people considering the same path.
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"Building a personal brand" with Elena Agaragimova (Episode 48)
November 13, 2023 19:00 - 40 minutes - 27.5 MBWe are so excited to introduce Elena Agaragimova as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Elena discusses her journey of quitting her corporate job, starting a business, and then eventually going back into the corporate world. Learn how she developed the self awareness to understand what type of work she is most interested in and passionate about. Get inspired hearing about how she has continued to build her personal brand through podcasting and freelancing while still working a full-...
"Leading with people first"with Lia James (Episode 47)
October 12, 2023 11:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBWe are so excited to introduce Lia James as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen to Lia share her journey of quitting corporate jobs multiple times to start different companies over the years. Learn how she drove around the country in a van with a dinner table to bring together strangers and engage in meaningful conversation. Get inspired hearing about how she is currently turning her home into a space for people to gather, reset, and connect in more meaningful ways. Learn More About L...
"Wanting more life than work"with Gino Cordone (Episode 46)
August 30, 2023 10:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBWe are so excited to introduce Gino Cordone as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Gino discusses his journey of leaving his corporate career in mechanical engineering. Learn how he went from a side hustle to starting his full time business called Pleasant Podcasts. Get inspired how he has continued to learn and pivot to grow and scale his business by helping others create their own podcasts. Learn More About Gino: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gino-cordone-4171ab60/ W...
"Don't let fear get in your way" with Kay Ready (Episode 45)
August 02, 2023 15:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MBWe are so excited to introduce Kay Ready as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Kay discusses her journey of dropping out of high school and becoming a teen mom. Learn how she used this experience to propel herself into the sales industry where she has now had over 25 years of experience. Get inspired hearing how she has been able to create multiple six-figure income streams from home and educate others to do the same. Learn More About Kay: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/k...
"Making organizations better places for employees to work" with Barb Otis (Episode 44)
July 11, 2023 13:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBWe are so excited to introduce Barb Otis as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Barb discusses her career in organizational development to help make the workplace a better place for employees. Learn how she discusses her personal experiences learning why her coworkers quit and going through the process of quitting herself. Get inspired hearing about how she wrote a book to help both employees and managers called “101 Ways to Lose A Great Employee.” Learn More About Chris: LinkedI...
"Aligning with my values" with Chris Zaccaria (Episode 43)
June 07, 2023 10:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBWe are so excited to introduce Chris Zaccaria as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Chris discusses his journey of working in 8 different jobs over the course of a decade to figure out his career goals. Learn how being laid off gave him the opportunity to start his own recruiting firm. Get inspired hearing how he has gained control over his schedule and finances as he has scaled his company, CZ Consulting, over the years. Learn More About Chris: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.co...
"You'll never make what you think your worth for someone else" with Paul Baron (Episode 42)
March 01, 2023 11:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBWe are so excited to introduce Paul Baron as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Paul discusses his journey of quitting his job as a math teacher to start a business in the tennis industry. Learn how he started and owned a series of high-technology software, communications hardware, and consumer packaged goods companies. Get inspired hearing how at age 70, he is scaling he latest business venture which provides vertical printing solutions called The Wall Printer. Learn More About P...
Why I Quit | "Now what?" with Ryan Beach (Episode 41)
February 08, 2023 14:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBWe are so excited to introduce Ryan Beach as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Ryan discusses his journey of hitting his career goals very early on. Learn how he decided to take a leave of absence and travel around South America for 3 months. Get inspired hearing how this gave him the time and space to figure out what he wanted and led to a promotion and new role at his company. If you enjoyed this episode, please either: Sign-up for the weekly newsletter on Substack Follow and...
“Work smarter, not harder” with Ellen Matis (Episode 40)
January 11, 2023 13:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBWe are so excited to introduce Ellen Matis as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen to Ellen discuss her story of deciding on New Year’s eve that she would quit her full-time job and how she handed in her notice two weeks later. Learn how she started a social media marketing agency called Hello Social Co. Get inspired hearing how she has hired full time employees, implemented a 4 day work week, and scaled the business over the past 5 years. Learn More About Ellen: LinkedIn - https://ww...
"There is always a way up" with Matt Howitt (Episode 39)
November 30, 2022 15:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBWe are so excited to introduce Matt Howitt as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Matt discusses his journey of layoffs, freelancing, quitting, and eventually starting his own business. Learn how he and business partner Alex Wasner started a software development agency called twothirtysix labs where they help brands launch websites, digital collectibles and other web3 projects. Get inspired how they quit their full-time jobs to go all in and have scaled the business to (9) full-tim...
“We couldn’t afford for this to fail” with Alex Politsch (Episode 38)
November 09, 2022 19:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBWe are so excited to introduce Alex Politsch as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Alex discusses his journey of quitting his job as a financial advisor to buy a food truck. Learn how while attending Oktoberfest in Germany, he and his best friend, Steven Banks, came up with the idea of starting a doner kebab food truck called Döner Brös. Get inspired how they scaled the business, survived, COVID, and now have two brick and mortar locations in Baltimore. Learn More About Alex: Lin...
"Just start testing" with Jason Browne (Episode 37)
October 26, 2022 14:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBWe are so excited to introduce Jason Browne as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen to Jason share his amazing journey from quitting his full-time job at Penn State University to test and validate different business ideas. Learn how he thinks about the type of ventures he wants to do based on a personal SWOT analysis he conducts for himself every 3-6 months. Get inspired hearing about his successes as a Public speaker, award-winning radio host, Facebook Gaming partner, consultant & Rota...
"From Teaching To Launching - Improv Edition"with James Tierney (Episode 36)
October 12, 2022 14:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBWe are so excited to introduce James Tierney as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as James discusses his story of turning his passion for education into starting his own tutoring business right out of grad school. Learn how his love of improv during college turned that into launching his own group called Happy Valley Improv. Get inspired hearing how James practices what he preaches to his entrepreneurship students. This enabled him to quit his full-time job as a professor to scale hi...
“The moment you fail is when you have given up" with Robert Bentley (Episode 35)
September 28, 2022 12:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MBWe are so excited to introduce Robert Bentley as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Robert discusses his journey from starting a mobile development business in the early days of iOS 4. Learn how he waited tables to pay the bills while trying to build the business. Get inspired hearing how he has scaled the Jed Mahonis Group over the past 10 years helping founders and businesses bring their ideas to life. Learn More About Robert: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-bentl...
"I am now 1,000x happier" with Matt Wolff (Episode 34)
September 14, 2022 11:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBWe are so excited to introduce Matt Wolff as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen to Matt discuss how he came up with his business idea while attending a no hitter at a MLB game. Learn how he started building this business in addition to working a full-time job for 2 years. Get inspired hearing how he quit his job and has a grown Ticket Time Machine to work with some of the larger brands in sports. Learn More About Matt: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattwolff3/ Company Webs...
"You are willing to sacrifice everything for it" with Joanna Pease (Episode 33)
August 30, 2022 12:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBWe are so excited to introduce Joanna Pease as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as she discusses how the 2008 housing crisis changed the trajectory of her career plans. Learn how she became passionate about indoor cycling while traveling across the country in her sales role. Get inspired how she took that passion and quit her job to start a rhythm based indoor cycling studio called Jibe. Check out one of their three locations in Charleston (SC) or Portland and Yarmouth (Maine). Le...
"A lot of peaks and a lot of valleys" with Eric Sauter (Episode 32)
August 17, 2022 09:00 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBWe are so excited to introduce Eric Sauter as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Eric discusses his story of quitting his job to become the first employee at a startup called Fixt. Learn how he discusses the process of getting acquired and transitioning back into working in a corporate environment with the company that acquired them. Get inspired how he quit again to take a step back and figure out what his next steps are. Learn More About Eric: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.co...
"Growing profits and growing impact together" with John Balkam (Episode 31)
August 03, 2022 11:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBWe are so excited to introduce John Balkam as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as John discusses his journey of quitting his job multiple times to start different businesses. Learn how the process of writing a book inspired him to quit his job to start an agency that combined sports, entertainment, and cause marketing called the Third Win Group. Get inspired listening to how he tied the growth of his business to the growth of his impact on the world. Learn More About Phil: Linked...
"I'm confident that I'll figure it out" with Phil DiMuro (Episode 30)
July 20, 2022 14:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBWe are so excited to introduce Phil DiMuro as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Learn as Phil discusses his journey of quitting his full-time job to launch a mobile app. Listen how he describes the reality and sacrifices of becoming an entrepreneur. Get inspired hearing how he used his previous experiences and failures to launch a software development agency called Founders Approach, where he helps startups and small businesses launch their own mobile apps or websites. Full disclosure, Ph...
"Developer To Agency" with Chris Rickard (Episode 29)
July 06, 2022 09:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBWe are so excited to introduce Chris Rickard as this week’s guest on Why I Quit. Listen as Chris discusses his journey of going from a full-time developer to scaling his own software development agency. Learn how he sold his business and has been traveling around Australia in a RV for the last 10 months. Get inspired hearing how he now focuses on helping other developers start their own agencies. Learn More About Chris: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrickard/ Website - https://d...
"Life is too short" with Jae Jin (Episode 28)
June 22, 2022 12:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBI am so excited to introduce Jae Jin as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” I first saw Jae Jin perform at Sofar Sounds in Baltimore and was absolutely blown away. As a person, musician, and storyteller, he is one of the most inspiring people I have met. Not going to lie, this was one of my favorite episodes and I hope you all check it out! Listen as Jae tells his story of how being a two time cancer survivor led him down the path of quitting his job and turning down med school. Learn how h...
"From starting a SEO course to quitting within a year" with Austin Benoit (Episode 27)
June 08, 2022 12:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MBWe are so excited to introduce Austin Benoit as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Austin discusses his journey of taking an SEO course and quitting his full-time mechanical engineering job one year later to start Search Prestige. Learn how experimenting with dropshipping, MBA classes, and freelancing led him down the path to where he is today. Get inspired hearing Austin think about building a business that optimizes his time and happiness. Learn More About Austin: LinkedIn - h...
"Using design to make the world a better place" - Brian Gaudio (Episode 26)
May 18, 2022 10:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBI am so excited to introduce Brian Gaudio as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Brian discusses how he fell in love with architecture from a young age but never wanted to work for a corporate firm. Learn as he discusses how filming a documentary in South America and completing a Fulbright Fellowship in Dominican Republic inspired him to start his own company called Module based in Pittsburgh, PA. Get inspired hearing about his mission to tackle big issues by using design to create...
"How to make the biggest impact" - Lucas James (Episode 25)
May 11, 2022 10:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBI am so excited to introduce Lucas James as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as he discusses never having a corporate job and starting a digital marketing agency while still in college. Learn how he shifted his priorities from filmmaking to business so he could make a bigger impact on the world. Get inspired hearing how he has scaled his business in addition to starting another venture where he helps other agency owners scale their businesses together. Learn More About Lucas: Link...
"Controlling my time was the priority" - Cody Benedetto (Episode 24)
April 29, 2022 11:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBI am so excited to introduce Cody Benedetto as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Cody discusses his experiences working with big tech corporations during the beginning of his career. Learn how he started investing in real estate and building a startup on the side while working a full-time job. Get inspired listening to how he quit his job two months ago to start his own software development agency called Modern Launch to focus more on controlling his schedule and spending more tim...
"Failure is not an option" - Amanda Mottola (Episode 23)
April 14, 2022 17:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBI am so excited to introduce Amanda Mottola as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen to Amanda discuss her adoption and the impact of finding her birth family in Paraguay. Learn how this led to her quitting her job, getting into politics, and eventually starting her own business. Get inspired listening to her speak about finding her passion and leaving a legacy for her children. Learn More About Amanda: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-mottola-0543441b/ Marketing Agency -...
"My time is most important" with Rob Kyne (Episode 22)
April 06, 2022 07:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBI am so excited to introduce Rob Kyne as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as he discusses his decision to take a sabbatical and drive across the west coast with his family in an RV. Learn how this helped Rob decide to walk away from his business he had been running for 20 years. Get inspired hearing how Rob has been able to spend more time with family, live in the moment, and find new ventures he is passionate about. Learn More About Rob: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kyne-6a462...
"Making a positive mark on the world"- Lisa Keitges (Episode 21)
March 25, 2022 13:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBI am so excited to introduce Lisa Keitges as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as she discusses how starting her own business allowed her to work with non-profit organizations that align with her values. Learn how she decided to go fully remote by moving from an apartment in New York City to a farmhouse in the Catskill mountains during COVID. Get inspired hearing how quitting her job allowed her to re-evaluate her relationship between work and life. Learn More About Lisa: https://w...
"I Had No Plan B" - Steve Krakower (Episode 20)
March 16, 2022 14:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBI am so excited to introduce Steve Krakower as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Steve discusses how he took everything he learned from his first full-time job to quit and start his own digital marketing agency. Learn about his struggles during the first year and how not having a plan b forced him to push him through the tough times. Get inspired hearing about how Steve scaled Harbor Marketing Agency by finding the right employees and narrowing the focus of their services over the...
"I wanted to bet on myself" - Brian Chupek (Episode 19)
March 02, 2022 14:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBI am so excited to introduce Brian Chupek as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as he discusses quitting his full-time job at Morgan Stanley with no plan as to what was next. Learn how Brian chose starting a real estate business to have more control over his schedule and prioritize the relationships in his life. Get inspired by listening to how he is diversifying his revenue streams by continually exploring new business opportunities. Learn More About Brian: Linkedin brianchupek@kw...
"Bringing more voices to the table" - Gerson Martinez (Episode 18)
February 23, 2022 10:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBI am so excited to introduce Gerson Martinez as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen to Gerson discuss his experiences of being raised in rural Maryland by his parents who emigrated from El Salvador. Learn how he achieved his lifelong dreams of getting a job on Wall Street, but why he quit to find his purpose. Get inspired hearing about his journey to help create a more financially inclusive and equitable society. Learn More About Brian: Linkedin If you enjoyed this episode, please e...
"Something has got to change" - Cole Barger (Episode 17)
February 16, 2022 16:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBI am so excited to introduce Cole Barger as this week’s guest on "Why I Quit." Full disclosure Cole is a member of the Founders Approach team with Phil and I, but I couldn’t think of a better guest to share their story. Listen to Cole discuss rising the corporate ladder at Stanley Black and Decker. Learn how he quit his full-time job to focus more on his personal relationships and start a business where he felt he could make a more direct impact. Get inspired listening to how he pivoted from...
"I never had a 9 to 5" - Brian Taylor (Episode 16)
February 09, 2022 10:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBGuest Intro: I am so excited to introduce Brian Taylor as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as he discusses how he never had a 9-5 and he dove straight into starting his own digital marketing agency, Goldiata Creative. Learn as he speaks about how he taught himself about different service offerings that he could sell to potential clients and how he was learning on the fly of how to run a business. Get inspired hearing how he has been able to scale his agency to 4 employees, exceed h...
"I didn't know farming could be a viable career option" with Joanna Winkler
February 02, 2022 10:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBToday, we are joined by Joanna Winkler, who first got interested in farming when working for The Food Project in high school. They brought kids together from Boston to work on an urban farm and to build a more sustainable food system. While she fell in love with farming, she did not believe it could be a viable career opportunity. While Joanna was studying government policy in college, she worked at Red Fire Farm in Western Massachusetts during the summer. She got her first experience with ...
“It’s ok if you don’t have it all figured out” with Lauren Elsasser Smith
January 25, 2022 20:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBToday, we are joined by Lauren Elsasser Smith, who started her entrepreneurial journey by starting a food truck business while taking classes in college. After graduating, she landed her first full-time role with Birchbox and managed to keep running her food truck business on nights weekends, and vacation days. Lauren ended up quitting Birchbox to focus full-time on her business. Around the same time, her husband, Jared, was starting his residency in Lynchburg, Virginia. So Lauren moved, so...
"I wanted to do the damn thing myself" with Nic China
January 19, 2022 14:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBToday, we are joined by Nic China, who comes from a family of entrepreneurs. His grandfather immigrated from Italy and started a company in Baltimore, which was passed down to Nic’s father. Nic always knew from a young age that he wanted to start his own business, but he wanted it to a different path from the family business. After graduating from Wake Forest University with an art degree, Nic went on one interview where he quickly realized it was not for him. He went to work for the family...
"My first client was me" with Scott Skrivan
January 12, 2022 18:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBToday, we are joined by Scott Skrivan, who followed an incredible journey from the Navy to full-time systems engineer at Lockheed Martin to quitting in order to become a tattoo artist. As he was in his final year at school, Scott was trying to figure out next steps. He ended up enlisting in the Navy for a 4 year tour. He followed a path into the intelligence sector as a cryptologic technician that focused on collections. Towards the end of his tour, Scott was ready for a change. He was s...
"You have the power to change your relationship with work" with Connor Lewis
January 05, 2022 16:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBToday, we are joined by Connor Lewis, who quickly realized during an internship that his career path to be an accountant was not for him. He fell in love with film making while producing content on social issues with Northeastern University Television. He was able to secure his first job with this skill set getting hired by the Predictive Index to make marketing videos. He proved the value of content to his company and was able to work his way up to lead the department. During COVID, his ro...
“The harder it is, the more satisfying it is to complete it” with Ian Sharman
December 22, 2021 11:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBToday, we are joined by Ian Sharman, who has literally ran around the world. He started his career as an economist for Deloitte in London. While living in the city, Ian was getting tired of the nightlife scene and looking for a healthier lifestyle. After seeing a commercial for a marathon in the Sahara desert, he started training. Soon after, he completed his first half marathon and never stopped running. Fast forward a few years and Ian became the youngest person to complete 100 marathons....
"I knew this wasn't going to work long term" with Kathleen Porter Kristiansen
December 15, 2021 14:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBToday, we are joined by Kathleen Porter Kristiansen, who has a unique story that has taken her all across the world. She is an 8th generation “Mainer,” who grew up in Portland. While loving her hometown, Kathleen was always itching to travel aboard. When looking into law school, she found an education hack with the opportunity to go to law school for free in London. This allowed her to avoid over $200k of debt while gaining experience in the international law field. Kathleen spent three yea...
"We were providing a service that didn't exist" with John Brickman
December 08, 2021 14:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MBToday, we are joined by John Brickman, who moved to New York City when he was 18. While studying political science at college, the plan was always to go to law school. At this same time, John started dabbling in entrepreneurship. He began leasing apartments throughout the city and renting them for 30 days on Airbnb. He was able to grow this business as he kept adding properties. Around this same time, John met his business partner Steve, who had an idea about a new potential industry. He wa...
"You have to be comfortable in the uncomfortable" with Maria Traino
December 01, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBToday, we are joined by Maria Traino, who has quit three different jobs in search of a career she was passionate about. She has always loved being creative and working in graphic design. This led her to securing different roles at a marketing agency, newspaper, and a non-profit. Growing up as the daughter of third-generation Italian restaurant owners, Maria was always inspired to have side hustles even while working full-time. She spent over a decade building up freelance clients part-time ...
"You have to be willing to fail" with Pete Jones
November 24, 2021 10:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBToday, we are joined by Pete Jones, who quit multiple jobs, started a blog, backpacked through Central and South America for 4 months, worked remote while driving an RV across the country, and has started 5 different businesses with his wife, Jordan. It is almost impossible to keep up with all of Pete’s ventures, but it is hard not not to get inspired following along with his journey. After college, Pete’s main goal was getting to New York City. He started as a sales rep for Office Depot an...
“I was more fulfilled in 4 hours of work than I had been in years” with Jeff Chenault
November 17, 2021 10:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBToday, we are joined by Jeff Chenault, who quit his job over 15 years ago. While in college, Jeff was asked by one of his professors to work with her design company full-time. With only one year to go, Jeff decided he was learning more working, didn’t want more debt, and decided to dropout of school jumpstart his career. While working for her, Jeff knew he would eventually start his own design company. However, since he was 15 years old, Jeff had dreamed of design album covers in the music ...
"You have to go all in" with Alex Bullington
November 10, 2021 10:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBToday, we are joined by Alex Bullington, who has not followed a traditional career path. After passing his CPA and joining an accounting firm, Alex quickly realized that accounting was not where he was meant to be. Alex and his friend, Greg DiNardo, decided to quit their full-time jobs to start a mobile app called Arbit. This application gave users the ability to post and interact with polls before Instagram, Snapchat, or Twitter had this feature. After self funding the initial app, Arbit w...
"One cold email changed the trajectory of my entire life" with Mike Malloy
November 03, 2021 12:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBToday, we are joined by Mike Malloy, who has followed an amazing professional journey with 13+ years of experience as a Deloitte management consultant, Waveborn sunglasses CEO, Halcyon Incubator program director, Georgetown adjunct professor, trusted advisor, mentor, sales consultant, and career coach. Over this time, Mike has quit his job twice to follow entrepreneurial ventures. The first time Mike got inspired by a social mission sunglasses company that donated a portion of profits to fu...
"The 30 hour work week" with Katelyn Magnuson
October 27, 2021 13:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBToday, we are joined by Katelyn Magnuson, who is on a mission to change the work week. With an accounting background, she job hopped to continually increase her salary and skillset with the ultimate goal of starting her own business. Katelyn was always running her business, The Freelance CFO, part-time on the side to help startups and small businesses with their accounting needs. As COVID hit, Katelyn floated the idea of being laid off at her work. Once she was officially let go, she had th...
"If not now, then when?" with Cassie Collier
October 20, 2021 11:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBToday, we are joined by Cassie Collier, who is the first ever guest on “Why I Quit.” After graduating college, she joined the Peace Corps in Nicaragua. She became inspired teaching entrepreneurship classes to high schoolers, which was the start of her entrepreneurial bug. When returning to the states, Cassie received her masters at Harvard University and ended up on Wall Street joining Deutsche Bank full-time. While working full-time, she couldn’t shake the idea of starting her own business...