Founders

Folks who have left their fulltime jobs to become fulltime founders, why and how?

🕯️They/them. Scaled cos from 0-$300k in arr, 7-35 employees, 0-100k users. Now I make beautiful, functional, and ethically made candles at humankind.place

I sold my startup to an industry 🦄 and worked there for three years. 
As the company expanded, I encountered increasing large org BA. 
Struggled with office politics and ultimately failed. After my non-compete clause expired, I left and vowed never to work for someone else again.

🎞️ Art Photography 🎥 Filmmaking
🧑🏽‍💻 MPP/Distributed System/Data Analytics
🎷 Jazz 🎹 HipHop
🚀 Failed 1 company, sold 1, and building 1