Founder Stories
The Risk-Averse 9-to-5er’s Guide to Quitting Your Day Job and Starting Up
When I moved to New York, I hoped no one would notice that I was an imposter in an entrepreneurial world. It was as if I was plucked out of my proverbial fishbowl and dumped into an ocean of high-achieving entrepreneurs who were all busy growth hacking, microdosing, and fundraising their way into another seed round.
Back in Vancouver, my life goals had been to simply climb the corporate ladder, get married, and become a stay-at-home mom. But after reaching my professional goal of becoming a marketing executive, a messy breakup with my partner forced me to pivot my goals for the future. Goodbye, operation housewife. Determined to find another path, I took off to the city that never sleeps.
I gave myself a six-month timeline to transition. From the moment I made that decision, I started to think and act like an entrepreneur.
To meet new people, I joined communities such as Summit Series — — an organization that hosts events for “young entrepreneurs, artists, and activists.”…
