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Samar Ali
How many years did you spend working before you decided to start your own business?
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Niko Germish
I spent 12 years as an employee, but every few years, I tried to launch something, and eventually, some of those attempts led to a sustainable income.
Mansi Trivedi
I'm still working, completing my grad school , prepping for my masters but I've high-key decided to do my own thing already! So let's see how long it takes me to put it all in place 😅😇
Artyom Ananov | Smart Solutions AI
I've left the university because there was a lack of practical knowledge. Founded a marketing agency next year
Elena Tsemirava
About 15 years. However, the first attempts completely failed, as there was not enough experience and knowledge.
Karthik MS
I literally started my own business right after college at the age of 22, and it was successful for 5 years. So a major learning experience when you're young and yes, it is possible.
frederic bisaccia
Toute ma vie même sans emploi. J'ai appris et j'apprends encore et j'apprendrais une fois ma création officialisée
Marceric a
I never really had a job. I have been independent since I was 18. I did a few odd jobs but nothing very relevant.
Neel Patel
Been a decade for me. I did try earlier. Looking back, I wish I tried more attempts. @samalyx
Abdul Hadi
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Mary Rumyantzeva, PhD
I worked for five years to save money, resigned, invested it in two of my projects, lost all of that within a year, returned as an employee, saved some money, resigned, started my own agency. It had a better outcome than my first attempts. But it wasn't a tech startup; it was an agency, and I still wanted to build things. So I returned to a corporation for two years, saved money, resigned a year ago, and now I'm building Pythia. Overall ten years for all the journey.
Salar Davari
I worked for around 7 years. And I learned many thigs that are now helping me with my business.
Muhammad Ali
I think before starting the business we need investment.I think It is the main point of before starting the business.😁
Ken Ito 🍄
I worked for 12 years. Covid was what made me rethink and decided to change and become more serious with my existing online businesses.
Product Marketing With Dawn-Marie
I spent 10 years working as a lawyer before I made the leap into entrepreneurship. But I was so miserable at the law firm that I decided that I needed to try something to help me make money for myself. That's when I got into network marketing. It was the easiest thing that I could start because I didn't have to worry about product development. I mean they made it seem so simple, a business in a box that I could unpack and start selling immediately. But little did I know that it was actually harder than I thought! Starting a business is no joke, especially when you have to find people to buy your product and that was one of the reasons why I failed at it - because I knew absolutely nothing about marketing a product; which is by far one of the most important things that you need to know in business. But I have to say I'm grateful for network marketing because it ultimately lead to my turning point where I became so determined to overcome this major hurdle, that I dove headfirst into learning the ins and outs of marketing and sales - from building my own website to mastering the art of attracting leads, clients, and customers, I immersed myself in understanding every facet of effective marketing. Today, I'm proud to have advised many start up businesses on growth and marketing, I've been the head of marketing and CMO for tech start ups and now I'm passionately working and building a start up of my own that helps digital product creators. It definitely has been an exciting journey.
Idris Alagbe
Would not mind if I get hired for a remote position here. I am specialist in Administrative Management, Business, Security, Service Support Supervision, Cluster Management and Real Estate Management.
Victor Nelson
I spent 7 years. This is my second year of my business. I've hired senior fullstack developers and very strong for everything. But nowadays facing troubles getting clients for new projects. Touch me anytime to victor.nelson.2321@gmail.com
Janarthanan K
I worked for over 1 year and started to think about business when I was about to complete my 6 month internship itself last year. Now started my own venture with my idea and launching the product soon.
Anton Gera
9 unhappy years. Once I launched my first startup, first time I felt happy on Sunday haha :)
Markus Jenul
7 solid years and started it as a side hustle
Žiga Kerec
Abbout 3. Then did a bit of freelance work, then switched to building my own products.