This story is part of CNBC Make It’s Millennial Money series, which details how people around the world earn, spend and save their money. In late 2018, Brian Jung, then 21, decided to drop out of college to pursue entrepreneurship full-time. His South Korean immigrant parents were taken aback: Jung had some […]
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I Quit Investment Banking to Launch 3 Businesses That Make 6 Figures
Neil Sheth hated his stressful job in investment banking and dabbled in side hustles to earn more. He quit when his wife was expecting a baby. Now he runs three businesses. Here’s his story of how they’ve generated six figures in nine months, as told to Amber Sunner. This as-told-to […]
Three entrepreneurs quit to start their own businesses
Chelsea Kidd quit her job in 2021 to start SiteWell Solutions, a wellness consulting business focusing on remote workers. Source: Chelsea Kidd The “Great Resignation” has workers leaving their jobs in droves. Yet they aren’t all looking for a new company to work for — many have opted to go […]
The Entrepreneur Who Quit Microsoft To Develop A Powerpoint Rival
Christian Reber, CEO of Pitch Pitch “It’s hard to keep an entrepreneur in a big company,” says Berlin-based entrepreneur, Christian Reber. He’s talking about his decision to quit Microsoft and subsequently create a platform offering an alternative to the Powerpoint presentation tool. Reber – who began writing software in his […]
Expert: ‘The Big Quit’ may curb mortgage eligibility
As record numbers of Americans leave their jobs during The Great Resignation, a local mortgage lender advises homeowner hopefuls to consider the impact of changes in their employment on mortgage loan eligibility. David Hall is president and CEO of Hall Financial, a mortgage brokerage founded in Troy in 2016 with […]