Hello folks, quick introduction: I'm a 26 year old from Singapore.
My circumstances seem to be different from most people here; my decision to make the jump was driven more by the pull of my dreams than the push of a 'F*ck this event'. I had a well paying job, a great boss and interesting work as a management consultant. But I also have very, very big dreams. As I progressed with my career, it became clear that my dreams were too big for my day job.
For the past few months, while working my day job, I spent my evenings and weekends validating an idea and building the back-end of my business from scratch (supply chain, logistics, website etc.). I'm manufacturing my own brand of products and selling them through online and offline channels. Operations will be ready in the next 3-4 weeks and I already have a small group of customers who'd like to buy.
I've now burned the boats, I put in my notice a couple of months ago and will be transiting out of my job in the coming month. As I sit here typing this at 2am in the morning, the self-doubt is almost overwhelming. But my dreams are bigger than my fears. Sometimes, we forget that we all have at most a good 50-60 years ahead of us - it's far too short to just live comfortably or please everyone.
I'll be posting updates here every 2 weeks - any advice or feedback is greatly appreciated!
My circumstances seem to be different from most people here; my decision to make the jump was driven more by the pull of my dreams than the push of a 'F*ck this event'. I had a well paying job, a great boss and interesting work as a management consultant. But I also have very, very big dreams. As I progressed with my career, it became clear that my dreams were too big for my day job.
For the past few months, while working my day job, I spent my evenings and weekends validating an idea and building the back-end of my business from scratch (supply chain, logistics, website etc.). I'm manufacturing my own brand of products and selling them through online and offline channels. Operations will be ready in the next 3-4 weeks and I already have a small group of customers who'd like to buy.
I've now burned the boats, I put in my notice a couple of months ago and will be transiting out of my job in the coming month. As I sit here typing this at 2am in the morning, the self-doubt is almost overwhelming. But my dreams are bigger than my fears. Sometimes, we forget that we all have at most a good 50-60 years ahead of us - it's far too short to just live comfortably or please everyone.
I'll be posting updates here every 2 weeks - any advice or feedback is greatly appreciated!
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