Why Leave A Six Figure Corporate Job For Internet Entrepreneurship?
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Why Leave A Six Figure Corporate Job For Internet Entrepreneurship?
Sunil contacted me asking if he could apply to become a columnist on Entrepreneurs-Journey. I asked him what are the highlights of his “career” as an entrepreneur so I could be confident in his credibility and he had stories to tell that we could all learn from.
It turns out Sunil has done a few things. As you will see in this introductory article, he has plenty of experiences making money in different ways. He only touches on them briefly in this article, but rest assured I will ask him to break down the details of each success he has had so we can learn from his case studies in future articles.
For now, Sunil answers the question of why leave a well paying corporate job to become an online entrepreneur…
My name is Sunil and the title of this blog post refers to me. I have been following Yaro for over a year now and feel privileged to be allowed to write for his blog. Many of you may know me or have heard from me through comments on this blog.
I will be discussing what I have accomplished as an entrepreneur over the years, what I have learned in that time as well as why I pursued “side gigs” despite having a successful career in a Fortune 100 company that paid well in the six figure range.
Before I get into what I have done and why I know what I know, here is a brief background on myself:
My Background
The name is Indian, but I was born in South East Asia (just above Yaro’s homeland) in an upper middle class family of entrepreneurs. My Mom and Dad are not formally educated, but they self-taught how to practice business.
I’m still not sure if it was lack of education, fate, or just pure bad luck, but my Mom and Dad lost it all, gained some back, lost some more and finally stabilized at a much lower level than where they had built themselves up to. The biggest of all losses was my Mom’s passing away when I was only 10. I have seen and been through it all.
I am first generation high school, college and post graduate in my family’s lineage. English is my fourth of five tongues. Professionally, I am a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), may also be called a Chartered Accountant (CA) on your side of the globe, a Finance Charter-holder and a Certified Financial Planner.
I attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, a top ten business program year-in year-out and love to pretend to brag about it. No matter where I am or what I am doing, my heart still bleeds Maize and Blue on Fall Football Saturdays (GO BLUE!).
Right out of Graduate School, I started my career with one of the big four accounting firms in their M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions) practice. I was trading real heavy hours for heavy dollars, and led a very mobile, demanding and by choice, a pressure packed lifestyle.
I travelled all over the world wherever business deals were happening, gained tremendous experience and exposure to the Corporate land...
