In 2011, I left my job in finance to start a company. I didn’t have any experience in tech, didn’t know ppl in the industry, and in fact didn’t even really know what engineering, product and design were.
If I can make it thru this startup journey, anyone can. A thread 👇
I worked in private equity. My dream was to be an operating partner at a distressed PE firm. We were buying auto cos in 2010. The epitome of 'distressed'.
After 2 yrs, I realized the job was *really* depressing 😥 You improve margins by firing lots and lots of ppl
I decided to leave. I got great advice to try something dramatically different ... not a little different ... but wildly different.
Starting a tech company felt like the opposite of managing finance for an auto parts marker :)