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“Dear pessimist, optimist and realist, while you guys were arguing if the glass is full or empty, I sold the glass. Sincerely, Entrepreneur-ist”
I was not always an entrepreneur. Before I started my own business, like most people, I had a corporate job at a big credit card company. And if you have worked in a corporate environment, you know how toxic it can get. There’s always this one person in the office that you cannot stand but is always in your face, your boss who could say a lot of borderline disrespectful things because they feel like they are protected by HR and too much bullshit and politics in the office. It was just killing me.
After a few more unsuccessful attempts at finding happiness in the corporate world, I decided to set up my own business and work for myself. I became an entrepreneur.
Nowadays, with so many factors impacting the market…
- a surge in consumer demand as evidenced by a strong GDP growth of 6.5%
- global supply chain disruptions — with 100+ container ships stuck off the coast — trying to dock and unload at the Port of Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles.
- great resignations — more than 19 million US workers have quit their jobs since April 2021
- labor shortage — in…