Entrepreneurial Leap and Setbacks
Deep in my heart I always wanted to be an entrepreneur and had a semi startup at that time. I decided to leave the job, go live with my family and use this opportunity to go after my passion i.e. try full-time for my startup.
At that time I had three years of experience in software development and started developing the web platform of my startup full time. My startup related to higher education ended up helping many students; however, failed to earn enough revenue to pay my bills. I had withdrawn my 401k and invested in my startup and at the end of 2019, I was running out of money. I had to take the tough decision to postpone my startup and go for a job again.
All of a sudden I realized I have enough experience in running a startup from marketing, financing, and advertising to investment pitching, writing business plans etc. but that’s not what most software companies are looking for.
My younger daughter was born at that time and covid 19 broke out as well.