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Starting a Company While Employed
25:39 - 32:14 (06:34)
The speaker shares their experience of starting a company while still employed and using company resources to research and develop their product. They convinced coworkers to commit to buying their product to ensure they could afford manufacturing.
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Joining a growing industry regardless of what it is helps you learn a tremendous amount while watching companies grow, which is a great piece of advice for job seekers.
25:39 - 26:45 (01:05)
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Joining a growing industry regardless of what it is helps you learn a tremendous amount while watching companies grow, which is a great piece of advice for job seekers. Starting as employee number 15 or 25, James Janega worked on outside sales for the data storage company TrueSAN Networks.
ChapterStarting a Company While Employed
Episode#489: Guy Raz Interviews Tim Ferriss — How I Built This — Key Lessons, Critical Decisions, and Reinvention for Fun and Profit
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker shares his experience of being in inside sales and how he started thinking about his plan B options to look for a new opportunity following his layoff from the company.
26:45 - 29:36 (02:50)
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The speaker shares his experience of being in inside sales and how he started thinking about his plan B options to look for a new opportunity following his layoff from the company.
ChapterStarting a Company While Employed
Episode#489: Guy Raz Interviews Tim Ferriss — How I Built This — Key Lessons, Critical Decisions, and Reinvention for Fun and Profit
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker discusses how they started their supplement company while still working by using lunch breaks to research and reach out to contractors.
29:36 - 32:14 (02:38)
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The speaker discusses how they started their supplement company while still working by using lunch breaks to research and reach out to contractors. The supplement included ingredients such as Vinpocetine and phosphatidylserine, and the speaker's coworkers committed to purchasing a few bottles to support the manufacturing process.