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Being laid off and unplanned entrepreneurship

by Peter Askew deepsouthventures.com published 2024-06-1710 min read

〰️ it’s weird to look back; I sometimes get confused on how I got here 〰️ Most folks dream of being an entrepreneur; “a path that seemed inevitable“, they say. None of that shit applies to me. I’m only here cause I kept getting laid off and that nonsense infuriated me. I treated my first ... Read more

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