If you were making a combined income of $400K with your partner in Toronto's corporate world, would you leave it all behind to start a dream business together?Tan previously worked in finance at a private equity firm, focusing on acquisitions, and Trinh worked at a real estate investment trust as a development manager. Tan was working full-time and Trinh was on maternity leave when they started work on Beeja May in 2019.
"The other alternative was to meet up with sellers through online marketplaces, but after getting stood up a few times, I quickly understood why many well-intentioned parents turned to big box fast-fashion retailers instead.
"Owning our own business has meant that we've had the flexbility to make our own schedule and take time off as needed when our daughter was at home with us. That said, bootstrapping a startup and having to go through the financial ups and downs that accompany that has been a stark contrast to the bi-weekly paychecks we used to receive."
Someone who makes $200k should be either a CEO of a company or one or two positions below it. Companies are overpaying wages for certain positions either too high or too low.
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