courtesy of El-Amin
- Cinneah El-Amin is the founder of Flynanced, a career-development and wealth-building platform.
- She started the business as a side hustle but took it full time when she was laid off in February.
- She described how she scaled the business after losing her job and offered advice for entrepreneurs.
Cinneah El-Amin was sitting on the beach in Turks and Caicos when she got the text from her manager.
She needed to attend a company update meeting, even though she was taking paid time off. "We never text, so I knew that I was clearly getting the boot," El-Amin said.