I was laid off from Google, so I started my own business. It meant taking a $100,000 pay cut, but I don't regret it.

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FoundersCard: Exclusive Benefits for Entrepreneurs

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I quit my $400,000 Morgan Stanley job to become a startup founder. Loneliness was the biggest challenge, but I don't regret it.

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Valeri Gervaziev left his role as an executive director at Morgan Stanley in 2022.

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I'm a Brazilian who moved to Lithuania. I love the career opportunities and safety — but it can be hard to make friends.

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Ricardo Sergio Schmitz said he loves the city's creative and startup mindset.

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The controversial tech millionaire obsessed with anti-aging is undergoing $25K gene therapy not approved by the FDA

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Bryan Johnson is a multimillionaire with an expensive hobby of pursuing longevity.

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What Kris Jenner's former personal assistant learned from her that helped her launch her own company: 'Kris doesn't do anything that's not strategic'

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Steitz, who also worked at Thiel Capital, has launched an organic sweetener company.

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Thousands of people are reportedly lining up to have a portion of their skull removed and one of Elon Musk's brain chips implanted

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Thousands of people have expressed interest in participating in the FDA trial for Neuralink, Bloomberg reported.

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'I quit my high-paying tech job': 10 people share what finally drove them away from big tech

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Several professionals told Insider what made them finally leave big tech — and what they're doing now.

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Israeli startup founders go to war: 'We're fighting for our home.'

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Noy Leyb, cofounder of BachPlace; Ben Yellin, director of R&D at OncoHost; and Itamar Friedman, cofounder and CEO of Codium AI, and his wife.
From left: Noy Leyb, cofounder of BachPlace; Ben Yellin, director of R&D at OncoHost; and Itamar Friedman, cofounder and CEO of CodiumAI, and his wife.

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10 mistakes I made while selling my first startup and what I should've done instead

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Andrew Gazdecki, founder and CEO of Acquire.com, says don't get greedy.

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