I left Amazon to buy a printing company. It was the best career move I ever made

I spent years in Big Tech before acquiring a profitable $10 million business. Here’s why entrepreneurship through acquisition is a great Plan B.

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After joining Amazon as a product leader in 2022, I saw a series of layoffs and return-to-office mandates over the following three years that made any semblance of presence in home life impossible. The tech industry layoffs disproportionately impacted women, and the workers that remained struggled in a workplace with lowered morale and increased expectations. 

Then I stumbled upon the entrepreneurship through acquisition space. The ETA premise is simple: Rather than founding a company from scratch or climbing someone else’s ladder, you buy an existing, profitable business.

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