Why I Quit

We are so excited to introduce Elena Agaragimova as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Elena discusses her journey of quitting her corporate job, starting a business, and then eventually going back into the corporate world. Learn how she developed the self awareness to understand what type of work she is most interested in and passionate about. Get inspired hearing about how she has cont...

We are so excited to introduce Lia James as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen to Lia share her journey of quitting corporate jobs multiple times to start different companies over the years. Learn how she drove around the country in a van with a dinner table to bring together strangers and engage in meaningful conversation. Get inspired hearing about how she is currently turning her home in...

We are so excited to introduce Gino Cordone as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Gino discusses his journey of leaving his corporate career in mechanical engineering. Learn how he went from a side hustle to starting his full time business called Pleasant Podcasts . Get inspired how he has continued to learn and pivot to grow and scale his business by helping others create their own podc...

We are so excited to introduce Kay Ready as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Kay discusses her journey of dropping out of high school and becoming a teen mom. Learn how she used this experience to propel herself into the sales industry where she has now had over 25 years of experience. Get inspired hearing how she has been able to create multiple six-figure income streams from home and...

We are so excited to introduce  Barb Otis as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Barb discusses her career in organizational development to help make the workplace a better place for employees. Learn how she discusses her personal experiences learning why her coworkers quit and going through the process of quitting herself. Get inspired hearing about how she wrote a book to help both empl...

We are so excited to introduce Chris Zaccaria as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Chris discusses his journey of working in 8 different jobs over the course of a decade to figure out his career goals. Learn how being laid off gave him the opportunity to start his own recruiting firm. Get inspired hearing how he has gained control over his schedule and finances as he has scaled his comp...

We are so excited to introduce Paul Baron as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Paul discusses his journey of quitting his job as a math teacher to start a business in the tennis industry. Learn how he started and owned a series of high-technology software, communications hardware, and consumer packaged goods companies. Get inspired hearing how at age 70, he is scaling he latest business...

We are so excited to introduce Ryan Beach as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Ryan discusses his journey of hitting his career goals very early on. Learn how he decided to take a leave of absence and travel around South America for 3 months. Get inspired hearing how this gave him the time and space to figure out what he wanted and led to a promotion and new role at his company. If you...

We are so excited to introduce Ellen Matis as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen to Ellen discuss her story of deciding on New Year’s eve that she would quit her full-time job and how she handed in her notice two weeks later. Learn how she started a social media marketing agency called Hello Social Co. Get inspired hearing how she has hired full time employees, implemented a 4 day work week...

We are so excited to introduce Matt Howitt as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Matt discusses his journey of layoffs, freelancing, quitting, and eventually starting his own business. Learn how he and business partner Alex Wasner started a software development agency called twothirtysix labs where they help brands launch websites, digital collectibles and other web3 projects. Get inspir...

We are so excited to introduce Alex Politsch as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Alex discusses his journey of quitting his job as a financial advisor to buy a food truck. Learn how while attending Oktoberfest in Germany, he and his best friend, Steven Banks , came up with the idea of starting a doner kebab food truck called Döner Brös . Get inspired how they scaled the business, survi...

We are so excited to introduce Jason Browne as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen to Jason share his amazing journey from quitting his full-time job at Penn State University to test and validate different business ideas. Learn how he thinks about the type of ventures he wants to do based on a personal SWOT analysis he conducts for himself every 3-6 months. Get inspired hearing about his suc...

We are so excited to introduce James Tierney as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as James discusses his story of turning his passion for education into starting his own tutoring business right out of grad school. Learn how his love of improv during college turned that into launching his own group called Happy Valley Improv. Get inspired hearing how James practices what he preaches to his...

We are so excited to introduce Robert Bentley as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Robert discusses his journey from starting a mobile development business in the early days of iOS 4. Learn how he waited tables to pay the bills while trying to build the business. Get inspired hearing how he has scaled the Jed Mahonis Group over the past 10 years helping founders and businesses bring the...

We are so excited to introduce Matt Wolff as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen to Matt discuss how he came up with his business idea while attending a no hitter at a MLB game. Learn how he started building this business in addition to working a full-time job for 2 years. Get inspired hearing how he quit his job and has a grown Ticket Time Machine to work with some of the larger brands in s...

We are so excited to introduce Joanna Pease as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as she discusses how the 2008 housing crisis changed the trajectory of her career plans. Learn how she became passionate about indoor cycling while traveling across the country in her sales role. Get inspired how she took that passion and quit her job to start a rhythm based indoor cycling studio called Jibe ....

We are so excited to introduce Eric Sauter as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Eric discusses his story of quitting his job to become the first employee at a startup called Fixt . Learn how he discusses the process of getting acquired and transitioning back into working in a corporate environment with the company that acquired them. Get inspired how he quit again to take a step back an...

We are so excited to introduce John Balkam as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as John discusses his journey of quitting his job multiple times to start different businesses. Learn how the process of writing a book inspired him to quit his job to start an agency that combined sports, entertainment, and cause marketing called the Third Win Group . Get inspired listening to how he tied the...

We are so excited to introduce Phil DiMuro as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Learn as Phil discusses his journey of quitting his full-time job to launch a mobile app. Listen how he describes the reality and sacrifices of becoming an entrepreneur. Get inspired hearing how he used his previous experiences and failures to launch a software development agency called Founders Approach,  where he he...

We are so excited to introduce Chris Rickard as this week’s guest on Why I Quit. Listen as Chris discusses his journey of going from a full-time developer to scaling his own software development agency. Learn how he sold his business and has been traveling around Australia in a RV for the last 10 months. Get inspired hearing how he now focuses on helping other developers start their own agencies....

I am so excited to introduce Jae Jin as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.”  I first saw Jae Jin perform at Sofar Sounds in Baltimore and was absolutely blown away. As a person, musician, and storyteller, he is one of the most inspiring people I have met. Not going to lie, this was one of my favorite episodes and I hope you all check it out! Listen as Jae tells his story of how being a two time can...

We are so excited to introduce Austin Benoit as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Austin discusses his journey of taking an SEO course and quitting his full-time mechanical engineering job one year later to start Search Prestige .  Learn how experimenting with dropshipping, MBA classes, and freelancing led him down the path to where he is today. Get inspired hearing Austin think about b...

I am so excited to introduce Brian Gaudio as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Brian discusses how he fell in love with architecture from a young age but never wanted to work for a corporate firm. Learn as he discusses how filming a documentary in South America and completing a Fulbright Fellowship in Dominican Republic inspired him to start his own company called Module based in Pittsb...

I am so excited to introduce Lucas James as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as he discusses never having a corporate job and starting a digital marketing agency while still in college. Learn how he shifted his priorities from filmmaking to business so he could make a bigger impact on the world. Get inspired hearing how he has scaled his business in addition to starting another venture wh...

I am so excited to introduce Cody Benedetto as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Cody discusses his experiences working with big tech corporations during the beginning of his career. Learn how he started investing in real estate and building a startup on the side while working a full-time job. Get inspired listening to how he quit his job two months ago to start his own software develop...