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Qubbaj: Consider entrepreneurship when your job degrades into mere tasks

Mutaz Qubbaj · Founding WIRED 2014's Winner, with Mutaz Qubbaj, Founder @ Squirrel · Jul 24, 2015 · at 19:02

Mutaz Qubbaj, founder of financial well-being platform Squirrel, shares a mental model for recognizing when an employee should transition from a traditional corporate job to starting a business.

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“If your past job goes from becoming a job to a series of tasks, and you can't align your brand of happiness with the happiness that is tied to major success in your current role, just start taking a look at the entrepreneurial side.”

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