chapter seven

When following your passion means forming your own business

7.0 Introduction

Sometimes a life-changing event causes someone to alter the direction of their career and start their own business. That is what this chapter is about. A computer scientist was inspired by events in her personal life to branch out on her own and create a company. She had an idea for applications development on mobile devices; no one else had created the software she had in mind. She recognized a market niche for her apps and pursued it with single-minded ...

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