u/Accurate-Biscotti797 — reddlx

PhDs in corporate finance, economics, accounting, or related fields:

Did any of you start your own business instead of staying fully in academia or corporate careers?

What kind of business was it (consulting, SaaS, education, investment-related, analytics, etc.) and how did it actually go financially and personally?

I’m especially interested in:

what skills from the PhD were actually useful
what turned out to be useless
biggest surprises or mistakes
whether you would do it again

Would love to hear real experiences, including failures.