We speak with so many brilliant folks across dozens of industries and when those folks happen to be working for someone else, sometimes we can’t help but wonder why they aren’t working for themselves. How do folks decide between joining a firm or starting their own? We posed the question to the community and have shared some of their responses below.

Taylor Jonas

I was 8 years old. I had taken a few photos on an old camera and entered them in the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo. Little me was not expecting much when she walked up to the display. But after looking through all the photos trying to find mine, I realized it had a grand champion overall ribbon attached to the corner. I squealed with excitement. I didn’t know what to do, but I knew I wanted to do this again! Read more>>

Sarah Irwin

I wasn’t one of the people who ended up in law school because I had always known I wanted to be a lawyer. In fact, even with my advisor in undergrad constantly pointing me in the direction of law school, through pre-law programs and classes I took, when I was nearing the end of my undergraduate degree, I still thought the idea of me one day being a lawyer was absurd and preposterous. So, like any child of an academia father (a professor of physics for many years), I decided to go to grad school. My undergraduate degree was in political science and within that same department was the Master of Public Administration program. Read more>>

Carlos Jones Jr.

I established my own business in February 2019. This was by far the most scariest decision I decided to make in my life. At the time, my wife and I had our second child in January. The prior year, I had the urge to leave my well paying job to become an entrepreneur. I was excited and nervous just thinking about everything that would be involved. My faith in God and support from family made the decision easy! I have always had a passion for numbers, but my purpose was helping individuals and small businesses see their numbers more clearer! Read more>>