Curious about the entrepreneurial trend among former Deloitte and KPMG professionals – what drives individuals from these firms to start their own businesses after leaving, and what key factors contribute to this common career transition?
i worked at Deloitte for a bit. Deloitte internally has an entrepreneurial spirit. Essentially you can build a small business inside the company if you are incredibly talented at selling the work. People who become partners are responsible for interfacing with top level execs around the world. They win over the work of these execs and then hire internally talented people to complete the work. This then becomes their own internal organization with structure. A self contained business unit.
The employees are basically made to form connections and seek out work from day 1. People that need their skills reach out, but you have to sell yourself.
I’m sure a not insignificant amount of them see proprietary business strategy documents and get “inspired”
I’m sure a not insignificant amount of them see proprietary business strategy documents and get “inspired”
I did a chartered accountancy in Canada with Deloitte. Worked. Audit, then advisory working on m&a due diligence.
For poached from there for tech sales selling data to banks & hedge funds. Did sales then mgmt, was a chief revenue officer then ceo. Left industry to buy companies, then got back into it building a b2b tech augmentation agency where we share royalties alongside various software partners.
Went on my own at 34 I think it was. 41 now.
Go for it, it’s a blast. Highly liberating knowing how to drop and go and build.
Factors: I left the big company I was at as an SVP managing a part of the company, to do a 300 person one as CRO then CEO. Then in feeling more like an employee than ever as a CEO, I decided I want to own my own thing.
Bought a few small companies, then later decided to go back into tech. Started another company from scratch that grew fast right away. It’s been a wild ride but I had some luck and was able to be financially free by mid 30s. 41 now, building my companies still but more for fun.
I did a chartered accountancy in Canada with Deloitte. Worked. Audit, then advisory working on m&a due diligence.
For poached from there for tech sales selling data to banks & hedge funds. Did sales then mgmt, was a chief revenue officer then ceo. Left industry to buy companies, then got back into it building a b2b tech augmentation agency where we share royalties alongside various software partners.
Went on my own at 34 I think it was. 41 now.
Go for it, it’s a blast. Highly liberating knowing how to drop and go and build.
Factors: I left the big company I was at as an SVP managing a part of the company, to do a 300 person one as CRO then CEO. Then in feeling more like an employee than ever as a CEO, I decided I want to own my own thing.
Bought a few small companies, then later decided to go back into tech. Started another company from scratch that grew fast right away. It’s been a wild ride but I had some luck and was able to be financially free by mid 30s. 41 now, building my companies still but more for fun.