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Episode 2 : “How to quit your job – and not starve”




Be out of job and yet spend as much as you want. Who would object to such a life? But can this be a possibility?

Do you need to have a contingency plan?

What happens if you want to quit your job and start up a business? How much seed capital do you need to have?

Lin speaks with two ladies who have left their jobs and embarked on their entrepreneurial journey. Also, we chat with an expert on planning for that grand exit from your job.

This episode, we recap on how the market fared for the week and answer the question on everyone’s minds, “Buy, Sell, or Hold?”


After working for close to 3 years in the financial service industry, Fione Tan quit her job to set up an internet marketing business with several partners. In this segment, Fione shares her experience with Lin.

 

Regine Chan is the owner of a yoga company. It all started when she was unhappy with the management in her previous company. Then she decided it was enough and left her job, aspiring to be a boss in her own right. For the next 6 months, she survived with a few hundred dollars a month.

BUY SELL HOLD SEGMENT

 
 

Making plans to march up to your boss to say “I quit!” but have no financial backing?

Well first, listen to what Freddie Kang has to say.

 

In this segment, Freddie Kang, a financial planner, tells Lin how much you should prepare when you want to quit that job of yours. How much should you set aside? How long can that sum last you? And if you want to quit that job and move on to creating your own business, how should you go about doing that?

 And while we are on the topic of start-up businesses, Lin speaks with Ray Barros, a professional trader and fund manager, on stocks you can be looking out for and if you should buy, sell or hold on to them.
 
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