From Side Hustle to Soloprenuership: My 6 Year Journey From Side Hustle to Soloprenuer

Al Dea
17 min readMay 29, 2023

How I grew my side-hustle over 6 years before launching into Solopreneurship

One of the most common questions I get from people is how did you decide to leave corporate and go into business for yourself?

As someone who has studied and helped many leaders navigate career transitions and life changes I love this question and figured it would be a great time to share my own story in choosing to become an entrepreneur.

My Start with Side Hustles: Blogging and Career Coaching

I started off my side-hustle and side businesses when I was in business school. I started my blog, MBASchooled to write about my MBA experience and how it was helping me build a career.

I started my side-business as a career coach, first when I was in business school as a graduate work-study helping other students navigate through the job and career search.

Both of these activities allowed me to use my strengths to help others, but they also gave me a lot of excitement and energy. I loved creating when I wrote and blogged, and I loved the ability to guide and coach people and help bring out the best in them to find the next step in their career.

Transitioning to Back to the Working World and Management Consulting

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Al Dea

Leadership & Career Development Speaker & Consultant. Helping Companies & Employees Navigate Today's Workplace