How did your experience in the oil and gas industry help prepare you for entrepreneurship?
Replied byAllison Ellsworth
Co-founder at Poppi
Niche: Retail
Revenue: Approx. $42 Million/month
Location: Austin, Texas, United States
Started: 2015
Working in oil and gas required me to travel and manage multi-million dollar projects independently without a boss on site. I had to negotiate directly with landowners and native reservations. This taught me the self-starter, self-reliant mentality that is critical for any entrepreneur building a business from scratch.
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