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Sonya Petkovic

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
142 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 90: Quitting Corporate and Going all In With Her Own $50k with Sonya

So it is pretty tricky.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 90: Quitting Corporate and Going all In With Her Own $50k with Sonya

And it's kind of balancing out our spend on online advertising via Facebook and Twitter and then actually doing the hustling and emailing leads directly to

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 90: Quitting Corporate and Going all In With Her Own $50k with Sonya

to let them know about their service that could potentially build a sitter's clientele.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 90: Quitting Corporate and Going all In With Her Own $50k with Sonya

Yes, I totally have.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 90: Quitting Corporate and Going all In With Her Own $50k with Sonya

So in fall 2016, I'm going to be starting grad school.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 90: Quitting Corporate and Going all In With Her Own $50k with Sonya

So I pretty much have 12 months or 11 months now to make this thing successful.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 90: Quitting Corporate and Going all In With Her Own $50k with Sonya

If it doesn't take off, you know, I'll let it be.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 90: Quitting Corporate and Going all In With Her Own $50k with Sonya

It'll be a great learning.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 90: Quitting Corporate and Going all In With Her Own $50k with Sonya

And then I'll go to grad school and kind of pursue a new career from there.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 90: Quitting Corporate and Going all In With Her Own $50k with Sonya

Living off of dividends, baby.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 90: Quitting Corporate and Going all In With Her Own $50k with Sonya

Yeah, so since I left the company, I transferred my 401k into an IRA.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 90: Quitting Corporate and Going all In With Her Own $50k with Sonya

And so I'll withdraw my dividends once those get paid out.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 90: Quitting Corporate and Going all In With Her Own $50k with Sonya

It's not fun.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 90: Quitting Corporate and Going all In With Her Own $50k with Sonya

There's a big penalty that the government slaps onto that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 90: Quitting Corporate and Going all In With Her Own $50k with Sonya

Yeah, so you have a 10% withdrawal penalty.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 90: Quitting Corporate and Going all In With Her Own $50k with Sonya

And I'm living kind of off of rice and beans and pasta at the moment.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 90: Quitting Corporate and Going all In With Her Own $50k with Sonya

But luckily, I can generate some just extra income for myself through yoga.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 90: Quitting Corporate and Going all In With Her Own $50k with Sonya

I just became certified in August.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 90: Quitting Corporate and Going all In With Her Own $50k with Sonya

So that can be a nice little means to get some extra cash in my hands.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 90: Quitting Corporate and Going all In With Her Own $50k with Sonya

Yes, I definitely recommend that.