Leaving Finnish Education to Face the Unknown

Sami Kivela
Aug 31, 2018 · 5 min read

Lessons learned in choosing to become an entrepreneur

Silja Line cruise ferry between Helsinki and Stockholm. Photo: Sami Kivelä

I recently resigned from my steady job to become an entrepreneur. I had spent the last 13 years of my life as a higher education teacher in Finland, the country with one of the best education systems in the world. Why on Earth would you give up all that hard-earned status and jump into a lot more insecure future?

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Sami Kivela

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Born in Helsinki, entrepreneur, writer, motivational speaker and Youtuber. Passionate about paradoxes, impossible conflicts and helping all unlikely winners.

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