Why I Quit

We are so excited to introduce Alex Politsch as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Alex discusses his journey of quitting his job as a financial advisor to buy a food truck. Learn how while attending Oktoberfest in Germany, he and his best friend, Steven Banks, came up with the idea of starting a doner kebab food truck called Döner Brös. Get inspired how they scaled the business, survived, COVID, and now have two brick and mortar locations in Baltimore.

Learn More About Alex:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexpolitsch/

Website - https://www.donerbros.com/

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We are so excited to introduce Jason Browne as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen to Jason share his amazing journey from quitting his full-time job at Penn State University to test and validate different business ideas. Learn how he thinks about the type of ventures he wants to do based on a personal SWOT analysis he conducts for himself every 3-6 months. Get inspired hearing about his successes as a Public speaker, award-winning radio host, Facebook Gaming partner, consultant & Rotarian.

Learn More About James:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/thejasonbrowne/ 

Website - https://thejasonbrowne.com/ 

AW Rebels  - https://www.facebook.com/gaming/awrebels 

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We are so excited to introduce James Tierney as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as James discusses his story of turning his passion for education into starting his own tutoring business right out of grad school. Learn how his love of improv during college turned that into launching his own group called Happy Valley Improv. Get inspired hearing how James practices what he preaches to his entrepreneurship students. This enabled him to quit his full-time job as a professor to scale his multiple businesses.

Learn More About James:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesetierney/ 

Happy Valley Improv Website - https://www.happyvalleyimprov.com/ 

Blue Brick Theater Website - https://www.bluebricktheatre.com/ 

Private Tutoring and Coaching Website - https://www.tierneyeducation.com/ 

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We are so excited to introduce Robert Bentley as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Robert discusses his journey from starting a mobile development business in the early days of iOS 4. Learn how he waited tables to pay the bills while trying to build the business. Get inspired hearing how he has scaled the Jed Mahonis Group over the past 10 years helping founders and businesses bring their ideas to life.

Learn More About Robert:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-bentley-47804b29/ 

Company Website - https://jedmahonisgroup.com/ 

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We are so excited to introduce Matt Wolff as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen to Matt discuss how he came up with his business idea while attending a no hitter at a MLB game. Learn how he started building this business in addition to working a full-time job for 2 years. Get inspired hearing how he quit his job and has a grown Ticket Time Machine to work with some of the larger brands in sports.

Learn More About Matt:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattwolff3/

Company Website - https://tickettimemachine.com/ 

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We are so excited to introduce Joanna Pease as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as she discusses how the 2008 housing crisis changed the trajectory of her career plans. Learn how she became passionate about indoor cycling while traveling across the country in her sales role. Get inspired how she took that passion and quit her job to start a rhythm based indoor cycling studio called Jibe. Check out one of their three locations in Charleston (SC) or Portland and Yarmouth (Maine). 

Learn More About Joanna:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanna-pease-a360106/

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We are so excited to introduce Eric Sauter as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as Eric discusses his story of quitting his job to become the first employee at a startup called Fixt. Learn how he discusses the process of getting acquired and transitioning back into working in a corporate environment with the company that acquired them. Get inspired how he quit again to take a step back and figure out what his next steps are.

Learn More About Eric:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/emsauter/ 

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We are so excited to introduce John Balkam as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Listen as John discusses his journey of quitting his job multiple times to start different businesses.

Learn how the process of writing a book inspired him to quit his job to start an agency that combined sports, entertainment, and cause marketing called the Third Win Group. Get inspired listening to how he tied the growth of his business to the growth of his impact on the world.

Learn More About Phil:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnbalkam/ 

Website - https://thirdwin.com/ 

Book - https://thirdwin.com/book/ 

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We are so excited to introduce Phil DiMuro as this week’s guest on “Why I Quit.” Learn as Phil discusses his journey of quitting his full-time job to launch a mobile app. Listen how he describes the reality and sacrifices of becoming an entrepreneur. Get inspired hearing how he used his previous experiences and failures to launch a software development agency called Founders Approach,  where he helps startups and small businesses launch their own mobile apps or websites.

Full disclosure, Phil and I have been best friends since college and business partners for over 7 years. However, I still learned new things during this interview. This is part of the reason we love sharing and telling new stories on “Why I Quit.”

Learn More About Phil:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-dimuro-5246b230/ 

Website - https://foundersapproach.com/ 

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We are so excited to introduce Chris Rickard as this week’s guest on Why I Quit. Listen as Chris discusses his journey of going from a full-time developer to scaling his own software development agency. Learn how he sold his business and has been traveling around Australia in a RV for the last 10 months. Get inspired hearing how he now focuses on helping other developers start their own agencies.

Learn More About Chris:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrickard/

Website - https://devtoagency.com/

Twitter - https://mobile.twitter.com/chrisrickard

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