10/20/2026
Getting furloughed was the best thing that ever happened to my business.
I was a marketing executive at a division of Ticketmaster. Good title, steady paycheck, the job that looked like the plan.
Then COVID hit and I got furloughed.
I'd been building a small marketing agency on the side for years. The furlough was the push I needed to stop hedging and go all in.
Sometimes the thing that feels like it's ending your story is actually starting the real one.
I talked through the whole journey with Mark Hayward on Business Growth Talks.
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2d5Z8Zh1orMRxvGVVh92NI
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/furloughed-to-%24500k-during-covid-and-building/id1340548096?i=1000783765907
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-mv6zK_Y7M