Monday, 27 May 2013

Google Begged This Woman To Stay, But She Left To Start Her Own Company


Last year, Anastasia Leng decided to leave her secure, cushy job at Google and venture into the land of startups.
Leng spent a little over five years at Google, where she worked as a product marketing manager. Before she left the tech giant to start Makeably, Leng was living in London where she worked as Google's new business development manager.
Google asked her if there was anything they could do to keep her, but there really wasn't. It wasn't about the money, Leng tells us. It was either about striking out or succeeding on her own. 
"My parents fought for everything we’ve ever had," Leng says. "Everything. So I just felt like in some way, I could have this very comfortable life and it would be amazing, but it would almost be the opposite of my parents.”
Anastasia Leng
Anastasia Leng, co-founder at Makeably

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