The context
After a decade in fundamental research in-between physics and cell biology, I decided to quit academia in 2015 and to start my own company in a completely different area: KÄNDI– a company about the development and small-scale production of high-quality, sustainable sweets. Beginning of 2018 I finally decided that I had to stop this endeavor. Since then I have moved back to scientific research where I now work as a data scientist.
Thirteen month after making one of the most difficult decisions I have ever made, namely to stop with this company, I finally want to share some of the lessons I have learnt.… Read the rest