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# You don't have to choose


- **Date:** Friday, Jul 19, 2024
- **Time:** 14:20–14:50 (30 min)
- **Room:** Airstream (120)
- **Event:** World Congress 2024

## Description

Ever felt torn between career growth and your entrepreneurial aspirations? In this talk, I'll share my experience working as a Principal Product Designer at Yelp while successfully bootstrapping businesses. I’ll share stories from launching small businesses, growing them to 250k+ ARR, and getting acquired, all of while advancing my career at one of the world’s biggest tech firm. We’ll explore the advantages and challenges of this new work model, and how you can structure a career that works for you.

## Speaker

### [antoineminoux](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@antoineminoux)

Principal Product Designer at Yelp


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- [Develop.me! Carving Out Bold Careers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/173-develop-me-carving) — Andreea Lungulescu
- [Stay: Surviving and Thriving in Tech](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/216-stay-surviving-and) — Brenda Romero
- [Startup Presentation: Echoes - What if developer productivity wasn't the problem?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/135-startup-presentation) — Arnaud Porterie
- [How do you navigate the volatility of the tech industry?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/59-how-do-you-navigate) — Adriaan Kolff, Lindsay Ross, Rudi Bauer