It was the day he’d quit his six-figure salary job and take the biggest risk of his life. In other words, Alex’s decision to quit wasn’t spur of the moment. “I helped a lot of people grow on social media so I began to wonder, ‘why can’t I do it too?” Alex recalled. Alex pulled long hours to grow his community to 650,000 subscribers on YouTube and 120,000 followers on Instagram before leaving his day job. 14 months after quitting his YouTube job, Alex’s risk is already paying off.

Source: Forbes April 23, 2019 20:09 UTC