Why Being An Entrepreneur Is A Great Choice For Career-Minded Parents | by Tom Fairey | Back Yourself

BACK YOURSELF SHOW SERIESThree lessons from Sarah Porter, the founder of Inspired Minds.Photo by Ketut Subiyanto from PexelsI found out I was having my first daughter the day after I resigned from my job and was about to give up my salary to start a company. As you can imagine, there was some a-grade panic. One thing you want when you have kids is stability, and startups don’t give that. They just don’t. However, four years down the line, I am now blessed to be able to spend more time with my kids than I ever would have, had I kept a 9–5.This is why I was particularly excited to speak to this week’s guest on the show, as she architected the life that she wanted and has some great tips on how you can too. Here’s her story.Sarah Porter founded Inspired Minds five years ago to accelerate a progression toward global goals of using emerging technologies to make the world a better place.Lofty goals, right? But that’s not all Inspired Minds did: It also allowed Porter to advance her career ambitions while also being a mother.Inspired Minds focuses on frameworks to establish ways to use emerging tech like artificial intelligence in medicine, climate change, and gender equality…