Ryan Wertman, a Philadelphia lawyer who started his own practice that serves small businesses, is among those profiled by BBC in its look at Americans who leave good jobs to do their own thing.
Unwilling to put their careers in the hands of others, some Americans are quitting good jobs to start their own businesses - despite the high unemployment rate. In the first in a new series about creating jobs, the spotlight is on this surprising trend.
Ryan Wertman was one of the lucky ones.
A 2007 law school graduate, he had landed a job with a corporate firm in Philadelphia. At a time when unemployment numbers remained high, he was making good money, earning solid benefits, and on track for a partner position.
Then the economy crashed, and everything changed.
He wasn't fired, or downsized, or otherwise forced to start his own shop. Instead, disillusioned with corporate culture, he left his cushy job to start out on his own practice - a one-man firm offering legal services to other small businesses.
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