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Stacey Toussaint, 35
securities lawyer turned Inside Out Tours entrepreneur (insideouttours.com)How did you get started?
About a year and a half ago my business partner and I wrote a business plan. We both still had our full-time jobs and did this on the side. We entered it to the PowerUp! business plan competition, which runs out of the Brooklyn Public Library, and won an award. So in February, after seven years practicing law, I resigned.Then what?
I went to the Department of Consumer Affairs and got licensed as a tour guide. I did research about where we could find buses, looked at industry trends, did surveys online and in person, and tried to understand our target market. It was also a lot of researching different neighborhoods and meeting with locals and business.How are you paying your bills?
I do contract attorney work on the side. So I have short-term assignments that help bring money in—but I’m still dipping into my savings.NEXT Rob Bennett, Wall Street bond seller turned photographer
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Jobs 2009: Change your career
Your industry isn't working for you anymore? Here's how to move on.
Time Out New York / Issue 723 : Aug 6–12, 2009
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This is a wonderful article, and I am looking forward to the tour.
Huh. Nice story, but no wonder there is absolutely NO publicity about the East River development project - the PR person switched careers! Everyone I know is always looking as you cross the Williamsburg Bridge, like, hey guys, look, I think they're DOING something over there! What IS it???
This is fabulous; your vision, hard work and persistence are paying off handsomely. Looking forward to the Friends & Family tour, congrats again!
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My friend Stacey who took a risk and is by starting her own business. Way to go!
My friend Stacey who decided to quit her job and start her own business. She was featured in Time out magazine.