From Employment to Entrepreneurship: Planning Your Career Shift

​Moving from employment to entrepreneurship can feel exciting and uncertain at the same time. This workshop is designed for professionals who are considering a shift in their career trajectory and want to approach it thoughtfully rather than impulsively.Participants will explore the key factors that influence a sustainable transition. The session focuses on assessing personal readiness, identifying transferable skills, and clarifying the real motivation behind the desire to start a business. It also addresses financial preparedness, risk awareness, and the difference between having an interesting idea and having a viable market opportunity.Participants will learn how to structure an initial business concept, define a potential target audience, and identify realistic first steps they can take while still employed. By the end of the session, participants will leave with a clearer sense of whether entrepreneurship is a path they genuinely want to pursue and what they should concentrate on first if they decide to move forward.king control of their professional futures.

Speaker: Jana Sedlakova (Partner at SEDLAKOVA LEGAL, General Partner at STARTGUIDE VC)