I got laid off and used my severance money to launch a startup. Here's why it felt like less of a gamble than pursuing an MBA.

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Sam Perry, 40, was laid off in 2022.

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Welcome to Singapore's hustle economy

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Ivan Leong, the owner of the Cantonese roast pork stall Char Siu Lang, runs two outlets in Singapore.
Ivan Leong, like many other millennials and Gen Z in Singapore, has ditched the corporate grind and opened small F&B businesses.

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"We're the same age," I told Ernest Ang, a 24-year-old who opened an eatery two years ago with his grandmother's recipes.

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