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Leaving academia and becoming an online entrepreneur: embracing the good, the bad and the ugly

Ana Pineda left academia after teaching a yoga and writing course unleashed her entrepreneurial passion.
  1. Ana Pineda

    1. Ana Pineda helps academics to have a more mindful approach to their scientific-writing process. She is also a guest researcher at the Ibero-American Center for Biodiversity at the University of Alicante, Spain, studying microbes, plants, and insects. She runs ifocusandwrite.com.

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Today is the end of the financial quarter, and I’m at my home office processing invoices for my accountant. In a few weeks, I’ll hear how much value-added tax I need to pay for my business activities.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00210-1

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Competing Interests

The author is the chief executive of the education company ‘I focus and write’. The publication of this article may lead to financial gain for my company through the increased visibility of ‘I focus and write’ activities (for example, as traffic to the website or exposure in social or conventional media).

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