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    How I Built My Startup After Getting Laid Off, Having a Baby, and Moving 5,000 Miles Away

    Aug 15, 2023 3 minutes

    No. 297

    SQUARED AWAY

    CEO: Michelle Penczak

    Category: Business Products & Services

    Three-year revenue growth: 1,908%

    • Michelle Penczak could see the look on prospective employers’ faces when she told them her husband was a Marine Corps pilot. Like many military families, the Penczaks moved every few years, and it always came up in interviews. So it was a relief when, in 2013, Penczak landed a job working remotely at virtual assistant company Zirtual, where she led a team of 15 employees and

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