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JaesopPop t1_j7l3kck wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in I quit my salary management job in Online Industry to pursue my passion for backpack design and we finally succeeded with our first ever backpack for kids after 3 years of working. AMA! by hoangmanager

> I'm trying to get an answer to a question and you want to interupt it with your personal opinion.

You didn’t ask a question, and I didn’t state an opinion.

>I called my kids school and told them some guy on reddit said we don't need clear backpacks, so I'm not going to buy one. Thanks for the help. Problem solved.

I didn’t say your kids school didn’t require a clear backpack lol. Maybe if you’d understood what I said you wouldn’t have gotten yourself so worked up?

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hoangmanager OP t1_j7l39cf wrote

Reply to comment by Im_Jooms in I quit my salary management job in Online Industry to pursue my passion for backpack design and we finally succeeded with our first ever backpack for kids after 3 years of working. AMA! by hoangmanager

I actually planned this before I quit my job completely. As mentioned, I have started to open stores selling backpacks of major brands in the world. When the income from there was enough for me to prepare for my project, I started switching to part-time work and gradually full-time before my office officially opened.

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ksgif2 t1_j7l37w4 wrote

Reply to I quit my salary management job in Online Industry to pursue my passion for backpack design and we finally succeeded with our first ever backpack for kids after 3 years of working. AMA! by hoangmanager

I recently purchased a backpack that's also a beer cooler so when I get to my destination I can dump my junk out in the hotel and take cold beer to the beach. I believe backpack perfection has already been achieved, what's left to be done?

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hoangmanager OP t1_j7l1gyx wrote

Reply to comment by rawrr_monster in I quit my salary management job in Online Industry to pursue my passion for backpack design and we finally succeeded with our first ever backpack for kids after 3 years of working. AMA! by hoangmanager

Thanks for the question. We always wanted to create a versatile product for kids, with a modular, lightweight and ergonomic design. Jansport does not have any ergonomic products to my knowledge. We are a new brand, we try our best to one day be as big as jansport and provide more value to our users.

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spityy t1_j7l0ls7 wrote

Reply to comment by rawrr_monster in I quit my salary management job in Online Industry to pursue my passion for backpack design and we finally succeeded with our first ever backpack for kids after 3 years of working. AMA! by hoangmanager

If you are interested in high quality backpacks for kids and sports I can recommend Camelbak made in Germany. They are pricey tho but they last very long, at least mine does, I don't even remember when I got mine. Must be like 14 years ago when I got my motorbike driver's license.

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Im_Jooms t1_j7kzoxp wrote

Reply to I quit my salary management job in Online Industry to pursue my passion for backpack design and we finally succeeded with our first ever backpack for kids after 3 years of working. AMA! by hoangmanager

Hey, thanks for doing this.

More of a general startup question. I think one of the big things stopping more people from leaving salary and trying to go off on their own is just how stable salary seems.

How did you financially prepare to go out on your own? Did you all set aside months of savings before taking the plunge? Did you have something else that paid the bills?

Thanks for doing this AMA and I'm looking forward to your answer. :)

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