Pet Care

In 2024, following an unanticipated exit from my corporate career, I made a deliberate decision to transition into entrepreneurship.

At the time, I was already engaged in pet care on a part-time basis—supporting friends with pet sitting and offering occasional boarding through the Rover platform. These informal engagements revealed both the commercial potential of the pet services market and the personal fulfillment I found in delivering a high-quality, relationship-driven service.

As I reflected on my broader career trajectory, I became increasingly aware of how advances in AI were reshaping work across industries and, more specifically, redefining the role I held in corporate administration. Much of my previous expertise had centered on execution and task management—work that emerging tools were rapidly automating. This shift signaled that the future of administrative work would look materially different and prompted a reevaluation of how I wanted to position myself professionally.

That realization became a catalyst for moving from a reactive role to a more proactive, ownership-oriented path.

This pivot raised a central question: Can a part-time service offering be systematically developed into a full-time, sustainable business?

Without formal business training, I approached this challenge through structured problem-solving, experimentation, and reflection. Each operational decision became an opportunity to articulate strategy, test assumptions, and build scalable practices grounded in quantitative insight.

This blog series documents that journey through a collection of case studies. It is intended not only to support my own learning, but also to offer value to those navigating career transitions, exploring service-based entrepreneurship, or seeking a practical, transparent view of small business development in an era of rapid technological change.

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