Most career transitions are treated like cliff jumps.
You quit the job. Burn the bridges. Bet everything on your dream.

Shiv Choudhury chose a different path.

When he left BCG to build a billion-dollar business, he didn’t go all in.
First, he faked an app. It didn’t even work.
But it taught him one thing: customers wanted what he was offering.
That was enough to move to the next stage.

He calls it “pre-to-typing.”
👉 A way to de-risk big moves by testing the most important assumption before you quit your job or raise capital.

Shiv isn’t just theorizing.
He’s lived it — and thrived.

His career spans P&G, BCG, co-founding a fast-growing startup now valued in the hundreds of millions, and launching a successful private equity firm.
Every move was intentional.
Every leap was tested.

In this episode, he gives a masterclass in how to evolve your career — without blowing it up.

He shares:
✅ The “pre-to-type” method for de-risking ideas
✅ Why staying in your job can be the brave thing
✅ His framework for deciding when to prototype, scale, or kill
✅ How a childhood trauma still shapes his risk-taking
✅ Why humility — not hustle — has been his edge

If you’re in a transition — or quietly planning one — this episode is for you.

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https://howtolive.life/episode/091-the-art-of-career-transitions-with-Shiv-Choudhury

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