we've managed to generate over 1.2
million dollars which still blows my
mind I have a team of 10 in Portugal our
work has won awards has been featured in
books and I've gotten to speak on stages
in front of 3,000 people so many
pinch-me moments since I've joined
b-school my name is Joanna and I'm the
creative director and co-founder of gift
design studios a design agency based out
of Portugal
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I joined b-school I was 22 years old I
hadn't even been in the workforce for a
full year but I just took the leap and
it all happened very quickly like thanks
to B school after three months I was
able to quit my job and after five
months I moved back home with my husband
to Portugal where we started our web
design agency now that we had our own
business we could just move wherever we
wanted and not only that but create jobs
for other Portuguese people and give
them better conditions and better wages
when I think about everything that's
changed since I started b-school it
blows my mind every time it makes me
emotional to think about it I am so
grateful for the life that I get to live
now that I can define success on my own
terms that I can work with the clients
that I love do the work that excites me
most because of b-school I get to do
what I love every day
my favorite parts of b-school is the
community I've made some of my very best
friends there I've traveled with them
I've cried with them and laughed with
them the community gives you everything
you need to go through the course to get
the support you need to learn from each
other and make really great friends
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if you feel butterflies in your stomach
that's probably a good sign it means
that you know you're meant for something
more and this will definitely be like a
springboard to that so trust your gut
listen to it and go for it because I
actually believe that there's no going
wrong with that b-schoolers dome a credo
Impreza I'm Aveda cured
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