Build Smarter — Grow Without Burnout | Career Pivot Lessons (Ashburn)
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# ✨ Real Founder Lessons for Builders & Career Pivoters (Ashburn)
Saturday, March 14 • 2–4 PM • Ashburn, VA
What if growing your work didn’t have to come with constant exhaustion?
This entrepreneur-focused session is a behind-the-scenes conversation about how to build, pivot, and scale without burning yourself out — and without chasing work that drains your energy.
Whether you’re launching something new, navigating a career pivot, or rebuilding after a layoff, the principles are the same:
👉 protect your energy
👉 make smarter pivots
👉 build momentum that lasts
👉 apply AI practically to support smarter decisions and workflows
Over 12 years, I’ve launched 7 startups and side hustles — alongside 21 years in corporate tech leadership. The biggest lesson wasn’t scaling tactics…
It was learning when to pivot, how to sustain momentum, and how to align what energizes you with what serves your customers — an approach that generated revenue in my first full-time year without burnout.
A key part of that evolution has been learning how to integrate AI in grounded, practical ways — helping accelerate testing, decision-making, and workflow clarity without adding complexity.
During this session, I’ll share real founder insights — including a live screen walkthrough — showing how smart pivots happen and what separates intentional growth from reactive hustle.
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## What We’ll Explore
- How to recognize when to pivot — and when to stay the course
- Building energy-first systems instead of burnout cycles
- Founder decision-making under pressure
- Designing work that supports long-term momentum
- Why sustainable growth outperforms hustle culture
- Using AI strategically to support pivots, experimentation, and smarter workflows
This is not a lecture or pitch — it’s a grounded founder conversation for people who want to grow smarter and build work that lasts.
Expect practical thinking, humor, and takeaways you can use immediately.
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## Event Details
💵 $20 RSVP — includes coffee + snacks
📍 Ashburn, VA (exact address shared after RSVP)
🕑 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
👥 Max 15 attendees — intentionally small for meaningful conversation
Most attendees are professionals, founders, and growth-minded builders navigating reinvention, pivots, or startup ideas.
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## About the Space — Startup Garage Style
Hosted in my early-founder style startup garage — a bright, spacious, comfortable Ashburn living room designed for focused conversation and practical learning. These sessions are intentionally intimate — closer to a founder roundtable than a seminar.
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## Background — Corporate to Founder Journey
After 21 years in corporate tech leadership, including senior director role, I transitioned into full-time entrepreneurship, building on years of startup and side-hustle experience.
If you’re exploring a career pivot or next chapter, you’ll find this conversation highly practical.
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## 🔗 Builder Ecosystem & Resources
🌐 Website: https://midlifereinvention.co
▶ YouTube (300K+ views): https://www.youtube.com/@midlife_mindfulness
💼 LinkedIn (4K+ followers): https://www.linkedin.com/in/anju-debnath-0061524/
🤝 Meetup Community: https://www.meetup.com/ashburn-transition-meetup-group/
📚 Amazon Author Page (2 Books published, more on the way): https://www.amazon.com/stores/Anju-Debnath/author/B0FFNBVZLQ
Everything shared comes from lived founder experience — not theory.
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Space is intentionally limited to ensure focused discussion, interactive learning, and practical takeaways you can use immediately.