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International Business Times
International Business Times
Adam Bent

Work Smarter, Not Harder: The Unconventional Journey of Stephannie Chiu Turning Anxiety into Opportunity

Stephannie Chiu - Photo by Alexander Tat (Tictattoe.com)
Stephannie Chiu Alexander Tat Tictattoe.com

Stephannie Chiu never set out to be an entrepreneur. In fact, the founder of Lux Property Lab in San Francisco was content with her 9-to-5 corporate life, until she wasn't. Her business journey was not driven by ambition or rebellion but by fear, specifically, the fear of losing her job.

"In the tech and corporate world, layoffs are common. You hear about the layoffs all the time, even from some of the biggest companies in the world," Chiu shares. "That anxiety started building. I was not in tech originally, but I felt it all around me."

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