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I Took a 6-Figure Job at Amazon in Between Bouts of Entrepreneurship
Business Insider • • business
Key Points:
- Seun Phillips, an electrical engineering graduate from the University of Michigan, transitioned from working at Motorola and Amazon to founding Stemnetics, a company providing hands-on STEM programs for kids.
- He initially launched Project Syncere, a nonprofit aimed at creating STEM career pathways for underrepresented students, before starting Stemnetics in Michigan in 2014.
- After becoming a father, Phillips took a stable role at the Michigan Science Center while continuing to run Stemnetics part-time, later moving to California where he worked as a senior partnerships manager at Amazon Robotics.
- Inspired by a school principal's interest in STEM labs, Phillips left Amazon after a year to focus full-time on expanding Stemnetics, which now employs over 35 people and runs more than 30 programs across Michigan and California.
- Phillips emphasizes the importance of sparking student excitement in STEM, fostering problem-solving, critical thinking, resilience, and confidence through his programs.
