I went from Goldman Sachs to running a dance studio. My Wall Street years help me center clients and manage finances.

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figcaption>When I worked in the corporate world, people told me to slow down and have more thoughtful decision-making, which was the flipside of being an open, friendly person.

The feedback was 100% true, and now, as an entrepreneur, I face it in real time, instead of in a performance report. Consequences are higher and more immediate, and I’m being pushed to change.

It’s still early, and there’s a lot more changing to do, but we’ve done six figures in our first 100 days. There’s an on-ramp, though, and we’re bootstrapped right now. My years on Wall Street taught me how to judge the success of young businesses, since I’d treat founders as potential clients and determine what their early numbers could lead to in the future.

I’m nowhere near the metrics that people in finance would take seriously, but I know what the roadmap looks like, and I’m pretty sure I have paths to get there.