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☆ I clean the windows on a 740-foot skyscraper. The first time, I felt like I was going to die, but now it's freeing.
  + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Emma Magnus | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
It takes the team six months to clean the entire building, and then they immediately start again. AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lucas Da Silva, a vertical site supervisor for the Leadenhall Building in London. The first time I went up the Leadenhall Building — which is 224.5 meters tall, or about 738 feet — I felt like I was going to die. AdvertisementIt takes 6 months to clean the whole building — and then you immediately start againIt takes about six months to clean the whole building. You never get used to the risks of working that high upDa Silva admires the view from the top floors of Leadenhall Building.
Persons: Lucas Da Silva, Da Silva, —, I've, I'm, they'd Organizations: Service, Lucas Da Silva Health, London Locations: London, Paul's Cathedral, Bishopsgate
☆ My company made $1 million in its first year during the 2008 financial crisis. My advice for entrepreneurs is to start now — here's why.
  + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Emma Magnus | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
He saw the 2008 financial crisis as a chance to recruit talent and clients looking to make a change. Allen started his company in 2008 and turned over $1 million in the first year of operation. When I saw the financial crisis starting to develop back in 2008, it felt like the right moment to start my own brand-consultancy business. In January 2008, I bit the bullet and gave up a comfortable WPP package to start my own consultancy business, Brandpie. We ended up making about £1.1 million, over $1 million, in revenue in our first year.
☆ I was laid off from Lehman Brothers right before it collapsed. Here's what the final chaotic weeks were like from the inside.
  + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Emma Magnus | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Adam Taylor had been working in M&A at Lehman Brothers in London for 2½ years in 2008. I had started working at Lehman Brothers in the summer of 2005, when I was 25. In retrospect, there were warning signs before it collapsedAt the time, nobody thought Lehman Brothers would go under in 2008. I had friends who bought shares in Lehman Brothers when they were really low, thinking they were only going to go up, but they lost their money. I lost the sense of identity I had linked to the companyFor 2½ years, I'd been "Adam Taylor who works at Lehman Brothers."
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