{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":" Wall Street To Y'all Street","title":"She Quit Running $200 Million to Start From Nothing — Here's What Happened | Jada Powell, Founder","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2392,"description":"She spent years running a $200 million corporate division. The title. The team. The corner office. Then she walked away from all of it — to start a company from scratch with no safety net, no corporate infrastructure, and no guarantee it would work.\nIn this episode of Wall Street To Y'all Street, we sit down with a former corporate executive who made the leap that most people fantasize about but never take. She breaks down what it actually feels like to go from leading hundreds of people and managing nine-figure budgets to being a founder who does everything herself — from closing deals to emptying the trash.\nThis isn't a motivational \"follow your dreams\" story. It's a raw, tactical conversation about the identity crisis, the financial shock, the loneliness, and the unexpected advantages that come from leaving corporate power for entrepreneurial uncertainty.\nWhether you're a corporate leader secretly planning your exit, a founder who already made the jump, or someone debating whether the risk is worth it — this episode gives you the unfiltered playbook.\n🔑 In this episode:\n• What it actually feels like to leave a $200 million leadership role\n• The identity crisis nobody warns corporate-leaders-turned-founders about\n• Why corporate skills don't transfer the way you think they do\n• The financial and emotional reality of starting from zero after earning at the top\n• What she'd tell every executive who's thinking about making the leap\nFind Jada at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jadapowell/\n\n🎙️ABOUT THE HOST: Joseph J. Raetzer, MBA, JD is Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and Securities Lawyer (capital raising). He started his career over 20 years ago on Wall Street and he has done over $100+ billion in transactions. He is also a serial entrepreneur with a successful 7-figure exit in under 3 years, and founder of his corporate M&A and securities law firm Raetzer PLLC.\nHis podcast Wall Street to Y’all Street features real lessons from founders, operators, and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/75oAuGhq97wpEruFj9zliiV-2tDJa5Hk8v3en-_ksoA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81ZmY1/ZmMzMTQyN2ZlMzIx/ZjkzY2RiNjhmMDEy/Y2Y0Ni5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}