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A 2-year taste of the office was enough to make 3 grads quit. Now they run a $13.2 billion investment firm: ‘We didn’t want a traditional job again’
The trio quit their grad scheme with $25K and no business plan to found Octopus Group, the firm behind Octopus Energy: "Everyone thought we were mad. "
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The trio quit their grad scheme with $25K and no business plan to found Octopus Group, the firm behind Octopus Energy: "Everyone thought we were mad."
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