Actuaries as Entrepreneurs with Ilan Leas

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Ilan Leas is a founder of an actuarial start-up, retender. He has worked in Australia, the UK and South Africa and is a former Chair of the Life Insurance and Wealth Management Practice Committee at the Actuaries Institute. He has a real passion for encouraging others to try the start-up path, at least once, and has written a book about all the things you shouldn’t do if going on this journey.

In this interview, Ilan shares: 

• How he found the courage to leave stable employment to build a business;
• What supports he found helpful on his start-up journey, and
• His advice for actuaries considering leaving employment to start a business. 

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