I left Goldman Sachs to build a small baking business. Here's how my time at the firm is giving me a leg up.

"Baking cakes started out as a college hobby. I'd make them for my sorority sisters and, once word got out, the broader Dallas community."

"As soon as I got to New York, I restarted my baking social media accounts, which had around 500 followers at the time, and announced that I was back in business."

"A typical day meant waking up at 5 am to frost a cake, going to the gym, going to work, baking a cake, going to dinner with friends, and going to sleep."

Allison Sheehan, a former analyst at Goldman Sachs, began baking cakes as a college hobby. After moving to Utah for work, she paused her baking but longed to create a cake business. Upon transferring to New York, she revived her baking social media and limited orders to three cakes weekly, which quickly sold out. As demand grew, she expanded to ten cakes. Balancing her baking with a full-time job, she documented her journey online while maintaining discretion about her professional life.

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