#36 Entrepreneurship: Death of the Ego, Living in the Wild West & Saying No | CX Kelly Massad, CEO/Co-Founder Mainstay Digital

Forget the highlight reels. This episode gets real. Nicole sits down with Kelly Massad, CEO and co-founder of Mainstay Digital, to dismantle every polished, romanticized story you have ever heard about leaving corporate life. After over a decade in consulting, including time at KPMG,  Kelly said yes to a two-week business plan, quit his job, and never looked back. What followed was not a straight line. It was a crash course in niching down, killing the ego, and betting everything on himself.   In this episode: → Why the consultant's trap of saying yes to everything is silently killing your business → How AI functions as a force multiplier - cutting through the noise so you can lead, not just survive → Nobody cares what you used to be in corporate - and the sooner you stop hiding behind it, the sooner you can build something that actually matters This is entrepreneurship without the filter. If you are thinking about making the leap, this is the episode you cannot afford to skip. 🎧 Listen now and subscribe to the Corporate Expat Experience. Kelly Massad is CEO/Co-Founder of Mainstay Digital, a 3D and spatial computing company that transforms complex B2B products into compelling digital experiences.    Connect with Kelly and Mainstay Digital: Mainstay Digital: https://www.mainstaydigital.com/  LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyjmassad/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mainstay-digital/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mainstaydigital  Connect & Subscribe to Nicole and Corporate Expat: Website: https://www.corporate-expat.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/corporate-expat Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/corporate_expat LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ncolwell Recorded and filmed at MarketScale Studios - a big thank you to the MarketScale Team for your support of the Podcast. https://www.marketscale.com