From internet giant to microcredit
The first people who took jobs at Google Inc. are a lucky bunch. Thanks to soaring stock options, 100 of the company’s first 300 employees quit their jobs and went on to all sorts of other things.
Olana Kahn became chief operating officer of Kiva.org, a San Francisco non-profit that provides small loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries. Kahn went from overseeing Google’s global sales to overseeing loans for such things as taco carts and beauty salon supplies – small investments that make a huge difference. According to Kahn, “it’s more of a challenge than Google ever was.”