Arsh Toor

Summary

Arsh Toor's dad moved from India to Canada as an engineer and ended up taking whatever work he could find to support a family on a single income. The message was clear: work hard, get good grades, get a steady job. Arsh did exactly that. She got into an impressive school, landed in investment banking, and spent five years at two different shops in New York. Then she quit to make pistachio butter. Arsh talks about what it felt like to look at the seniors on her team and realize she didn't want their life. About logging back on at 9 p.m. and knowing that was never going to change. About telling her parents she was leaving the career they would have done anything to have. And about what it's actually like to go from building financial models to tracking inventory, running Instagram, and putting everything on the line for a product she and her partner made in a blender. Arsh is the co-founder of Stesh, a pistachio butter brand built on the idea that what you eat should bring you a second of joy in your day. Topics: investment banking, quitting corporate, first-generation immigrant, entrepreneurship, food startup, pistachio butter, Stesh, career change, burnout, founder life Founder Portraits is hosted by Christianne. New episodes weekly.