When PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada graduated from college, she veered from her intention to study public health management and instead took a job with Proctor & Gamble. She credits that company’s “leadership academy” approach to many of her subsequent successes, and recommends that future entrepreneurs seek out opportunities to build fundamental leadership and management skills.
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