{"id":23865,"date":"2016-10-20T09:02:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T13:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/creator\/?p=23865"},"modified":"2020-03-30T22:39:58","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T02:39:58","slug":"40-40-life-anna-ivey-believes-no-limitations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/40-40-life-anna-ivey-believes-no-limitations","title":{"rendered":"40 over 40: In life, Anna Ivey believes there are &#8216;no limitations&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cWhatever you invest your energy in, at the end, it has to make sense,\u201d says 44-year-old entrepreneur Anna Ivey. \u201cIf it doesn\u2019t get you closer to your goals, you have to make a change.\u201d&nbsp;Ivey took what she considers the road most traveled. She marched off to law school and served as an attorney in Los Angeles. But one afternoon while sitting in a conference room at a company retreat, she remembers thinking, \u201c\u2019Whose life here do you want?\u201d She realized she came back with a null set. While she found her way into the admissions department at a law school, working her way up to dean, she saw it as a dead end job. \u201cI couldn\u2019t go up, and I knew I didn\u2019t want to go lateral,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/Anna-Ivey-2-800x571.jpg\" alt=\"Anna Ivey\" class=\"wp-image-23868\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>When I work for myself, there are really no limitations on where I could go.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So she jumped ship and launched <a href=\"https:\/\/inli.ne\/\">inli.ne<\/a>, a platform that assists students with their college applications. She wondered why there isn\u2019t a \u201cTurboTax for college applications.\u201d So she decided to build it. She also used her experience in admissions to start <a href=\"https:\/\/service2school.com\/\">Service2School<\/a>, a free service that helps military veterans transition to college. Her passion is making sure no one feels alone. \u201cYou find the right people along the way to build the vision and execute with you, and that\u2019s huge,\u201d Ivey says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photos: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katwickstromphotography.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kat Wickstrom<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhatever you invest your energy in, at the end, it has to make sense,\u201d says 44-year-old entrepreneur Anna Ivey. \u201cIf it doesn\u2019t get you closer to your goals, you have to make a change.\u201d&nbsp;Ivey took what she considers the road most traveled. 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