Marcus McNeal Finance professional opens Etsy business after losing his job to COVID Mat Shaw | Contributing Writermathews.yb@gmail.com Between encouraging friends to make investments for the future, 29-year-old Dallas resident Marcus McNeal decided over the summer to follow his own advice and open an Etsy t-shirt business.
No stranger to the world of finance, the adaptable young professional conceived the idea after being let go from his day job as an account manager for Centrada Solutions LLC due to COVID-19. “All the jobs I’ve had have really been in finance, and so that’s very analytical and one side of the brain.
But I do have a very creative side,” McNeal said. His new business, Cypress 39 Tees, launched in May and offers 26 items for