Erica Douglass was too young to feel so old. Tired and sick every time she ate, her doctors told her to slow down and spend less time at her six-year-old Silicon Valley-based web hosting company. She was told to take a vacation and began to think her illness was all in her head.
Struggling with what would later be diagnosed as Celiac disease, a condition that damages the lining of the small intestine, Douglass didn't understand why her body was failing her. Running her company was becoming harder and harder. Finally, unable to get an accurate diagnosis for her condition, and seeing the first signs of the recession and some major industry shifts on the horizon, she sold her business to a competitor in a hastily arranged agreement that paid her $1.1 million over a three-year period. She was 26.
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Author: John Warrillow
