How a Career Gap Built a New Industry Niche

The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry · Jun 1, 2026 · 9m · transcript

Lucas and Luna explore how one woman's forced career break after becoming a stay-at-home parent led her to spot an underserved niche in project management software for nonprofits. They walk through her exact steps: auditing her volunteer treasurer work to identify a transferable skill gap, building a lightweight SaaS tool using no-code platforms during nap times, and launching it as a side project that turned into a full-time business serving over 200 small charities. This episode offers a concrete, replicable framework for turning a career gap into a new professional identity—without a…