Portfolio Career Podcast

What if your career was a start-up? The start-up of you! What if you professionally applied the same principles and frameworks that start-ups do? Among many other accomplishments, LinkedIn Cofounder Reid Hoffman and Village Global Cofounder Ben Casnocha authored The Start-Up of You in 2012 to help answer some of these questions for you. In this episode, I summarized the key takeaways and insights...

Do you want to teach a transformational online course? Curious Lion Founder Andrew Barry has been a professional in the corporate training and learning and development industry for 15+ years. In 2019, he started studying and embracing transformational online courses more. And in summer 2020, he had a lightbulb moment. After that, he started sharing his knowledge online more and more. Later, throug...

Are you looking to start a new coaching side hustle? Rebecca Garcia and Melissa Wong work both full-time at Facebook and Nextdoor, respectively. In addition, they are passionate about helping others level-up. They both share stories and experiences about how they have been able to find clients, determine their offerings, and ultimately solve people's problems. If interested in being a coach or gro...

Smiley Poswolsky is a millennial workplace expert, motivational speaker, and author of The Quarter-Life Breakthrough and The Breakthrough Speaker. His TEDx talk on "the quarter-life crisis" has been viewed more than 1.5 million times. In May 2021, Smiley's next and newest book, Friendship in the Age of Loneliness, will be available.  In this episode you will learn,  -how to maintain your friendshi...

Claire Wasserman is an educator, author, and founder of Ladies Get Paid, a book, educational platform, and global community that champions the professional and financial advancement of women.  The community has grown to over 75,000 members.  In this episode, you will learn: - how Claire wrote her book, Ladies Get Paid - how to think about yourself as your own business - the importance of networkin...

Launching a startup is really, really hard. For John Henry, he does not want it to be an expense of creating content. Since 2014, John has consistently produced content and hosted branded podcasts with eBay, WeWork, Samsung, and The Washington Post, etc. He also hosted a TV show called Hustle on VICELAND. In 2020, John cofounded Loop, an insurance technology company. While launching the startup, J...

David Spinks is the cofounder of CMX, where over 20,000 community professionals gather to learn and support each other. In 2019, CMX was acquired by Bevy, where Spinks now serves as the VP of Community, helping companies launch and scale event-driven community programs. David's new book, The Business of Belonging: How to Make Community your Competitive Advantage, is available in March 2021.  In th...

This is a special episode with my sister, Dana Lund. After getting married in 2018, Dana and her husband moved to Miami on a whim. You will learn how she eventually figured out what she wanted to do, how she worked two jobs at one point, and the work she is doing now as a real estate broker in Miami. You will also learn how we both and our family dealt with losing our Dad in 2006 and how a charita...

Before it was even a thing, Diane Mulcahy created the first course in the country on the Gig Economy and in the MBA program at Babson College. Out of that course grew a book, The Gig Economy. Diane works in the Gig Economy as a consultant and advisor to Fortune 500 and startup company clients, and as a speaker, writer, and adjunct professor.  In this episode, you will learn: - key insights from Di...

For the last six years, Jonathan Basker has grown his own, independent company. He has done so WITHOUT having a website. He has worked in the recruiting, HR, and leadership sectors with and at leading firms like Etsy, Betaworks, Handy, Bark, and InVision just to name a few. He is currently a consultant usually taking on interim roles and a coach.    In this episode, you will learn: -how Jonathan s...

Are you looking for a practical overview and toolkit for your Portfolio Career? Consider reading Emma Gannon's The Multi-Hyphen Life book! Emma is the host of UK's Number 1 Career podcast, Ctrl Alt Delete, with over 8 million downloads. She has blogged since 2009 and is the author of five books. She wrote this book after enjoying a Multi-Hyphen Life. A hyphen is a type of work or activity in someo...

Let's make it pivoting easier. Veronica Kaulinis and Michelle Welsch join me to talk about how we can get better at pivoting, an important skill to learn for your Portfolio Career. 2020 taught us that we need to be more prepared for change. In this panel-style episode, you will hear pivot stories, experiences, and insights. Michelle is based in Nepal and Veronica is in Bali creating a global conve...

When an opportunity arises, you sometimes have to take it. Ali Kriegsman is the Cofounder and COO of Bulletin, a venture capital-backed retail technology company. Running a company is extremely demanding. When a literary agent reached out, she decided to take the opportunity. Her book, How To Build A Goddamn Empire, will be available in April 2021.  In this episode, you will learn: - the importanc...

Will Bachman is the Cofounder of Umbrex, a community for independent management consultants. He started the community after leaving the leading management consulting firm, McKinsey, and starting his own independent management consulting practice. He is passionate about helping independent professionals thrive through his 340+ episode podcast called Unleashed.  In this episode, you will learn: - wh...

It's a New Year and it likely means you have new ambitions for your Portfolio Career. Putting yourself out there in the internet is an meaningful strategy to find unique opportunities and ones that you are specific to you. This bonus episode including 6 clips from prior episodes to help you do so. You will hear from Jerome Lamaar, Darrah Brustein, Paul Jun, Erica Blair, Colin Campbell, and Natalie...

Are you trying to better understand your journey in 2020? Lisa Carmen Wang, the Founder of The Confident Investor, is one of the most self-aware people that I know. In this episode, you will learn how she has been reflecting on 2020 and frameworks she has been using to determine her work and relationships going-forward. You will also learn mindset tactics to deal with imposter syndrome. In this ep...

Liz Wessel is the Cofounder and CEO of WayUp, a venture-backed company and platform used by millions of early-career professionals to get hired. Liz has also been featured in Business Insider and Fast Company about her success with and recommending cold emailing for help. You will learn job search advice and cold emailing, and how Liz has been building her Portfolio Career. In this episode, you wi...

In July 2019, Carly Valancy's life started to change. She devoured the ideas in Molly Beck's book, Reach Out, and made a plan. Every work day since, she would reach out to a different person. After 100 days, her life changed. Among much more, she ended up collaborating with Molly and founded The Reach Out Party, a workshop to help people reach out together.  In this episode, you will learn: - how...

Seth Godin is the author of 20 international bestselling books and the founder of the altMBA and the Akimbo Workshops. His latest book is called The Practice. In this episode, you learn about the core ideas in the book, especially related to podcasting.  In this episode, you will learn: - the difference between being a podcaster, a creative podcaster, and a professional podcaster - what it means t...

Is it possible to go an outreach message to a new client? This bonus episode including 6 clips from prior episodes to help you do so. You will hear from Wes Kao, Jay Clouse, Tony Bacigalupo, Samantha Clarke, Tom Critchlow, and Julia Lipton! Tune to Build and Grow your Portfolio Career!   As always, this episode  with notes is available on my website.

This is a special bonus episode. David is interviewed by his very first guest, Kean Gardner. David shares lessons learned from 2+ years of podcasting and developing a portfolio of work around his Portfolio Career Podcast.  You will learn: - how there there are tiers and plateaus in a podcasting journey - how creating a podcast can lead to a modern marketing set of skills - benefits of podcasting t...

In 2020, Özlem Özkan published a memoir called The Student. Most of her career has been as a teacher, in addition to experience in business development and sales. Her passions lies into at the intersection of leadership, common values among different cultures, and personal growth. This led her to starting her podcast, Bridging, in 2020. If you are interested in launching a podcast or writing a boo...

Anne Stark Ditmeyer has been living in Paris since 2009. She launched her Pret-A-Voyager blog in 2007 and it has been her best business card. She has not applied for a job in 10+ years. Anne is passionate about Portfolio Careers. She has worked at the intersection of multiple fields. Currently, she is mostly focused on online workshops and creativity coaching.  You will learn: - how opportunities...

Chris Williamson is the host of the Modern Wisdom podcast, a 240+ episode show started in early 2018. With a background of peak performance physically, Chris has brought that level of rigor to his show. This was a jam-packed episode!  In this episode, you will learn:  - how to create wealth - the importance of hard work and consistency - the leverage and opportunities we have to be a creator on th...

What has been the most unexpected career change you have made? Cynthia Pong was a public defender for over 6 years before a big pivot. Her pivot to coaching happened in a few different steps and iterations along the way. Now, she is a career coach and strategist, and recently named one of LinkedIn's Top Voices. She also recently published a new book called Don't Stay In Your Lane.  In this episode...