Portfolio Career Podcast

Do you want to have a body of work that speaks for itself? One that attracts clients? And one that attracts friends? Visakan Veerasamy is a prolific content creator. He is the author of two e-books and also has over 40,000 followers on Twitter. In this episode, you will learn about how to best use Twitter and how to make friends on it. You also learn about the benefits of "doing 100 things," how o...

Do you want to make more of an impact? Author, teacher and social entrepreneur Alex Budak wants to help you make change and be even more of a changemaker. In this episode, you will learn how changemaking can occur in small moments and can be very cost-effective too. You will learn some core ideas in Alex's new book called Becoming a Changemaker like creating a changemaker project and the changemak...

Sometimes your project can take you to unexpected places. For Nicole Kelner, she started making watercolor art consistently in the beginning of 2022. Quickly, she focused exclusively on making climate change art. She began sharing her work on Twitter, leading to inbound interest on what she should paint next and commissioned art pieces. Ultimately, it led to her leaving her job to work full-time o...

With a small audience, you can still make an impact and generate opportunities online. That's one of the takeaways from this episode with Stew Fortier, the Cofounder of Foster. Foster is a Y-Combinator backed startup that helps writers improve the quality of their work. Stew publishes his own ideas on Twitter and in his newsletter. In this live episode with audience Q&A, you will learn his learnin...

When you do work consistently, new ideas emerge over-time. In this episode, you will learn how podcasting consistently for four years has led to new skills and projects over-time for David Nebinski (the host of the show). You will hear how David now has a podcasting system and workflow to help him publish consistently. You will learn more about his podcasting course and his recent live podcast rec...

The quality of our lives is based on the quality of our relationships. But are we intentional about improving the quality of our relationships? Norman Tran is the Cofounder of The Space Between. Their flagship Cohort Based Course is called Relating Between the Lines. In this episode, you will learn how to improve your relationships, communication tips, and how Norman found his purpose. Excited for...

I can imagine COVID-19 impacted your life, work, and so much more. For Chris Schembra and his company 7:47, a book tour and his entire business was upended. His in-person business was forced to pivot to virtual. In this special live podcasting episode with an audience, you will learn how Chris found early customers for the 7:47 Virtual Gratitude Experience and scaled the product and his company. I...

Carla Stickler is currently a software engineer at G2 in Chicago. She spent a large portion of her career as an actor. She made a dramatic return to the stage during the height of the 2021/2022 COVID surge in New York. Carla was featured on NPR, ABC, Vulture, Inside Edition, and Nightline for her performance as Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway after 7 years away from the role and a career change into...

In 2020, the world of work dramatically changed. Workers have adjusted and found it might be easier now to build a Portfolio Career than before. Investors like Virginie Raphael saw these shifts too. Through her own firm Full Circle, she is investing into companies that are building into a world with Portfolio Careers and firmless professionals being more common. In this episode, you will learn abo...

How have you decided how to live? Derek Sivers wrote a book called How To Live, which details 27 conflicting ways of living to hopefully help you decide. In this episode, you will learn common through-lines among the 27 conflicting ways, how you should think about the 27 ways, and how to think about your career. You will also learn actionable ideas from another one of Derek's books called Your Mus...

Need a new strategy or tactics for navigating in the current economic market? Nick deWilde has practical advice for you to navigate the downturn. His ideas are helpful if you are soloprenuer and/or if you are looking for a new job. Nick is the Cofounder of Invisible College and the creator of the Jungle Gym newsletter. You will learn how he has navigated the last 12 months as well, and why now cou...

What do Operations professionals do? How could you brand yourself in Operations and build a career out of it? Caro Griffin loves answering these questions. She has been working in Operations for 10 years. She is currently the VP of Operations at Tech Ladies and the Founder of Opsy, a community for Operations leaders working in tech. You will learn how to think about positioning yourself in the Ope...

Emerging technology is creating new work opportunities for people. It also provides us new terms that we can apply to our existing work and how we think about it. In this episode, Ilana Ettinger shares how some practices that happen natively in Web3 can be applied to Web2. You will also learn other Portfolio Career trends like people negotiating to have a side hustle when starting a new job. Ilana...

Do you want to have a creative career? Lawrence Yeo is the Founder and Creator of More To That, a blog that has many deep dive essays. He is a consultant and course creator as well. In this episode, we talk about a recent post called The Arc of the Practical Creator. The post details three stages balancing the passion for creativity with the practicality of making money. If you are interested in h...

Do you want to have a career centered around relationships and helping people? Perhaps, the community industry is a good fit for you. Since 2007, Rosie Sherry has been working in this field. She is the Founder of Ministry of Testing and notably was the Community Manager at Indie Hackers. Rosie is a prolific tweeter and writer. In 2022, Rosie became a self-employed community builder offering a vari...

What could you do in two hours that could improve your quality of life? Nick Gray wants you to host a 2-hour cocktail party to build big relationships, which can help your career. When Nick moved to New York City, he tried organizing all types of events to build relationships. He realized that a 2-hour cocktail party was the best event for him to host. His new book, The 2-Hour Cocktail Party, is o...

Want to pivot into a new industry or field? Nora Ali has pivoted from finance to startups to media, while working at leading companies along the way. Each of these chapters gave her the experience, skills, and relationships to help her for her next chapter. Nora is building a new media company. While doing so, she is also the cohost of the Business Casual podcast produced by Morning Brew. In this...

Do you want to think and act in your career like entrepreneurs do? Consider reading The Startup of You book. This episode is a summary of a 2022 updated version of this book written by Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha. The latest version includes how having a Portfolio Career is viable these days, and how to think about it. In this episode, I share and discuss Portfolio Career insights and other top...

In 2018, Justin Gordon started the Just Go Grind podcast. And his life has not been the same since. That show has published over 320 episodes. In this episode, you will hear how one episode helped led to Justin getting his current job at Director of Marketing at Vitalize Venture Capital. Justin also hosts another podcast through Vitalize Venture Capital. If you are interested in how podcast can ac...

We know that have a mentor or mentors in our life is a good idea. But how do we actually form relationships with mentors? Janice Omadeke is the Founder of The Mentor Method, a startup helping companies large mentorship programs. In this episode, you will learn how to find mentors, how mentors could help, and how Janice scaled her side hustle into the company that it is today. Excited for you to bu...

Podcasting has transformed my life. And I want to share my podcasting knowledge and process to hopefully help your podcast and Portfolio Career. To do so, I recently launched a new podcasting course called How To Start and Scale a Podcast. In this episode, I shared an overview on the 9 lesson email video course, the benefits of creating *anything*, and why now is a GREAT time to start a podcast. E...

Did your work and life dramatically change starting in 2020? For Katie Gatti, it did. When her in-person side hustle was no longer an option, she started taking her personal finance content much more seriously. As part of this, the Money with Katie brand and business was born. She recently sold her business to Morning Brew and is now a full-time creator with multiple income streams. In this episod...

Haley Bryant started teaching indoor cycling classes while working full-time in 2016. She used the savings from this to buy a condo. She has used other side hustles and personal projects like advising companies, blogging, and angel investing to build her Portfolio Career. She is currently the General Manager at Golden Wok and a Venture Partner at Hustle Fund. If interested in side hustles and ange...

We typically think we need to wait 10+ years before taking a sabbatical from work. Amy McMillen decided to take one much earlier. During her sabbatical, she wrote a book called Reclaiming Control. In this episode, Amy talks about overcoming burn-out, the benefits of writing a memoir type of book, and why it's not your jobs job to make you happy. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Car...

Society wants you to believe that you should get good grades in, climb the corporate ladder, get married, buy a house, and then retire happily ever after. But, that is not the only life path. Paul Millerd has introduced a new path called The Pathless Path. This is also the title of his book. In this episode, I share key ideas from the book, including the differences between the Default and Pathles...