Portfolio Career Podcast
Episodes
Operations at Tech Ladies and Opsy with Caro Griffin
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What do Operations professionals do? How could you brand yourself in Operations and build a career out of it? Caro Griffin loves answering these quest...
Portfolio Career Trends with Ilana Ettinger
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 thi...
The Arc of The Practical Creator with Lawrence Yeo
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 consult...
How To Build A Career In The Community Field with Rosie Sherry
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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, Rosi...
How To Host A Cocktail Party and Life Hacks with Nick Gray
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
How to Pivot and Pitch with Nora Ali
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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. ...
Book Review: The Startup of You v2
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 updat...
Accelerating Your Career Through Podcasting with Justin Gordon
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
How To Find a Mentor with Janice Omadeke
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 Founde...
How to Start and Scale a Podcast
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Becoming A Full-Time Creator with Money with Katie
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 star...
Using Side Hustles to Build a Portfolio Career with Haley Bryant
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 othe...
Taking A Sabbatical To Write A Book with Amy McMillen
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 sabbatica...
Book Review: The Pathless Path
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 af...
Building A Group Coaching Business with Rei Wang
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Change is happening all around us. Unfortunately, it can very hard when it is *us* dealing with change. People are changing jobs more and more these d...
Building the Tech Ladies Community with Allison Esposito Medina
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Allison Esposito Medina has built Tech Ladies, the largest community of women in tech. It initially started as a coffee networking gathering in New Yo...
Why Your Creativity Matters with Maria Brito
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What is one of the important skills for your career? Your creativity. Maria Brito used to be a corporate lawyer in New York. After leaving law, Maria ...
Blaze Your Own Trail with Rebekah Bastian
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We are often told to believe that there is one path for us to follow. However, through my journey, I have taken many different paths. And sometimes, m...
Building a Portfolio of Small Bets with Daniel Vassallo
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Three years ago, Daniel Vassallo quit working at Amazon. He was a very highly-paid software developer there. Without a job lined up, he wanted to crea...
Cold Email, Writing A Book, and Venture Investing with Paige Finn Doherty
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sharing your ideas publicly and reaching out to people are two good things for your career. For Paige Finn Doherty, sharing on Twitter helped her get ...
How To Stand Out On Video with Lorraine Lee
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you looking to improve your Zoom video meeting presence and effectiveness? Lorraine Lee was an early employee on LinkedIn's video product team. Sh...
Episode 200 on Transitions, Systems, and Annual Reflections with Juvoni Beckford and Kean Gardner
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When I started the podcast in the summer of 2018, two of my roommates then were Juvoni Beckford and Kean Gardner. For episode 200, I was able to celeb...
Surround Yourself with Like-Minded People with Katya Stepanov
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One of the easiest ways to change your prospective and who you can become is by changing the people you are around. For Katya Stepanov, she was inspir...
From Burnt Out to Fired Up with Morgane Michael
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's been a hard 2 years in many ways for us. Some of us have dealt with burn out during this time and or are currently dealing with it. Morgane Micha...
Building and Investing in Crypto with Lisa Cuesta
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When Lisa Cuesta first got involved with the cryptocurrency sector in 2017, the sector mostly contained whitepapers and ideas compared to companies an...
20 Reflections from 2021
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How was your 2021? I wanted to share 20 reflections from my year. Many of the reflections are related to my Portfolio Career. Some include stories and...
Transitioning from VC to Web3 with Annika Lewis
30 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Annika Lewis had been writing about web3 and cryptocurrencies for some time. After a conversation with a friend, she decided to leave the venture capi...
Writing Behind Her Vision with Ashika Kalra & Jade Chen
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Writing a book is hard. With two people writing it together, there are synergies and accountability benefits. For Ashika Kalra and Jade Chen, they dec...
How To Get Involved with DAOs with Kinjal Shah
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Emerging technologies are changing the world of work. In 2021, there has been a growth in popularity in DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) ...
Web3 and Hype-Free Crypto with Dror Poleg
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 2021, there has an explosion of interest, activity, and investment in the Web3 sector. Dror Poleg is an author and also teaches a new cohort-based ...
Building Complimentary Ecosystems with Arlan Hamilton
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Arlan Hamilton is first non-celebrity Black women to be featured on the cover of Fast Company. She is the Founder of Backstage Capital, author of It's...
Produce Great Work to Grow with Nikki Goldman
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Growing a coaching business is hard work. For Nikki Goldman, she has been able to grow her B2B coaching business, I/O Coaching, by producing great wor...
The Minimalist Entrepreneur with Sahil Lavingia
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sahil Lavingia's new book, The Minimalist Entrepreneur, provides a roadmap for a different path compared to the one painted by Silicon Valley. A few p...
Creating Your Own Path with Steph Smith and Calvin Rosser
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The world of work is changing. New roles and paths are being created daily. For Steph Smith and Calvin Rosser, they have decided to not pursue corpora...
Freelancing No Matter Your Title with Jen Waldman and Peter Shepherd
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Freelancing is a great way to do work that you actually made. In this episode, you will learn how it can happen in a few different ways as a business ...
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 2017, Paul Millerd left working for a consulting firm in New York. He has since been on the Pathless Path and designing his life around other thing...
30 Reasons A Podcast Can Help Your Career
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Are you looking to jump-start your Portfolio Career? Podcasting has changed my life. It has helped me build and grow my Portfolio Career. In this epis...
Why Having An Odd Job Is A Good Thing with Jen Glantz
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We often told to find a job that looks good on paper. Unfortunately, many of those jobs are leading to a lack of fulfillment and excitement. Jen Glant...
Career Capital with Kim Kaupe
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you Google people before you met them? Turns out, pretty much everyone does that for you as well. Kim Kaupe is the creator of the brand new cohort-...
Being Coached Can Help You Become a Coach with Victoria Song
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When we seek support, we can open ourselves to new opportunities. For Victoria Song, she has worked over 25 coaches. She learned the coaching ins-and-...
Launching A New Course While Working with Sara Sodine Parr
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Launching a Cohort-Based Course for the first time could be very scary. When you are working full-time as well, it could seem even harder. For Sara So...
Writing Books, Cohort-Based Courses, and Antifragility with Luca Dellanna
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Writing one book is good for your career. But how about publishing 7 and writing 10? For Luca Dellanna, he likes the idea of having a portfolio of boo...
Career Growth for Community Leaders with Laís de Oliveira
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When did you realize that could be a community builder? Laís de Oliveira believes that everyone has the capacity to do so, if we choose to do so. Pro...
Book review Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you knew that change was the constant, what would you do differently? April Rinne's new book called Flux: 8 Superpowers For Thriving in Constant Ch...
Tables Turned: Carly Valancy Interviews David about New Job
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The tables were turned and Carly Valancy interviewed me to share some updates on my end! Recently, I got a new job and I wanted to tell you about it. ...
Launching The Side Hustle Stack During A Gap Year with Lila Shroff
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wanted to launch a side hustle? It can be really hard to learn about ways to make some extra money with your ideas, interests, and skill...
Coaching in a Cohort-Based Course with Katherine Roan and JP King
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 2018, I created my podcast through a Cohort-Based Course created by Seth Godin by Alex DiPalma. Since then, the growth of Cohort-Based Courses has ...
Bonus: How One Email Or Connection Can Have a Big Impact
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You are One Email Away from a new job, relationship, project, and more! In this special bonus episode, you will hear 5 stories from prior Portfolio Ca...
Turning Personal Projects Into Paid Ones with Adam Ashton
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Personal projects can have multiple benefits. First, you are scratching your own itch and you are learning along the way. Second, they can lead into a...
You Are What You Risk with Michele Wucker
22 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Have you thought about all of the combined risks that you take? Michele Wucker wants you to know that You Are What You Risk, which is the name of her ...
Start Your Consulting Practice with Terry Rice
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Are you looking to start a new consulting practice? Try starting with your existing employer, especially if you are thinking about leaving. Terry Rice...
How To Cold Email Business Leaders with Nik Sharma
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you want to achieve professional and career growth fast? Consider cold emailing leaders in your field. For Nik Sharma, he realized the power of col...
Grow Your Career by Reaching Out, Following-Up, and Personal Projects with Molly Beck
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Would you like to have a bigger network? Have more people that know you? Well starting reaching out to them over email. Molly Beck is the author of Re...
A Community Building Career Path with Yuval Yarden
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in a career path as a community builder? Well, it's now becoming easier to do so! For many years, companies have not prioritized hi...
Starting and Growing A Leadership Business with Shivani Berry
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What would it look like it if you bet on yourself more? Shivani Berry decided to take a leap and start a new coaching and leadership business without ...
Opportunities in Online Learning with Charlotte Crowther
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Are you excited about the online learning industry? Charlotte Crowther is an online course creator advisor and the Founder of MySnapshot. She has work...
Regret Minimization and Career Agency with Shripriya Mahesh
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Shripriya Mahesh has a diverse career with excellence in many fields: film, photography, building products, investing, and blogging. Shripriya Mahesh ...
How To Start And Grow A Newsletter with Tina He
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tina He is an investor at Pace Capital, a leading VC fund in New York. Since 2018, she has been writing and growing a newsletter called Fakepixels. In...
Building Long-Term Relationships with Cat Hernandez
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Having good relationships is fundamental for career growth. Cat Hernandez has been helping people get jobs, hiring people, and also some times letting...
Growth Operating Systems with David Kidder
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
David Kidder is the Cofounder and CEO of Bionic, a company that ignites growth revolutions for large organizations. David is an angel investor to 40+ ...
Career-Market-Fit and B2B Podcasting with Scott Britton
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Are you looking to find a career-market-fit like a company looks for product-market-fit? Listen to Scott Britton, Cofounder of Troops, talk about his ...
Career Agency and Growth with Dave Fano
01 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you want to grow your career and life? Teal Founder and CEO Dave Fano is helping people create meaningful careers through tools, resources, and com...
Becoming An Independent Creator with Kinsey Grant
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever dreamed of making a living as an independent content creator? Kinsey Grant was the host of the very popular Business Casual podcast, but...
Empowering Joy Soldiers In The Workplace with Sarah Wood
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What would it look like if there was more joy in our days? How about more joy in the workplace? Sarah Wood is on a mission to empower more Joy Soldier...
Book Review: The Start-Up of You
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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? Amon...
Enabling Transformational Online Courses with Andrew Barry
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you want to teach a transformational online course? Curious Lion Founder Andrew Barry has been a professional in the corporate training and learnin...
How To Start Coaching with Rebecca Garcia and Melissa Wong
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ad...
Writing A Book On Friendship with Smiley Poswolsky
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Smiley Poswolsky is a millennial workplace expert, motivational speaker, and author of The Quarter-Life Breakthrough and The Breakthrough Speaker....
Ladies Get Paid The Book and Community with Claire Wasserman
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Claire Wasserman is an educator, author, and founder of Ladies Get Paid, a book, educational platform, and global community that champions the profess...
Doubling-Down on Content While Launching A Startup with John Henry
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 consistentl...
Build Community To Grow Your Career with David Spinks
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 B...
Starting A New Chapter In Miami and Team Nebinski with Dana Lund
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
The Gig Economy with Diane Mulcahy
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Growing A Company Of One With Jonathan Basker
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 recruitin...
Book Review: The Multi-Hyphen Life by Emma Gannon
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Making The Best Of Pivoting with Veronica Kaulinis and Michelle Welsch
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 le...
Writing a Book While Running a Startup with Ali Kriegsman
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When an opportunity arises, you sometimes have to take it. Ali Kriegsman is the Cofounder and COO of Bulletin, a venture capital-backed retail technol...
Creating Your Independent Consulting Practice with Will Bachman
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Will Bachman is the Cofounder of Umbrex, a community for independent management consultants. He started the community after leaving the leading manage...
Bonus: How To Put Yourself Out There
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 stra...
2020 Lessons Learned with Lisa Carmen Wang
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 peopl...
Cold Email and Job Search Advice with Liz Wessel, CEO of WayUp
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 h...
The Art of Reaching Out with Carly Valancy
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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, s...
Seth Godin: The Practice
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 P...
Bonus: From Outreach to Getting Clients
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 fr...
(Bonus) David is Interviewed On Podcasting and Portfolio Careers
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Everyone Has A Story To Tell with Özlem Özkan
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 developm...
Blogging Since 2007 with Anne Stark Ditmeyer
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Modern Wisdom and Hard Work with Chris Williamson
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
From Law To Becoming An Author And Coaching With Cynthia Pong
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 co...
Job Searching As A Generalist and Blogging with Nick deWilde
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Job searching is hard. Sometimes as a Generalist you have too many choices and potential options to potentially pursue. Nick deWilde embarked on a job...
Helping You Create An Awesome Portfolio Career with Julia Lipton
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
While on sabbatical from startups a few years ago, Julia Lipton went abroad and saw a lifestyle that fundamentally changed her. She saw people making ...
Excellence in Music, Trade Policy, and Education with Serena Kern-Libera
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Serena Kern-Libera released her first music album in 2013. She has collaborated with leading musicians and artists like Rishi Rich. Professionally, sh...
People Over Politics with Marcus Goodwin
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
People often talk about wanting to have an impact in their local community. Marcus Goodwin is leading by example once again, as he is running for Wash...
Brave Conversations Over Coffee with Elisabeth Cardiello
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The passing of a loved one is extremely difficult. It often eventually reminds us what really matters and the life that we want to live. For Elisabeth...
Figure Out Your Superpower with Katie Hunt
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When talent meets opportunity, incredible things can happen. For Katie Hunt, she has been a leadership force at many leading companies like Warby Park...
Building An Audience and Brand Online with Natalie Sportelli
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Developing and building a personal brand online is hard, especially on Twitter. Natalie Sportelli is an expert on Twitter, and you will learn strategi...
#125 Bonus: Thank You For Two Years Of Podcasting and Update
06 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
WOW. Thank you for two years of podcasting together. If you have listening and supporting for two years now, THANK YOU. If this is your first episode,...
How A Newsletter Turned Into Products and Communities with Tom Guthrie
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What would a remarkable job-matching newsletter look like? Tom Guthrie did just that with onejob. It was born out of his experience helping people try...
Happiness Consulting with Samantha Clarke
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Samantha Clarke has been an early advocate and practitioner of the Portfolio Career lifestyle. She is the author of Love it or Leave It, which include...
Accidental Entrepreneur and Accidental Portfolio Career with Kim Kaupe
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kim Kaupe is the Cofounder and CEO of The Superfan Company, a fan engagement agency. The company has collaborated with A-list properties such as Oprah...