Portfolio Career Podcast

This is a special episode! I answered a few questions from friends in this episode for you about podcasting, projects, and something personal. I also shared about where I have been spending my time, and what has thankfully been going well. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!Connect with me on InstagramSubscribe to my Substack

Are you looking to make a big life decision soon? Maybe a career one? Decisions can be scary. Hearing from others can help though. In this podcast mixer episode, you will hear four people share short decisions about decisions they made. If you are about to make a decision, this episode for you! Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with David on Twitter!

Are you looking to be more open and vulnerable in your life? Gly Gabriel believes that being vulnerable (in a thoughtful way) can unlock incredible conversations and things internally and externally for you. Gly had followed all of the “supposed to do” life ideals, scripts and paths: go to Harvard, work on Wall Street, etc. And then one day decided to make a change and live a different life with different values. If you are looking to make a change or be vulnerable, this episode is for you! Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my websiteConnect with Gly on InstagramConnect with David on Instagram

Mari Andrew is a writer, illustrator, and an author. In 2015, she decided to create one new watercolor illustration daily for a year. She started posting them on Instagram and started gaining a lot of followers. She now has over 900,000 followers. With this large audience, she was able to get a book deal to publish her first book Am I There Yet? In this episode, you will learn about her getting sick while writing this book, how she aims to be very specific and personal with her writing and work, her creative process, and her current 2023 theme “I have everything I need.” Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is on my website.Connect with Mari on InstagramConnect with David on Instagram

Do you want to improve your relationship with work? How about to reclaim your life from work? Simone Stolzoff is the author of a brand new book called The Good Enough Job. He is also building out his Portfolio Career. In this episode, you will learn about how about to potentially take a more transactional approach to work and so much more. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career.This episode with notes is on my website.Connect with Simone on TwitterConnect with David on Twitter

Lauren Ducrey is a poet, author, facilitator, and community builder. She is passionate about making poetry more accessible for others to write and read. She believes there are multiple ways that poetry can help people’s wellbeing. In this Podcast Mixer episode, you will learn Lauren’s ahas with poetry, how she wrote her book called Tongues Tied, and her creative process. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Lauren on InstagramConnect with David on Instagram

Are you looking to have your work fit into your life? Christina Wallace is the author of a brand new book called The Portfolio Life. In 2017, she wrote a key article about Portfolio Careers. Then, as her life evolved, she realized that she wanted to design her life, not just her Portfolio Career. In this episode, you will learn core ideas in her new book and so much more. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!This episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Christina on LinkedInConnect with David on LinkedIn

Are you looking to celebrate your progress and life more? Jelena, the Founder of The Confetti Project, wants to help bring more joy more into people’s daily lives. Her company initially started as a side project. And then the pandemic greatly impacted her business, and now recently she has entire a new chapter. In this live podcast mixer episode, you will hear the emotional journey that Jelena has been on as a founder, her new Celebration Lab experience in NYC, and how much of our daily lives is a duality. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with JELENA on InstagramConnect with The Confetti Project on InstagramConnect with David on Instagram

Are you looking to build a social impact focused company? Stephen Sokoler is a serial entrepreneur. While in Australia, Stephen stumbled across a book that opened his eyes to meditation. Soon after, he started Journey in 2015. In this Podcast Mixer episode, you will learn about company inflection points, the ups and downs of being a founder, and what Stephen and Journey are really excited about now. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my websiteConnect with Stephen on LinkedInConnect with David on LinkedIn

Have you ever been moved by words before? For Max Stossel, he saw a poet perform and was moved by it. He decided to perform poetry as well, and started to love it. After doing live poetry performance shows, he created a short film that took 7 years to make. While doing this, Max did other things to find other sources of income. In this episode, you will learn about how Max has generally kept his art separate from making a living, creativity, and doubling-down on yourself. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Max on InstagramConnect with David on Instagram

Are you looking to make a job transition? Heather Joelle Boneparth decided to leave a successful career in corporate law. When the company asked her to come back to the office to work full-time, she quit. She wrote about leaving in her newsletter called Our Tiny Rebellions. In addition to writing the newsletter and being a mother to two kids, Heather is now the Director of Business and Legal Affairs at Bone Fide Wealth, a business she helped build with her husband. If you are interested in writing, navigating internal narratives, and pivots, this episode is for you. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website!Read Heather's newsletter!Read David's newsletter!

Are you looking to invest more into your relationships and friendships? Isa Watson is the author of a new book called Life Beyond Likes and believes that social media can hurt our ability to build real friendships. In her book and this episode, you will learn about taking a social media hiatus, what people don't post online, and how to cultivate friendship and connection. Isa is also the Founder of Squad and you will hear about her journey building the company as well. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Isa on TwitterConnect with David on Twitter

Do you feel like you have a message that you need to share? Stephen Shedletzky is the author of a book to be released in late 2023 called Speak-Up Culture. He believes that many important and helpful messages are unfortunately voiceless because people do not feel safe enough to share them. He is on a mission to help solve this. For 11+ years, Stephen also known as "Shed" worked at Simon Sinek Inc. in many different roles. In this episode, you will also learn about how Stephen started working there and with Simon, how he stated developing his own body of work, and how you could define your purpose. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Shed on LinkedIn!Connect with David on LinkedIn!

What could happen if you started believing that your perfectionism is a good thing? Katherine Morgan Schafler is a psychotherapist, writer, and speaker, and former on-site therapist at Google. She is the author of a brand new book called The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control. In this Podcast Mixer episode with live Q&A, you will learn the different types of perfectionism, the pros and cons of each type, cultivating your power, how perfectionism is a good thing, and more. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Katherine on InstagramConnect with David on Instagram

Are you looking to have more autonomy with your work? Consider starting a personal project or freelancing on the side. Joy Batra is the author of a new book called The Freelance Mindset. In the book, you will learn how freelancing and entrepreneurship are similar, and the benefits of freelancing. Joy has been freelancing for 10+ years on the side and wrote this book to help you find more fulfillment. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Joy on Instagram!Connect with David on Instagram!

Building a business is hard. Sahil Lavingia is Founder of Gumroad and he has seen his fair share of ups and downs to say the least. He has had to lay people off, experience rapid unexpected growth, and so much more. In this episode in front of an audience, he shares what truly matters to build a company, inflection points, and why is currently optimistic. Sahil is also an investor and the author of The Minimalist Entrepreneur. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Sahil on TwitterConnect with David on TwitterSubscribe to David's Portfolio Career Substack

Anne-Laure Le Cunff is a writer, community builder, student, and founder. While in school, she decided to learn in public by writing articles and then sharing them online about what she was learning at school. This led to her writing 100 articles in 100 days. During this writing journey and adventure, Ness Labs, the company and community, was formed while she was in school. In this episode, you will learn about finding her first customers, the generation affect, how building a community can help you creatively, and much more. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my websiteConnect with Anne-Laure on Twitter!Connect with David on Twitter!

Milly Tamati is a founder and community builder. She has other founded companies and had worked in many non-traditional capacities. During the summer of 2022, she posted in another online community and wanting to connect with other "generalists." That post started a movement and ultimately a new paid membership community called Generalist World. In this episode, you will learn about how Milly started the community, how the business model has evolved, and how being a generalist is valuable. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Milly on TwitterConnect with David on Twitter

Arielle Nissenblatt is a community builder, a newsletter writer, a podcast producer, and a podcasting educator. Podcasting has changed Arielle’s life and she wants others to experience this too. She is the founder of the EarBuds Podcast Collective and is Head of Community & Content at Squadcast. If you are interested in starting or growing your podcast and/or related body of work, this episode is for you. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website!Connect with Arielle on Twitter!Connect with David on Twitter!

Ollie Henderson is a writer, podcaster, and future of work enthusiast. In 2020 while exploring a new life chapter, Ollie started creating content online for the first time. Since then, Ollie has consistently been creating content. And in early 2023, Ollie published a new book Called Work/Life Flywheel. The book and this episode details this approach that is believe to be better than trying to seek work-life balance. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!Connect with Ollie on LinkedInConnect with David on TwitterSubscribe to David's Portfolio Career Substack

Steve Schlafman is a coach, writer, and father. Before this, Steve was an investor at some of the leading venture capital firms in New York City. When he was investing, Steve got interested in coaching and starting doing both of them at the same time. In 2021, Steve decided to walk away from his own investment fund. In this live episode in front of an audience, you will learn why Steve made that decision, how to think about transitions, and how you could start a coaching business. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Steve on TwitterConnect with David on TwitterSubscribe to David's Portfolio Career Substack

2022 was a great year for me. I wanted to share 15 learnings from my year for you. A few themes in 2022 were IRL events, consistency, New York, relationships, and community. Thank you for being part of the show in 2022, and I am excited to build and grow our Portfolio Careers together!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Subscribe to the Portfolio Career Substack

Osnat Benari is an author, product management leader, coach, advisor, and more. She is the author of a new book called Starting From Scratch. Osnat also known as Os wrote the book after going through many career pivots and reinventions. She realized that she had a method for adapting to change. She interviewed 200+ other people who had also undergone changes, and was able to also distill their wisdom into the book for you. You will also learn about Os' views on a Portfolio Career. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Os on LinkedInConnect with David on TwitterSubscribe to my Portfolio Career Substack!

Jonny Miller is a course creator, podcaster, writer, and more. After leaving a startup in 2016, Jonny has been exploring, freelancing, and doing a lot of personal and professional experiments. 2022 was a banner year for him though. In it, he moved to and got settled in Colorado, developed deeper relationships, and had a record year professionally with his new course, Nervous System Mastery. In this episode, you will learn about inner work, better understanding your self, how emotions affect things, how breathwork can be helpful, and the power of writing an Annual Review about your prior year. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!This episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Jonny on TwitterConnect with David on Twitter

Ankit Shah is a Founder, Writer, and Community Builder. In 2014, he started Tea With Strangers, a community organization with 20,000+ members and 300 hosts who have organized 2,000+ events. In this special live episode in front of an audience, you will learn what Ankit realized from having so many conversations with strangers and ultimately why Ankit decided to stop the organization. In 2020, Ankit wrote a lengthy blog post titled Being Alone and gave a TEDx Talk on this same topic. In this episode, you will learn about how being alone is different than being lonely and how cultivating a better relationship with yourself improves your other relationships. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Ankit on InstagramConnect with David on Instagram

Taylor Elyse Morrison is a Founder, Podcaster, Facilitator, Writer, and Builder. In late 2022, Taylor publicly posted on LinkedIn reintroducing herself and her Portfolio Career. In this episode, you will learn about why she posted this, the core skills in her Portfolio Career, and how she thinks about the benefits of building a Portfolio of projects and products around one asset. She is the Founder of Inner Workout, a company focused on helping with your self-care system. Taylor is publishing a new book that will be available in March 2023. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode is available on my website.Connect with Taylor on InstagramConnect with David on Instagram

Khe Hy is the Founder of a RadReads, a Writer, and a Creator. Khe has created the "$10K Work" framework to help you level-up. Instead of doing lower leverage and high-quality skill work, Khe wants to help you maximize your time and live a high-quality life. In this episode, Khe does a deep dive on the $10K Work framework and provides multiple examples of how you could apply to your work, life, and relationships. When you are building a Portfolio Career, being efficient and effective is critical. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!This episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Khe on TwitterConnect with David on Twitter

Alexis Gay is a comedian and podcast host. In early 2020, one of her videos went viral online. At the time, she was working full-time in the tech sector. Since then, she has gone full-time on her own work as the host of the Non-Technical podcast and as a stand-up comedian. In this episode, you will learn how she made this leap. You will also learn about her creative process, how doing improv has been helpful, and how a creative work streak or sprint can help you learn and level-up quickly. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Alexis on TwitterConnect with David on Twitter

Have you ever wanted to write a book? Have a story inside of you that the world could benefit from? Diana Hawk wrote the book that she wanted to read growing up. Her new book, As Beautiful as It Seems, is now available in December 2022. In this live episode, you will learn how she wrote the book while working, the life lessons in the book, and the personal journey and reasons why she wanted to publish the book now. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Diana on InstagramConnect with David on Instagram

Starting a community often times is a personal project and for personal reasons. Jimmy Daly started a Slack group for other content marketers to have casual career chats. This community grew into a large one, and now a thriving community business called Superpath. You will learn how Jimmy has created multiple community revenue streams and built a win-win community business with Superpath. You will also learn about the state of the job market for content marketers and freelance writers. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Jimmy on TwitterConnect with David on Twitter

We often think about physical fitness, but what about your emotional fitness and mental health? Alexa Meyer is the Cofounder and CEO of Coa, a company that is making emotional fitness a proactive practice with group classes led by therapists. In this live podcast social event episode, you will learn the 7 traits of emotional fitness, how Alexa connected with her cofounder via a direct message on Twitter, and lessons learned from building a new company. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!This episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Alexa on TwitterConnect with David on Twitter

Do the best opportunities and feelings typically happen when you bet on yourself? Ann Hiatt is the author of Bet On Yourself. She is also a pioneer of the Chief of Staff role. She has worked with Jeff Bezos, Eric Schmidt, and Marissa Mayer. In this episode, you will learn about the Chief of Staff role, earning respect from high-profile people, breakout opportunities, and the benefit of doing thankless work. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Ann on LinkedInConnect with David on Twitter

Could your personal project accelerate your career? I was lucky to be invited to speak at a Propel, a community for builders, event recently. The interactive session was focused on how podcasting for 4 years has accelerated my career. You will hear how I got started, what has kept me going, how you can send a cold email, and more. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Learn more about PropelConnect with David on Twitter

Has the pandemic hurt the relationships and friendships that you have in your life? In this episode, you will learn from author and connection coach, Jillian Richardson. We discuss some core ideas in Dr. Marisa Franco's book, Platonic, and more. You will also hear about the benefits of hosting events, reaching out to people, finding shared activities, navigating the messy middle of friendship and more. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!This episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Jillian on TwitterConnect with David on Twitter

Taylor Harrington is the Head of Community at Groove. We both started our professional community roles right around the same time of summer of 2021. In this episode, we share our lessons learned and reflections from our professional roles. We also talk about how we have been hosting events personally to help build community as well. You will also hear what our day-to-day roles look like and some ideas about how to break into the community professional field as well. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Taylor on TwitterConnect with David on Twitter

Are you interested in learning more about TikTok? It's been an incredible platform for new and existing creators to build an audience and potentially new revenue streams. For Ariel Viera, he has grown a 500,000+ audience following on the platform. In this live podcast event episode, you will learn how Ariel did it, going viral, and details about how his process. You will also learn how Ariel has developed multiple income streams as well. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Ariel on InstagramConnect with David on Instagram

Are you looking to make more friends? How about deepen existing relationships? Dr. Marisa Franco is the author of a new book called Platonic, How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make-and Keep-Friends. In this episode, I detail some of the core ideas that stood out to me, steps I have been taking to make friends, and how a Portfolio Career is helpful for making friends. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!This episode with notes is available on my websiteConnect with David on Twitter!

Do you have a story that you need to tell? Genevieve Kim is the Founder of Triangleflash Studio and the EYE SEE YOU project. Photography changed her life. Her gave her the confidence to create and led to new projects and work. Genevieve has reinvented herself many times. In this episode, you will learn how you can do so yourself. Genevieve is also the author of a new memoir called Yes To It All. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Genevieve on Instagram!Connect with David on Twitter!

In this live episode with an audience, Abena Anim-Somuah talks about her experience building The Eden Place, a new community-based dinner experience company. You will learn about her initial soft-launch dinner, her public launch and how she has focused on making each dinner more successful. Abena also talks about the importance of building a support system, the importance of setting boundaries as a Founder, hosting events, and building community. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!This episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Abena on Twitter!Connect with David on Twitter!

The Chief of Staff role can be an incredible launch-pad to many other roles and career options. For Simon Rodrigues, he decided he wanted to work independently and start a newsletter after leaving his CoS role in 2022. For Simon, the decision was around wanting to work with a lot of autonomy. The Chief of Staff is often mis-understood and this episode will help better understand it and how you could get a CoS role. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!This episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Simon on TwitterConnect with David on Twitter

Do you think it is getting easier to pivot into new roles and fields? Well, Mehak Vohra believes so. And her company SkillBank is helping people transition into digital marketing roles. You will learn how Mehak started SkillBank and has grown it. In addition to SkillBank, Mehak has accomplished a lot. You will learn about her dropping out of college, starting and building an agency, and why Mehak wanted to build a company instead of a personal brand. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!This episode with notes can be found on my website.Connect with Mehak on TwitterConnect with David on Twitter

Do you want to share more of your ideas online? Do you think creators are shaping society more than ever? Catherine Yeo is the author of The Creator Revolution book. She believes that it's never been a better time to be a creator. In her book, she also shares how creators are shaping our society from the media we consume and what we buy. In this episode, you will learn about Catherine's creator journey, how she wrote the book, tips for creators, and the different types of creators. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!This episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Catherine on Twitter!Connect with David on Twitter!

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 one tweet can change your life, and how creating a Patreon account helped his life. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Visa on Twitter!Connect with David on Twitter!

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 changemaker canvas. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Alex on LinkedIn!Connect with David on Twitter!

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 on her own work and art projects and business. In addition to her transition, if you are looking to learn about leveraging Twitter to find clients, this episode is for you! Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!This episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Nicole on TwitterConnect with David on Twitter

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 learnings from writing online, community building, and building Foster through growth and product evolution. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!This episode with notes can be found on my website.Connect with Stew on Twitter!Connect with David on Twitter!

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 recording event as well. You will also hear questions from show listeners as well. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is on my website!Connect with David on Twitter!Connect with David on Instagram!

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 you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Norman on Twitter!Connect with David on Twitter!

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. In late 2021 though, things changed for Chris personally. And you learn how he found Gratitude Through Hard Times which is the name of his new book. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Chris on InstagramConnect with David on Twitter

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 tech. In this episode, you will learn about seizing opportunities, the power and benefit of sharing your story, why you don't need to be a starving artist, her journey into tech and how you could get started, and more. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.Connect with Carla on Instagram!Connect with David on Twitter!