Portfolio Career Podcast

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Resources: -Gregg's personal website -Gregg's podcast, Tiny Leaps, Big Changes (iTunes) -Free chapter to new book: -How to Hold a Conversation -Instagram

Key quotes -“When I was thinking about the life that I want to have 10, 20 years from now.. how do I combine investing, coaching and facilitation into one so that I can be of service to people” -"I probably would’ve gone inward" -“I view coaching as an entirely distinct skillset... Building a skill that I don’t think is going to go out of fashion" -“I believe investing should be a business that should be in service of entrepreneurs. I believe that entrepreneurs are our customer” Resources: -Steve's twitter account -Primary Venture Partners -Finding Your Own Voice blog post by Steve

Quotes -“I think most that is going to change in the future.. is that you won’t have to choose one thing. You will be able to have this entire portfolio that is mixing and matching, and balancing… very much like an investment portfolio -“I see myself as a learner…I learn for a living.... And the way I fund my learning is by packaging up what I have learned into products" -“You can handle anything as long as your mind is free and clear” -“The ability to make things will be fundamental to your identity, your reputation online, fundamental to entrepreneurship, to freelancing..." -“Think in terms of chunks” -“Every 6-18 months since then, I change what I am doing pretty dramatically” Resources -https://www.fortelabs.co/ -The Rise of the Full-Stack Freelancer blog post -Building A Second Brain -Tiago's twitter @fortelabs

Quotes: -"Every part of my life is designed" -“It was a very smooth transition, but it was a 5 year transition” -Most people are surprised that photography [business] is actually 5-10% photography Resources: -Phillip's website with contact information -Phillip's work with an Anthropologie brand -Phillip's work in a Vogue shoot

Resources: -Alex's website -The Podcast Fellowship led by Alex and Seth Godin -Alex's podcast course on CreativeLive -A leading podcast that Alex produces with Seth Godin, Akimbo -A top podcast that Alex produces, Food 4 Thot

Key takeaways: -Had to do a lot of "unlearning" to what it means to be an entrepreneur, what it means to design the life that I want, what it means to find his own balance. -Burning Man was transformational. -Started his career focusing on analytical work and then transitioned into sales. Because he did not want to be potentially pigeon-holed. -The blockchain sector has some of the smartest people Anthony has ever met. He believes there is an opportunity to assemble and lead a team, given that the sector's complex ideas need to be made easy for businesses and companies to use -Believes he was born lucky and privileged and after seeing people with lesser means in poorer countries when traveling. This has really motivated him to have more purpose in his work. Quotes: -"And when I didn’t have work anymore… I didn’t know who I was." -“Believing in myself, loving myself as who I am has allowed me to have tremendous breakthroughs” -“All these individual points in my career that I thought were pivots are actually just a story and a narrative that are weaving together and combining all of my skills and my expertise” -“I am at a point now where helping others grow, gives me so much gratitude.. But how many have I helped grow personally and professionally?” Resources and recommendations: -Five Minute Journal for reflection -Spark for email -Calendly for calendar and meeting requests -The Assemblage -YPO -DEED

Key highlights: -Mural is a platform and product for knowledge workers to lead with their best work, as opposed to job titles. Believe everything will be on the cloud and one link away. Able to showcase select work for selected people. Could also be used to update certain people on regular basis like advisors and past collaborators. Three components in picking and working on new projects: does it have a sustainable business model is it something that I enjoy doing does it move the world forward for a group of people that I care about Advice while working on projects: What were the outcomes did you drive? What did you actually learn and are the skills transferable? What mini networks did you create and have because of your portfolio career lifestyle? You are building something incredibly proprietary -- a web of trust across projects that you have created. Quotes: -“I have been on a journey to discover my purpose” -“You are building your network when you don’t even realize it” -“Your narrative becomes non-traditional and you need to deliberate about how you tell your story” Resources: -Mural -Ajay's Mural - a portfolio of his best work and direct link -Personal website -LinkedIn March 2018 published work - "how to build your "portfolio" as a product manager" -Recent blog post titled "Any Given Monday"

Quotes: -“We look for people that are willing to put in the work” -“Everything we can do is help you break through the signal barrier. We help you create that signal” -“It's not enough to just do stuff and to learn stuff, you have to exhibit that in some way” -"How can we get people from low-income to high-income, and code was an obvious answer. In the long run, Lambda will not just be a code school." -“The impact we have is very very tangible. We take that responsibility very seriously." -“For most of them, we could swing their lifetime earnings by a couple of million dollars.” Key resources and references: -Example of Lambda School's non-profit helping someone -www.lambdaschool.com -Austen Allred's twitter account for frequent inspiration and updates -Secret Sauce book and resources

Key quotes: -“No day looks the same for me” -“it [Caveday] grew organically. None of us were trying to start a business." -“A couple of years ago, I said I am freelancer and I don’t feel free.” -"3rd Street Blackout was like having a 30 person startup with an end date.” “When stuck, the kindest thing to do is to be really clear on what I am looking for.” -"There are four energies to get stuff done: nurture, getting stuff done, being strategic, and then being a leader" -"If you are risk averse, a portfolio career is essential" Key resources: -Caveday -Odd Job Nation and a related video -3rd Street Blackout -Book - Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t by Steven Pressfield Contact information: Personal website - www.jeremyredleaf.com

Key highlights: -Been obsessed with well being, food and nutrition as a kid -After Cornell, she couldn't find a job that she could make an impact in initially. -Creates communities and events because she wants inherent kind and compassionate people to thrive given the tough and harsh living environment in NY Key quotes -"What I really like to do is bring people together to experience new information to shift behavior." -“Think critically, taste, talk, learn and experience" -“Working on projects allows me to feed my soul and to eliminate depression. It's my anti-depressant." -"My plate is very full" In addition to being a professional salsa dancer, she mentioned a few other projects: -We Are Supernatural -Pause (meditation pop-up) -Seeds in the City podcast Contact information: Instagram: TheAlinaFeed LinkedIn: Alina Zolotareva

Notable quotes: -"I told my boss “I want to build a startup and she was like…. you should leave” -“I just sorted of tried things and the fearlessness to just try it opens a lot of a lot of doors” -“I think having the one thing that you are good at” and it is part of your job, you are naturally going to excel Key highlights: -Talks a lot about how to bootstrap and self-fund a new company and project -Believes we are in the early stages of Blockchain, which is forming a new internet and a new value transfer module. For additional resources: -[Nike wins over political moderates with new Kaepernick TV ad] article 1

Notable takeaways and resources mentioned: -Self-care is important. If you are busy, it means things are going well. But think about systems you have in-place to be more efficient. -The Jordan Harbinger Show -The Bee Token Notable quotes: -“I like doing things that make people happy and that’s my happy place” -“You only get these brief opportunities in life and you have to decide very quickly whether you are willing to jump through them or not” -“I guess I live for those type of moments” -“Give more than I received ends up paying me back" If interested to learn more and to connect with Jeff, please see: A Bit Cryptic Podcast Podcast Twitter Email is [email protected]

Notable quotes: -".... yeah and then I guess I became a professional" Key takeaways: -His client variety type creates diversity, new opportunities, and resilience -We discuss getting started in a new field, a new project, and how to think about compensation for it or not -If your customer is getting paid a lot of money, then it is OK to ask for money in return. -The schooling luck, parenting style, and how he and his daughter are often drawing around the house -He will be starting a podcast soon because he wants to learn from others. He believes he will be able to gather insights from that work and pull it into his other work. For additional resources and contact information, please see: -Personal and Company website: http://www.visualizegood.co/ -BJ Fogg's website: https://www.tinyhabits.com/

Notable quotes: -“Almost any problem you have, someone else really intelligent in human history has thought about it and documented their thinking” -“Blessing and maybe a curse, I just have loved to learn new things.” -References a Charlie Munger quote: “a couple good mental models is all you need to succeed in life and your career” A few other key points: -Chris talks about psychology and human behavior in that when kids learn they can create something, it gives them so much joy. Chris believes this is how we are wired and to remember this. -Chris would like to improve on staying to in touch with people from prior jobs and projects, and also delegating tasks to others sooner. -Chris believes startups provide this biggest opportunity to learn a lot of different things. -Chris talks about time and energy management and maximization as well. Resources: David Graeber's book: Bullshit Jobs: A Theory For additional information to learn and connect with Chris, please see: Personal website: https://chrisbolman.com/ Brightest: Recent blog post reference that talks about components to Portfolio Career: Museum of Pizza website: (opening in New York City in October for the month)

A few notable quotes: -"Figure out what you want to do, and then relentlessly pursue it" -"Is your time aligning with your priorities?" -"Communication is fundamentally the most important skill anyone can have" -"Once you figure out how you communicate and how someone communicates differently than you, it's a game changer." -"There are four different primary communication systems described as birds: eagle, owl, dove, and peacock." (Note: Which one are you? Would love to hear and learn.) For additional resources and more about Olive, please see: -Her website: https://www.olivepersimmon.com/; and -Her TEDxAsbury Park talk titled, "How to Be a Great Lover (Not What You Think)": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhsxLq0-Hfo&t=9s

In addition, we talk about these key items: -three key skills needed in our current and future economy -creating your own mission statement -writing your own obituary to think about the legacy you want to live -the value of having mindset and skillset flexibility and agility, and having resilience. -the need and opportunities created from personal branding and relationships http://site-291824-3360-1155.strikingly.com/

Ben Bradbury talks about his journey to New York City and how he overcame financial stress to then having financial flexibility. He mentions his "three things" as a triangle for his Portfolio Career. By focusing on strengthen those three things over-time, productizing them, and then offering them free to new key contacts, Ben has been able to have his work contribute to a TED Talk. A few notable quotes: -"Focused on making the most of my MINUTES" -"Turning what I know into an asset" -"Having a Portfolio Career gives you the ability to meet and connect with new people in a meaningful way" -"I am learning about what to do say no too" Advice on starting a new project or revenue stream is a two-part exercise: Suggests to learn what your unfair competitive advantage is. "What do you find easy that your friends find very hard?" Once you determine #1, then give that skill or value-add to someone you can learn from with no expectation of getting anything back in return.

Once Linda Kristoffersen got tremendous help and support from a new friend, leading to a great consulting job at a leading firm. Even more so since then, Linda has LEANED INTO new projects and opportunities, and actively gives back to others. As an engineer and technologist at hear, she brings her problem-solving mentality to her work. After having lived and grown up internationally, Linda is looking to solve world problems, and respects companies and leaders that seek to make change. Linda offers in-depth career advice and lessons learned along her journey and growth. She is very inspired by her friends and peers that are working on exciting projects too. Notable quotes: -“Blockchain found me, not the other way around” -“Live on the edge of your abilities” -"In terms of your career, fear doesn’t exist." Linda is looking to learn and network with peers looking to solve world problems. In addition, Linda is particularly looking to connect and collaborate with women interested in blockchain technology.

Alex Portera is the Cofounder of Nowhere Men, a freelance writer and video producer. A decision to "just travel" and to participate in the Mongol Rally somewhat unexpectedly turned into the Nowhere Men. This Facebook Watch show has a weekly documentary style to it. In a short period, they have produced over 100 episodes with some episodes exceeding over 200,000 views. A few other highlights: -"People are good." Through his travels and weekly videos, Alex inspired by people and people that have helped him, despite mainstream news. He says this has changed him as a person. -Alex talks about his love for his cofounders as well. -Reading the book, So Good They Can't Ignore You, by Cal Newport had profound impact on Alex. It was a freeing book for him. -Alex recommends to "follow your curiosities and interests" as much as possible, and to maintain consistency with them. If interested in to connect, support, and learn from Alex, please find him at: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nowheremenadventures Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nowherementv/

As both a CTO and CMO, Nate Cooper helps entrepreneurs and content producers to create recurring revenue through membership sites. He was the Founder and CEO of New York City-based EdTech startup, Reboot Labs. In addition to previously being a teacher at General Assembly, School of Visual Arts and the Fashion Institute of Technology, he is the author of Build Your Own Website: A Comic Guide to HTML, CSS and WordPress. He also is the host of the Cut Your Learning Curve podcast. A few notable insights: -some lessons learned as Founder and CEO of Reboot Labs -how he deeply values his degree in the Liberal Arts (not widely known). He believes it is important for building projects and companies. -his reasoning for becoming a podcaster and key themes that keep coming up from guests, particularly around motivation, psychology. For more information and to support Nate's portfolio career, please go to: www.natecooper.co/ For free resources and for a free strategy call, please go to: www.natecooper.co/free

An exciting interview with Jillian Richardson! Jillian learned that she was going to be a writer as early as a kid. A key internship in college gave her the confidence to launch writing career. After moving to NYC and not having real human connection and relationships, Jillian started The Joy List, a newsletter of community and uplifting events in New York. This was sparked by going to Camp Grounded. In addition to the newsletter and writing thought leadership pieces for executives, Jillian hosts conference and events. She is extremely focused on her mission to make New York City and major cities less lonely. She is also currently writing a book called Unlonely Planet. In addition, Jillian offers some key advice regarding entrepreneurship, lessons learned, systems building, and talks about personal topics as well. "Scratching her own itch." Jillian has a knack and headstrong personality for solving social and society problems she sees. Quickly. In addition to some key people mentions and thanks, she also mentioned these resources: Camp Grounded: http://campgrounded.org/ The Joy List: http://joylist.nyc Contact information: www.thatjillian.com https://www.instagram.com/joylistnyc/ [email protected] Thanks for listening!

An exciting interview with Kean Gardner! Kean has four different projects and interests to grow and optimize his portfolio career. More recently, Kean has developed a new skill as a stand-up comedian in New York City. Kean mentions helpful personal and career development insights, information, and tactics. And a few funny stories. Enjoy this to further develop your portfolio career! A few other key takeaways and insights: "I just said yes to everything back then" An exciting interview with Kean Gardner! When he goes to a party, he often looks to see if someone is dancing or not to start a conversation. In addition, Kean talks about his work in personal finance, travel, and as a property manager. More recently, Kean has developed a new skill as a stand-up comedian in New York City. Kean mentions helpful personal and career development insights, information, and tactics. And a few funny stories. Kean is particularly interested in discussing ideas on collaborating and scaling his dancing craft and growth professionally. Contact information: https://www.facebook.com/kean.gardner https://www.instagram.com/becauseikean/ [email protected] Hope you enjoy this episode to further develop your portfolio career and connect with Kean!

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