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🔑 7 lessons from my global product career

What working in Silicon Valley, Southeast Asia, and Latin America taught me about career and life

May 18, 2025

🔑 From Google Layoff to Full-Time Youtuber | Shao Chun Chen

A unique story of layoff rebound, FI at 35, and building a thriving Youtube channel

April 20, 2025

🔑 Day in the Life of a Portfolio Careerist

INSIDE: Why I Stopped Time-Tracking, Behind-the-Scenes Peek at My Schedule, 7 Unconventional Productivity Strategies

March 9, 2025

🔑 Zero to One Secrets From $1M+ Consulting Revenue

INSIDE: 7 Consultants From Canva, Hubspot, and Stripe; Landing Your First Clients (Without Social Media); Avoiding Common Pitfalls

March 2, 2025

🐧 Leveraging AI as a non-technical business owner | Sherry Jiang

INSIDE: Building Your First AI-Powered App, 3-Step Workflow, Real-World Project Examples

February 16, 2025

🐧 From Growthaholism to a Minimalist Business | Yong-Soo Chung

INSIDE: $142K to $8K Monthly Overhead, Growth On Your Own Terms, AI and No-Code Tools

February 9, 2025

🐧 Building a Sustainable Fractional Business | Moritz Kaffsack

INSIDE: Why Fractional Execs Struggle, 15 Years in Consulting, Landing (and Keeping) Long-Term Clients

January 26, 2025

🐧 Becoming a Fractional CTO | Sergio Pereira

INSIDE: Software Engineer to Fractional CTO, Sergio's Monthly Income, Feast-Or-Famine Cycles, How He Finds Clients

November 3, 2024

🐧 Achieving Life Dreams Before Financial Independence

INSIDE: Sailing Enthusiast Buys a Houseboat, Farm Couple Buys Abandoned Property in Rural Japan, Mom Gets Second Home in Italy

October 27, 2024

🐧 Q&A on Building a Portfolio Career

INSIDE: Solopreneurship, Why Portfolio Careers, Best and Worst Parts, Advice, Money

September 29, 2024

🐧 From Professor to Ali Abdaal's Head of Content | Ines Lee

INSIDE: Teaching at Cambridge to Working on NYT Bestseller, Setback Mental Tactics, Pros & Cons of Creator Economy, Non-Obvious Advice

September 8, 2024

🐧 From Software Engineer to CPG Founder | Josh Wang

INSIDE: Career Coaching, High-Protein Indian Food, Managing Biz With Spouse, Earnings $ Before Quitting, Why Personal Branding

September 1, 2024

🐧 How to Negotiate a $10k+ Raise

INSIDE: How I 3x'ed My Income in 5 Years, 10 Negotiation Strategies, Insider Tips

August 25, 2024

🐧 From Side Hustle to Full-Time: How Peter Park Picked a Winning Niche

INSIDE: From VC/Corporate to Cross-Border Entrepreneur, Unconventional Niche Selection, Challenges and Victories

August 18, 2024

🐧 From Teacher to Fractional COO | Karina Mikhli

INSIDE: Consulting vs Fractional, 3/2/1 Model, Keys to Thriving Fractional Career

August 11, 2024

🐧 From Googler to Psychedelics Researcher & Executive Coach | Fayzan Rab

INSIDE: Career Pivots, 80% Happy Vision, Goals vs Experiences, Counterintuitive Approach to Pivots

July 28, 2024

🐧 Remote Side Hustle Launchpad: Lessons Learned

INSIDE: 48 Hour Sell Out, Surprising Benefits of Rebates, Student Feedback, Up to 124% Boost in Student Confidence

July 21, 2024

🐧 When I decided to quit my job & start my portfolio career

INSIDE: Margin of Safety, 8-Question Readiness Checklist, 1-2 Rule, Case Study, Runway Calculator

July 14, 2024

🐧 My $100k Side Hustle Journey

INSIDE: 5 Side Hustles, Tea E-Commerce, Career Coaching, Product Consulting, & 4 Lessons Learned From Successes and Failures

July 7, 2024

🐧 The Secret Formula to Fulfilling Your Dreams

34-Year-Old Ex-Amazonian Quits for Pastry School, Ex-Software Engineer Sails World With Family, Ex-McKinsey Self-Publishes a Book

June 23, 2024

🐧 Fractional job search | Taylor Crane

INSIDE: Poker Player to Fractional Head of Product, Fractional Job Search Mistakes and Tips

May 19, 2024

🐧 Becoming a fractional executive in LATAM | Gabriel Tudela & Pedro Marin

INSIDE: Careers in 4 Unicorns & 5 Countries, LATAM vs US Fractionals, Pricing Models, Mistakes and Advice

May 5, 2024

🐧 Becoming a fractional executive | Mark Mullinix

INSIDE: From AMEX to Loyalty Expert, Fractional Business in Singapore, Pricing and Packaging, Biggest Mistakes

March 17, 2024

🐧 Building a portfolio career with 2M+ audience | Eric Sims

INSIDE: From Jobless Grad to MD of UBS I-Bank, Building Institute of Life, Portfolio Career Lessons

February 4, 2024

🐧 Breaking into the US market from Asia

INSIDE: International Careers, US vs Singapore vs China, Top 3 Founder Mistakes

January 14, 2024

🐧 Building a tech portfolio career | Aki Taha

INSIDE: What is a Portfolio Career, APAC vs US Careers, Doubling Down vs Diversifying

November 5, 2023

🐧 Building a remote Upwork agency | Ken Leaver

INSIDE: Ex-CEO of Groupon Ukraine to Founder of Bangkok-Based Virtual Agency

October 22, 2023

🐧 How I moved from US to Singapore as a tech professional

INSIDE: Target Role Criteria, 30+ Connectors, Interview Tours, Comp Data

October 1, 2023

🐧 Starting a coaching business in APAC | Jennifer Ong

INSIDE: High 5-Figure Sales in 1 Month, Two Career Pivots, VC vs Bootstrapping

September 24, 2023

🐧 Becoming a 7-figure distributor | Mark Soh & Ara Kyi

Spotlight: From Singapore Tech Workers to SEA Distributor Owners

June 18, 2023

🐧 Overseas tech job search and salary negotiation | Jay Demetillo

Spotlight: From Silicon Valley Bamboo Ceiling to leading Product Design at Grab

May 14, 2023

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