You Want To Do What?

We chat with Robert Pell about his career and starting his business Minviro. The Environment and our impact on it, is a hot topic and new careers are springing up within many industries that look to measure or address our impact. 

Robert gives some brilliant advice to those looking to get into the relatively new career paths that are now being built in new and traditional businesses as we seek to fix our planet.  

A must listen for anyone thinking of getting into the sustainability space. 

We chat with Tom-James Lee about his career to date. Tom is the founder of vagabond digital a paid media advertising agency. We chat about how Tom got into the industry, as well as how he started his own agency. Digital marketing is such a popular career choice and as such there is often a lot of competition for roles, we chat about what Founders look for in potential employees and how you can get your start in the industry. A real pleasure to chat with Tom. 

We chat with Luke Tobin about his career in marketing. Luke is the Founder and CEO of Digital Ethos a marketing agency that he has built up over seven years, from a one man band working with freelancers to the full scale global agency it is today. Luke started out in the sales and business development side of the industry learning how to sell to potential clients. In my opinion this is often an overlooked aspect of the industry when we discuss careers within it, being able to sell and clearly articulate the value add is a hugely valuable skill set, and completely different to most aspects of the industry. Luke also shares his thoughts on how to stand out in interviews and what he looks for when hiring, as well as his opinion on University. A genuine pleasure to have Luke on the show, if you are thinking about getting into the industry or starting your own agency, this is a must listen.  

We chat with David Hunt about being an Executive and business coach. I have always been hesitant to have any type of "Coach" on the podcast as there are quite a few internet gurus who give the profession a bad name, but David completely changed my opinion on coaches and gave some brilliant advice to anyone considering a career in the industry. A really enjoyable episode. 

We chat with Oliver Scherenberg about his career in the Licensing world, as well as his recent move into the world of NFT's. Licensing is a career path that does not get discussed very often at all, but it is a really interesting subject and connects so many diverse industries. Oliver tells us how he got into the industry and offers advice to anyone thinking of getting into it. If you love to solve problems this is a fantastic career to consider. We also chat about the NFT space, Oliver offers his perspective on the technology and its potential. 

We chat with Katie Narain about her career to date. Katie has had a really varied and interesting career so far, from finance to tech to fashion and now Web 3. We discuss how following your curiosity as opposed to a passion is a much better place to start for those that have never had a clear idea about what they would like to do. We also discuss topics such as university and how to get your foot in the door in the world of start ups. A genuinely very interesting conversation, long gone are the days of staying at one company for 50+ years, moving around within your industry or in Katie's example moving across different industries entirely is a brilliant way to gain new skill sets and experience, that helps to increase your value throughout your career. 

We chat with Finn Hodgins the Founder of Grouped about his career so far. Grouped is building a platform for creators that will allow them to build their own audiences outside of the traditional platforms. Finn has had a really interesting career and talks us through his journey to becoming an entrepreneur. Not only a really interesting conversation on the creator economy but also on how to get your foot in the door at a start up as well as how facing adversity in the from of multiple injuries derailed Finn's sporting career but led him to the path he is on today.  

Joe Stallion chats to us about starting his business Solvi Digital which focuses on helping businesses that have been traditionally seen as "Boring." This is a really interesting discussion, most marketing careers focus on the businesses and industries that are seen as exciting and "sexy" but there are huge opportunities in so many other industries that most people never think about going into. If you are considering going into marketing this is a must listen, the opportunity that Joe and his team have grabbed with both hands needs more skilled marketers. We also chat about something that most do not consider when entering the world of marketing, you need to be able to sell your services. its os overlooked these days, marketing is all well and good but how do you showcase your results? Joe helps to breakdown how his business has managed to do this. 

We chat with Hugo Campbell about his career to date from Journalism to Co founding a teach company focused on disrupting the events business. Feat it has been described as the "Airbnb of events" It makes booking suppliers such as caterers, photographers, event spaces etc incredibly simple. We also discuss University and the potential benefits of the life experience it can offer students, the choice of whether to go to university or not is something we often discuss on the podcast and Hugo makes a great case for it. We also chat about building feast it from the ups to the downs including surviving covid! A real pleasure to chat with Hugo. 

We chat with Anthony Smith about life as a trailer and video editor. Anthony currently works for Steven Bartlett and is the trailer Editor for The Diary Of A CEO Podcast. It was a pleasure to hear all about Anthony's career to date from getting started to landing a job for one of the UK's top entrepreneurs. Anyone thinking about getting into the world of editing this is a must listen Anthony offers some brilliant advice about how to learn to become a better editor. With Podcasting being a growing form of media we will start to see more and more jobs like Anthony's in and around the industry.