I first met Lindy Ledohowski, PhD for lunch at an Ottawa Bier Markt in Fall of 2019. I’d recently started blogging about leaving academia, and we connected on LinkedIn. I was still working for the government in a glass tower somewhere downtown, puzzling over the
If there’s anything we took away from 2020, it’s the fact that working from home is the future. Not to mention EVERYTHING is online, including entrepreneurship. Online business is booming. So if you’ve always dreamed of making the leap into online entrepreneurship, this post will
I learned during my career journey that there was one thing that I should be chasing above all else: passive income. Passive income, usually described as the ability to make money while you’re sleeping, can come from many different places. And while I have seen
I sort of became a consultant by accident–I never planned on starting a consulting business. But I dove in headfirst. In this post, I want to talk about how I landed a $40,000 consulting client and what I think you should know about starting a
There’s something magical that happens when I write. Maybe you’ve felt this too. I usually pop some music in my ears–I’ve been known to have Hans Zimmer’s “Time” on repeat for an hour–and disappear into another world. I hope you’ve experienced this sheer joy at
A side hustle, side business, income stream, call it what you want, but students often have the same question: How can I make more money? The student income pinch is tough, and if you’ve taken out debt for schools (or if you’re trying to avoid
About a year ago, I launched a community online. And a few months ago, I closed the digital doors. In the months that it was open, I poured my soul into building it. And it failed. I mean, we had beautiful moments, teary soul-level conversations,
So you want to be an entrepreneur and try consulting. Awesome! What could be better than working for yourself and watching people’s puzzled expressions when you tell them you’re a consultant. BTW- If you don’t know what consulting is, start here. But let’s be honest. It’s easy
Updated September 13, 2021 Do you have a brilliant idea for a consulting business but aren’t sure how to get started? I’ve stumbled through this process too, and I know it can be intimidating. There are usually two different orders to getting into consulting. You
I did a PhD, and it pretty much felt useless. Honestly, what can you do with a PhD? For some of us (I’m looking at you, fellow humanities grads) it feels like a waste of a degree. But the real question is, how can you
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