Julia Lipton

Helping You Create An Awesome Portfolio Career

 
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Episode Notes (by minute):

-2:30 - How self-employment and consulting work has been helpful to Julia

-4:00 - An overview on Julia’s Portfolio Career with running Awesome People Ventures, consulting for another VC firm, and running a talent network

-5:00 - How Julia started the Awesome People Talent Accelerator to help people become self-employed

-6:00 - How Julia helps people go from zero clients to getting their first one

-8:30 - The importance of telling people what you do that want to help you

-13:30 - The importance of designing your dream day that brings you joy when you are working from home or remotely. Julia has been working remotely for 3.5+ years.

-18:30 - Why Julia chooses to live a certain lifestyle compared to maximizing revenue. When evaluating projects, she asks if it is going to make her life better.

-19:30 - “I think it's the most exciting time to be a freelancer, consultant. I think we're at this point where a lot of work is going to shift to flexible work.”

-21:00 - How there is a shadow economy with jobs and work transacting but it is not being accounted for in the traditional sense

-23:00 - One Email Away examples that Julia has seen and benefits from with her fund and getting her first consulting client

-26:00 - How Julia thinks about her life as a portfolio and pie chart

-29:30 - How the next cohort of the Awesome People Accelerator starts October 26th

(Note: these are quick notes and takeaways by David Nebinski. Please see the episode for more accurate information)