Link to SaaSfluencer newsletter & podcast Listen to the trailer In this episode, Amanda announces the hiatus of Professional Life Crisis and announces her new podcast, SaaSfluencer. What can I expect from the SaaSfluencer 🗞 newsletter and 🎙 podcast? In general, I’m sharing tips, tricks, and examples of stellar partnerships between startups and influencers. Episodes with content creators will cover topics like: Their content creator story Finding their niche, and what defines their brand's ...
Aug 07, 2024•6 min
This episode of Professional Life Crisis features my friend and fellow podcaster, Jenna Masi . Jenna is an ex-KPMG consultant, ex-Chief of Staff and currently exploring themes around creativity in her career, and the career journeys of others. In this episode: We delve into Jenna's experience in consulting (which, hint: was far better and cooler than mine!) and how the Innovation Lab at KPMG laid the foundation for her interest in startups. (You too can find startup-y experiences in consulting...
Jul 19, 2024•45 min
In this episode, I sit down with Lindsay Martinez to discuss her journey from corporate consulting to finding fulfillment in her bridge jobs, and as a career coach. We cover important topics like recognizing when to leave a corporate job, that a bridge job is nothing to be ashamed of if it helps you get where you want to go, and how to listen to your gut while navigating career and personal life changes. In the episode we cover: * What is a bridge job (it’s not just being a barista or bartender!...
Jul 10, 2024•56 min
In this episode, I sit down with Ruka Osoba , a seasoned marketer and entrepreneur, to delve into her expansive career in marketing, her journey into the startup world, and advice for moonlighting a startup. In this episode: * We delve into what it means to be a “full-stack marketer,” and Ruka clears up a common misconception about content marketing. * Ruka talks about the challenges of juggling a full-time job while running a startup, and her insights on the importance of time management and th...
Jun 26, 2024•47 min
Welcome back to Professional Life Crisis! This week we’re going on a rollercoaster with our guest, Bo Abrahams. Ex-Hedge Fund Analyst, Co-Founder of Kommu, an app to swap homes with people in your network. We discuss: * Bo opened up about his personal health experiences that heavily influenced his career choices at various points in his life, including a debilitating illness during college and the story of his HS friend Mallory, who unfortunately passed as a result of Cystic Fibrosis (CF). These...
Jun 18, 2024•1 hr 1 min
I am SO excited for this week’s new episode with the incredibly Katy Culver , AND *the new branding*! * This week, Katy and I both reflected on our journeys in consulting- the good, the bad and the, well necessary experiences we had to go through in order to be able to offer any halfway decent career advice and help the next generation of professionals. * Katy discusses how revisiting her old journals helped uncover some long-held dreams and get better aligned in her business. * The absolutely c...
Jun 12, 2024•1 hr 7 min
This week on the podcast, I was honored to speak with a woman with such a light and positivity about her, Brittany Martin. In this episode: - Brittany shares her journey from HR business partner (HRBP) at household name companies like Target and Anheuser Busch, to starting her own business where she is a Chief People and Culture Advisor for teams looking to improve their dynamic. - We discuss the importance of being comfortable with being multifaceted in your personal and professional life, and ...
Jun 05, 2024•56 min
This week, I had the pleasure of interviewing a friend and colleague, Nina Chichelo , a full-time marketing manager and the founder of her own marketing agency, Allorable. We talked about her winding career journey from aspiring to work on the Tonight Show, to launching her career in marketing and eventually her own agency. * Nina shared her personal experience of going through 2 layoffs and how those difficult moments pushed her to start her agency, while starting a new, full time role (crazy r...
May 29, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Welcome back to part 2 with Lindsey Fine , (ex- Salesforce, Meta, Dropbox, and Amazon) where we talk all about detaching from our work identities, burning out and finding fulfillment through self employment. * Lindsey reflects on her career, transitioning from leading sales teams at big tech companies to working for herself and helping startups with implementing sales strategies and sales tech stacks. * A flexible approach to her offering and allowing potential clients to guide the conversation ...
May 22, 2024•31 min
In this week’s episode, I had the wonderful opportunity to catch up with my former colleague and friend, Elizabeth Manuntag - customer marketer, TikToker and UGC content creator with over 25k followers. We related about our experiences with getting laid off, transitioning careers, and the emotional rollercoaster that is self employment. In this episode we cover: - Liz shared her journey, from working in a corporate setting to embracing the freedom and challenges of being a digital nomad and cont...
May 15, 2024•59 min
This week, Lindsey Fine details her extensive background in sales, starting her career at Salesforce and moving through other major tech companies like Meta, Dropbox, and Amazon, before diving into startup territory. * The challenges and dynamics of working in big tech versus startups, emphasizing the significant learning curve and the uniqueness of sales at each company-stage. * All about "Amazon Docs" and the realization that big-name company experiences don't always translate into immediate r...
May 08, 2024•42 min
Shabnam Golmohammadi is a leadership coach for women in tech, and previously spent 6 years in strategy and planning at Uber where she worked on Uber Eats before it was the brand that we’ve all come to know and depend on during our darkest gremlin hours. Before that, she did her time in management consulting at Deloitte. In our chat, we cover: * Whose validation are we seeking when we go after jobs and opportunities, and why do we spend so much time thinking about how others will perceive us? * I...
May 01, 2024•50 min
Some housekeeping: Thanks for being patient as I overhauled a few things with the podcast this week. Exciting things have been in the works, like new guest interviews and our new video format - we’re launching on YOUTUBE ! From now on, all guest interviews will be available to watch on YouTube (or you can carry on listening from your favorite podcast app like: Apple or Spotify ). Now Back to our regularly scheduled programming: This week, I was so thrilled to sit down and chat with Emily Marion ...
Apr 24, 2024•55 min
This week’s episode is a bit of a personal diary entry about my reflections of being how it’s been being self-employed for the past 6 months. The highs, the lows and a little “woot woot” to my past self for leaving consulting and setting myself up to be in the position I’m in now. Topics I cover: * How I’ve overcome (or at least managed) my imposter syndrome * Uncapped income potential (exciting and terrifying!) * How important it’s been to show up, at live in person events and make a name for m...
Apr 10, 2024•16 min
This week’s episode is a little different. We’re taking a deep dive into what I’ve learned in the last two years about why AI startups tend to fail. Even if you don’t work for a startup, I hope you’ll learn something about how product teams build product, and what it’s like to work for a pre-product market fit startup. If you’re interested in jumping into the startup world, I’m always happy to chat if you send me a DM! The pitfalls we cover: * Cool idea but no market validation before diving in ...
Apr 02, 2024•9 min
In this week’s part two episode with Justin Mazza , we talk about all things career transition, to the decision to MBA or not to MBA, and how his perspective on work changed after the loss of his mom. We cover: - Shifting careers away from being an industry operator into consulting, and how to make that jump. - The stigma of doing your MBA online and its financial benefits vs. prioritizing the full experience of attending a top-tier program in person - How he’s accelerated his career growth by f...
Mar 26, 2024•44 min
Hey there! In this week’s episode, Justin Mazza breaks down a very convoluted topic, WTF is Consulting?? We talk about: * What even is strategy consulting? Strategy for who, strategy for what, and whose problem is it to take that strategy forward? * Expectations at different levels from analyst, to director all the way up to partner, and how the manager level feels like a “V” * How to be a good manager built on trust, and enabling people to do the work that they’re best suited to do * Leaning in...
Mar 19, 2024•33 min
Hey everybody! This week’s episode answers the question: how can I get more satisfaction out of my work ? Within this episode we discuss: * The top 10 ways that people find satisfaction in their jobs * Some tips to consider based on your personality and how you uniquely derive satisfaction from work . After some personal self reflection and research about what impacts people’s job satisfaction, I highly encourage you to reflect on how many boxes your job is ticking for you, and make a change if ...
Mar 12, 2024•18 min
This week’s episode is the second in the series: “WTF is a ______??” And today we’re talking all about: WTF is a Media Planner?? We cover: * What is digital media, how does it fit under the marketing umbrella? * How would someone get into an advertising career nowadays? * What role would be best suited to me within digital media? (creative, paid, planning and strategy and more) * Justifying your impact as a marketer, or creative agency to executives and CMOs …and in addition to all of this, we h...
Mar 05, 2024•43 min
This week’s episode features Wesley Braden , a fellow ex-Chief of Staff and ex-Googler. In this part 2 conversation, Wes is incredibly open about sharing his struggles with mental health challenges like OCD and Bipolar Disorder. Listen to part 1 here if you’re interested in hearing about his experience in the Chief of Staff role at an early stage startup. What we covered: * Wes’ experience with OCD and Bipolar 1 disorder and how it’s affected him both positively and negatively in a demanding wor...
Feb 27, 2024•30 min
Today’s episode features Wesley Braden , ex-Chief of Staff at Clay and Ex-Googler. In our conversation, we talk all about what the Chief of Staff role is, Wes’ journey to get there, and some of the biggest obstacles along the way. Some highlights: * WTF even is a Chief of Staff? (because *I* didn’t know until I became one) * The differences between a seed stage CoS and a late-stage CoS * Corporate vs startup experience & whether our corporate roles set us up well for the CoS role (hint: mine...
Feb 20, 2024•21 min
This week’s episode with Porter Hayes is a must listen if you’re a young female professional, navigating the early steps on the corporate ladder and don’t know who to look to for meaningful advice and feedback. We discuss: * Learning to love a mindset of “continuous adolescence” instead of constantly battling imposter syndrome * How it’s just as important (if not more) to learn what you DON’T want for yourself as it is important to learn what you DO want. * How to vet other people’s feedback ear...
Feb 13, 2024•51 min
In this week’s episode I talk with Harry Catalani , about what it’s like to work in the beer industry (Anheuser Busch), move all around the country for work, and how to decide when it’s time to leave after 6.5 years. We cover: * Moving to new cities and establishing a life multiple times in your twenties * Punching above your weight when you’re total unqualified to do so, and how being humble can help you learn what you don’t know * How to take ownership over your career path (without panicking)...
Feb 06, 2024•51 min
Today’s episode is another episode in the series, 10 things I learned working for a startup , and today we’re deep diving into #2 on the list - Learning how you like to learn. By the end of the episode, you’ll have some solid strategies for learning more efficiently and identifying how much time and effort you actually need to spend learning new skills to be amazing at your new job. Some highlights? * You don’t need to know everything, follow your natural curiosities * Building scalable and repe...
Jan 30, 2024•10 min
Today’s episode details the most important mindset shift you need to make coming from corporate, in order to be successful working at an early stage startup. The first up on the list is: developing your experimentation mindset. This episode is the first in a series I’m starting, expanding on my Top 10 things you should know before working at a startup episode. Each of these episodes will go deeper into one of the themes on my original list to give you more depth and a better understanding of eac...
Jan 23, 2024•11 min
This week’s episode is about defining your personal threshold for the amount of unhappiness you’re willing to endure at your first job before you make the decision to leave. If you’re like me, starting your career in corporate America can feel like you’re trapped in golden handcuffs, and time ticks by faster that you’d think when you planned to leave 3 years ago. Moving into the startup world was a huge stepping stone for me toward my eventual goal of being an entrepreneur, but it came with a hu...
Jan 16, 2024•9 min
Today's episode is such a fun, funny, yet incredibly genuine chat with a dear friend of mine, Kat. If you're somewhere on the struggle spectrum between do I need a new job , to move to a different city or all of the above, this episode is for you. And if you've ever gone through a tough personal time and worried about how to prioritize your mental health while also juggling a very demanding workplace, Katherine is so vulnerable and shares how she was able to work with her company to take an unpr...
Jan 09, 2024•54 min
Hey there! Happy New Year! This week’s episode is a follow up to last week’s episode on setting goals. I realized that I talked about manifesting my goals but I didn’t talk too much about how I do it, and what my only-slightly-woo-woo practice of manifesting actually looks like. So if you’ve got some lofty goals you’re looking to accomplish this year but you’re still not in the mindset of actually achieving them, take a listen to this quick 10 min episode. Happy goal-getting! -Amanda This is a p...
Jan 02, 2024•10 min
In this little time warp portal between Christmas and New Year's that’s like totally fake, I just wanted to record a quick and dirty episode for you. Now that the holidays are in the rearview mirror, I think it’s time we get intentional about our goals for the new year, and get a little delulu about what we want! Hope you enjoy the end of the year, and the chance to reset and dream big. -Amanda Send this to a friend who needs a reminder to dream bigger this year! References: Hailey Hoffman Smith...
Dec 26, 2023•6 min
In this episode, we (and I really just mean me) cover: * What elements make up your self-worth , and what specifically does not (hint: your ✨accomplishments✨) * Psychological research about why we have such a strong connection between money and self-worth * Some small things we can do to detach our self-worth from our salary and live happier, less comparative lives Quote of the day: “Not only is our income framing the way we think about our status, but the stuff we buy is linked to our sense of ...
Dec 19, 2023•16 min
