Marginal

Being in the Back of the Room, Learning the Process, and Embracing Different Types of Entrepreneurship with Sean Atkinson, Owner of Majority Media

#19: Today we sit down with Sean Atkinson, Small Business Advisor and Owner of Majority Media. In our conversation, Sean shares his early life experiences at Atlantic Records, and what he learned about entrepreneurship from some of the world’s biggest pop stars. We discuss how he became an active observer of people, and someone willing to own processes end-to-end, both of which paved the way for his agency career. Sean also describes what he and other marginalized groups learned from operating at ‘the back of the room,’ and what ultimately drove him to create rooms of his own. If you’re interested in entrepreneurship, but reject the ‘one-size-fits all’ approach to business, you’re not going to want to miss this episode.    To get in touch with the show clickHERE [abby.schommer@getcalpal.com] To connect with Sean clickHERE [https://seanmatkinson.com/] To follow the show clickHERE [https://instagram.com/marginalpodcast] For Detailed Show Notes Visit:marginalpodcast.com [http://marginalpodcast.com] Music By:Siddhartha [https://soundcloud.com/siddhartha-corsus] Produced By:CalPal [http://getcalpal.com]

Learning Imperfection, Staying Customer-Obsessed, and Defining AI’s Role in Product with Kate Minogue, Advisor and Fractional CxO

#18: Today we sit down with Kate Minogue, AI Advisor and Fractional Chief Product Officer. We chat about her early obsession with customer psychology and how this paved the way for her career in data. We discuss her Marketing Science positions at Meta, and how working with certain client profiles brought her very close to product. We learn how Kate dove into fractional product roles thereafter, and what led her to finally start claiming the title of 'AI expert' and inviting other, more diverse voices to do the same. She also shares what she’d like to learn most from her male allies in startup world, and the importance of modeling ‘good enough’ for underrepresented builders. If you’re interested in the intersection of tech, humans, and society at large, this is definitely the episode for you.  To get in touch with the show click HERE [abby.schommer@getcalpal.com] Connect with Kate via her website HERE [https://kate-minogue.com/] or her LinkedIn HERE [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-minogue/] To follow the show click HERE [https://instagram.com/marginalpodcast] For Detailed Show Notes Visit: marginalpodcast.com [http://marginalpodcast.com] Music By: Siddhartha [https://soundcloud.com/siddhartha-corsus] Produced By: CalPal [http://getcalpal.com]

Saying ‘Yes’ to Hard Things, Navigating Burnout, & Laying Foundations To Follow Your Dreams with Ryan Welti, Founder of RetreatVi

#17: Today we sit down with Ryan Welti, yoga teacher, retreat host and founder of RetreatVi. We chat about her journey in management consulting and her experience with corporate burnout - both of which led her to seek out more wellness practices in her life. Ryan shares how she laid the foundations for entrepreneurship early in her corporate career - doing things like prioritizing a paycheck, treating every contact as a potential investor, and building a personal brand outside of work. If you’re interested in authentic entrepreneurship, personal wellness, and making your career work for you (not the other way around), definitely give this episode a listen. To get in touch with the show click HERE [abby.schommer@getcalpal.com] To follow Ryan on social click HERE [https://www.instagram.com/retreatvi/] To learn more about RetreatVi click HERE [https://www.retreatvi.com/] To follow the show click HERE [https://instagram.com/marginalpodcast] For Detailed Show Notes Visit: marginalpodcast.com [http://marginalpodcast.com] Music By: Siddhartha [https://soundcloud.com/siddhartha-corsus] Produced By: CalPal [http://getcalpal.com]

Breaking Free of People-Pleasing, Reconnecting with Ourselves, & Redefining Entrepreneurship with Leoni Parkinson, Performance Marketing Strategist

#16: Today we sit down with Leoni Parkinson, Performance Marketing Strategist and Breathwork Coach. In our episode, we dive into Leoni’s non-linear career path which includes jobs in eCommerce, Marketing Tech, and early childhood ed in Shanghai. We discuss Leoni feeling disconnected from herself which led her to move countries on more than one occasion - that is, until the pandemic, when she also discovered breathwork. Leoni shares the lessons learned when starting her own breathwork coaching company and performance marketing company, and how she decided to pause business ownership and start operating from a place of abundance. If you’re looking for conversation around self discovery, career transitions, and entrepreneurship on your terms, you won’t want to miss this episode.  To get in touch with the show click HERE [abby.schommer@getcalpal.com] To get in touch with Leoni click HERE [https://www.linkedin.com/in/leoni-parkinson/] Tune in to Leoni's new Podcast HERE [https://www.youtube.com/@smallplatesbigideas] To learn more about Hunch Ads click HERE [https://www.hunchads.com/] To follow the show click HERE [https://instagram.com/marginalpodcast] For Detailed Show Notes Visit: marginalpodcast.com [http://marginalpodcast.com] Music By: Siddhartha [https://soundcloud.com/siddhartha-corsus] Produced By: CalPal [http://getcalpal.com]

Moving to the US from Korea, Being a Life-Long Problem Solver, and Finding Inspiration in the Things We’re Not ‘Good At’ with Mina Kim, Co-Founder of Measured.im

#15: Today we sit down with Mina Kim, Co-Founder of Measured, a tool that empowers non-tech product managers to track user behavior without engineers’ help. In our episode, Mina talks about moving to the states from South Korea and the cultural differences she noticed beginning in high school. She shares how these experiences taught her autonomy and the ability to problem-solve as the most fluent English speaker in her family. Mina also explains how her early startup experiences drove her to entrepreneurship - and how she found inspiration in the things she wasn’t good at as a non-technical founder. If you’re looking for conversation about designing for inclusion, and converting your ‘weakness’ into your superpower, this is the episode for you! To get in touch with the show click HERE [abby.schommer@getcalpal.com] To get in touch with Mina click HERE [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mina-kim-59535917a/] To learn more about Measured click HERE [https://measured.im/] To follow the show click HERE [https://instagram.com/marginalpodcast] For Detailed Show Notes Visit: marginalpodcast.com [http://marginalpodcast.com] Music By: Siddhartha [https://soundcloud.com/siddhartha-corsus] Produced By: CalPal [http://getcalpal.com]