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Margareta Krizova offers freelance advice for professional reinvention, sharing six questions that replace the business plan.After almost 30 years in M&A dealmaking, she sold her equity stake at 53 to rebuild as an independent freelancer. The conversation covers her six questions framework, inv…
Ben Legg helps experienced professionals monetise expertise as co-founder of The Portfolio Collective, a 16,000-member community for portfolio careers. Before that he was COO of Google Europe, led Coca-Cola's India turnaround...
Systematic business development for independent consultants who want predictable revenue without employees or feast-famine cycles. Melisa Liberman coaches experienced professionals to build consulting practices generating $50...
Thirty years of full-time independent practice, booked 18 months ahead, with no formal business training. Artist Mark Trinham offers one of the most practical case studies on the Wisepreneurs Podcast for how accumulated exper...
Professional reputation built through decades of relationships beats personal branding built through content marketing. Robert Vlach leads Europe's largest freelance community, supporting over 250,000 professionals. In this t...
Laurie Smale left school at 13 to work in a junkyard and at 79 produces his own Magic Minutes YouTube series after learning digital tools from scratch with LinkedIn specialist Sue Ellson.Between the junkyard and YouTube, Laurie graduated from Melbourne University with honours, built a speaking …
Retirement planning for professional women that addresses identity, purpose, and community rather than finances alone. Kim Watty spent three decades in Australian academia as an accounting professor before co-founding The Mai...
Jane Hudson built an independent L&D consultancy specialising in regulatory training after leaving corporate employment, and returns to Wisepreneurs 50 episodes after her first appearance. She covers pricing strategies, managing remote teams, finding a defined niche, and balancing client delivery w…
Emma Williams moved from a career in physics and Magnetic Resonance Imaging research to building a coaching business that helps STEM professionals navigate the transition from academia to industry. Emma explains the specific ...
Melisa Liberman coaches solo consultants to grow their practice using a 14-step roadmap and free IEC Toolkit. (110 chars ✓) An accidental consultant who stayed on at her employer when she moved to Hawaii, Melisa went from Acc...
From her base in Belgium, Marleen draws on 26 years building HR staffing strategy at Randstad (world number one in staffing services) before launching Nextconomy, an online knowledge platform covering the evolving world of fl...
Michelle Kvello, founder of Lantern Partners and creator of the Corporate to Consultant course, shares what independent professionals need to know about finances when leaving corporate for a solopreneur consulting practice. She covers pricing, financial planning, building a client pipeline, and the…
Sue Ellson moved from corporate banking to becoming an independent LinkedIn specialist, author of five books including Gigsters, and a self-described gigster who has built a multi-stranded career across consulting, writing, a...
Sandra McGuire, certified money coach and founder of Money Wellness, turned two decades of corporate accounting expertise into an independent coaching practice helping people take control of their personal finances. She covers money mindset, the 50/30/20 budgeting framework, and financial challenge…
Paula Ronan helps experienced professionals understand what marketing actually requires when you move from corporate to independent practice. Based in rural Ireland, she made the transition from corporate marketing in London ...
Valentine Gatard has been an employee for only nine months in her entire life. Based in Paris, she works as a coach, speaker, and podcast host, helping companies and independent professionals rethink their relationship with work. Valentine explains how jazz improvisation shapes her approach to coac…
Terri Connellan helps experienced women professionals navigate career independence through self-leadership, creativity, and psychological type awareness. After 30 years in TAFE as a teacher and leader in adult vocational educ...
In this Wisepreneurs Podcast episode, I talk with Meredith Fuller, OAM Psychologist, about the award-winning documentary, 'Home Truths', which focuses on domestic violence and is co-produced by Lesley Coleman & Rod Winning. S...
Mark Elliott coaches experienced professionals starting independent businesses after 50, helping them navigate the specific challenges of launching a venture later in life when the stakes, the skills gap, and the motivation a...
Lisa Ross-Marcus helps experienced women professionals navigate career transitions and build leadership capability from her Amsterdam executive coaching practice. Her path from performing arts in Paris to executive coaching blends kinaesthetic awareness, artistic creativity, and structured method. …
Mary-Clare Switz explains why getting the financial foundations of an expert business right from day one can determine whether it succeeds or fails. A registered BAS Agent with more than 40 years of experience, Mary-Clare covers common bookkeeping mistakes, why Xero gives small business owners real…
Laetitia Vitaud, French writer, speaker and Future of Work commentator, brings a feminist perspective to professional reinvention and the changing nature of careers. She explores the motherhood penalty across countries, COVID's "shecession" and its unequal impact on women, and why women over 50 oft…
Jane Hudson turned a career in Australian Broadway productions into expertise in learning and development, building an independent L&D practice from regional Victoria specialising in regulatory training. Jane shares how the d...
In this 4th Wisepreneurs Podcast episode, I talk with Meredith Fuller, psychologist, author, playwright and career counsellor with over 30 years of experience. We talk about work in light of COVID, careers, and why you might ...