Alex started out in the kitchen and set up his first business (cafe/catering company) very early. After 10 years of working as a chef and struggling with side hustles for years, he managed to get a digital marketing company for coaches and consultants off the ground... to the moon [https://www.tothemoondigital.com.au/], one might say!

Today we speak about the hospitality business, setting up a business from scratch, digital marketing and fatherhood.

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Find out more:

 * To The Moon - Digital Marketing Services [https://www.tothemoondigital.com.au/]

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#digital #marketing #hospitality #entrepreneur #chef #food #coaching #business #fatherhood

Chef to Digital Marketing - Alex's Journey

Sarah Juree always wanted to be a teacher and her dream came true. That is when she learned the true reality of teaching in the USA.

Today we speak about sexuality, dating culture and women's rights and also the reality of the education system in the USA, how you can find yourself in a vicious cycle of poverty and how an awful event can turn your life around for the better.



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Mentioned in this episode:

 * Donor's Choose [https://www.donorschoose.org/]: https://www.donorschoose.org/



More about Sarah:

 * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/love_misssarah/]: https://www.instagram.com/love_misssarah/
 * OnlyFans (+18) [https://onlyfans.com/love_misssarah_free/media]: https://onlyfans.com/love_misssarah_free/
 * Twitter [https://twitter.com/SarahJuree]: https://twitter.com/SarahJuree



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#arts #education #business #entertainment

Teacher to OnlyFans Content Maker - Sarah's Journey

Thijs van Gulik never really knew what he wanted to do. Somehow, he got himself into a small snackbar in the Netherlands, then to a country house in the USA and finally to The Ritz in the UK. After finding his home in the UK it was time to try different careers: from hospitality to recruitment to technology sales.

Tune in to find out what aspects of each one of his careers actually entail.

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Mentioned in this episode:

 * The Ritz's Wimbourne House (aka William Kent House) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wimbourne_House]
 * Orcan Intelligence [https://orcanintelligence.com/]
 * Panintelligence [https://panintelligence.com/]
 * Harrogate's St Wilfrid's Football Club [https://twitter.com/stwilfridsfc]

Hospitality to Tech Sales: Thijs's Journey

Steve Axford [https://steveaxford.smugmug.com/], The man behind the famous fungi footage on BBC's Planet Earth II [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p02544td/planet-earth-ii] and Fantastic Fungi [https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81183477] and co-creator of Planet Fungi [https://www.planetfungi.movie/] joins me on the first episode after the holiday hiatus to tell his journey.

Join us and listen to our conversation about mining in dangerous caves, the information technology sector in its infancy and the wonderful world of fungi.

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Mentioned in this episode:

 * This is Colossal [https://www.thisiscolossal.com/] (and the original post that led to all this [https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/05/fantastic-fungi-steve-axford/])
 * The Kunming Institute of Botany [http://english.kib.cas.cn/] (part of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences [https://english.ucas.ac.cn/])
 * js13kGames [https://js13kgames.com/]

See more of Steve's work:

 * on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/planet_fungi/]
 * on Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/c/PlanetFungi]

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#fungi #photography #timelapse #filmography #mining #technology #it #software

Miner to Software Engineer to Photographer: Steve's Journey

Abeja [https://abejatapasbar.com/] owner explains how she got into research in molecular biology and how after spending 20 years she decided to bring a piece of Granada to Manchester in the form of a tapas bar... just before COVID!

Ana goes deep into what a scientist does in the field of molecular biology and later into how she got inspired to set up her tapas bar business.

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Mentioned in this episode:

 * ERASMUS [https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/];
 * Hatch [https://hatchmcr.com/];
 * Abeja [https://abejatapasbar.com/]/ Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/abejatapasbar/?hl=en]/ Facebook [https://en-gb.facebook.com/abejatapas/]

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#science #biology #research #foodindustry #restaurant #business

Scientist to Tapas Bar Owner: Ana's Journey

Special episode today with Melanie Parker [https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-parker-/], the founder of Graft Talent [https://www.grafttalent.co.uk/]. She works a lot with talent that wants to move from whatever area they're working in into the technology sector.

Among her advice, she also describes her many twists and turns on her journey from being a hairdresser to founding her recruitment company.

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Mentioned in this episode:

 * The Open University [https://www.open.ac.uk/];
 * Northcoders [https://northcoders.com/];
 * Google Digital Garage [https://learndigital.withgoogle.com/digitalgarage/];
 * freeCodeCamp [https://www.freecodecamp.org/];
 * Leeds Becket University [https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/];
 * Leeds Digital Festival [https://leedsdigitalfestival.org/];
 * Udemy [https://www.udemy.com/];
 * TechUPWomen [https://techupwomen.org/]

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#technology #recruitment #hairdresser

How to get into Tech (also Hairdresser to Recruiter): Melanie's Advice & Journey

From writing software, to project management, to writing about board games [https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/2414], to finally owning his own boardgame design company: Automa Factory [https://www.automafactory.com/], Morten describes his journey and gives a bit of insight into the board gaming industry and what's so different about solo board games..

In this episode, Morten also highlights how one really needs to look after their own mental health.

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Resources mentioned in this podcast:

 * Thematic Solitaires for the Spare Time Challenged [https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/2414];
 * Breaking Into Board Games [https://breakingintoboardgames.libsyn.com/];
 * BoardGameGeek [https://boardgamegeek.com/]

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#boardgamedesign #softwaredevelopment #projectmanagement

Software Developer to Boardgame Designer: Morten's Journey

She speaks of art and she creates it - Lana Pajdas [https://lanapajdas.art/] tells me her story of how she started as an art historian to becoming involved in social media for heritage sites until she finally found her passion for illustration and education for illustration [https://www.skillshare.com/site/join?teacherRef=823993594]. You can follow her on her instagram [https://www.instagram.com/lanavonpajdas/].

#art #history #marketing

Art Historian to Illustrator: Lana's Journey

From dreaming of being a veterinarian to practising physiotherapy to setting up her interior design business (Culinary Architecture [http://www.culinaryarchitecture.co.uk/Home]), Heidi walked me through her journey and, along the way, she gives a little insight into the many aspects of her careers, coupled with pearls of advice.



#health #design #business



Physiotherapist to Interior Designer: Heidi's Journey

This time I got to talk to Alice who started out in the backstage of the entertainment industry as a Stage Manager. She tells how that role got her to see the UK and also different parts of the world. After completing the Northcoders [https://northcoders.com/] bootcamp, she now works as a Software Developer, wrangling code instead of props and actors.



#entertainment #theatre #softwaredevelopment #programming

Stage Manager to Software Developer: Alice's Journey

Thinking about changing careers? Curious about certain professions? With each episode, a new professional journey - tune in!

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