I often get asked questions about my career timeline, products, decisions, and inflection points that had a major influence on my career trajectory, so I decided to document them in a sharable format.
I’ve also included major courses I’ve enrolled in, people I’ve hired, and other points of interest, with some notes along the way to give some additional context.
2005
<aside> 🎓 Studies: Design School
Honors BDes, York/Sheridan Joint Program in Design (YSDN)
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<aside> 🎨 Interactive Designer
Branding, Web design, UX Thinkhouse Design
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2014
<aside> 👩🏻🎤 Solo Founder: Web Design + Digital Strategy
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<aside> 🧠 Copy School • Joanna Wiebe
Learning how to write marketing copy = game-changer!
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<aside> 💕 Teamed up with Ben Borowski to create Oki Doki
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<aside> 🍱 Web Design + Digital Strategy services
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<aside> 🚀 Systems Coaching with Natasha Vorompiova, Systems Rock Another huge inflection point in getting my business organized.
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<aside> 🍱 Launched Digital Strategy School
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<aside> 🚀 1:1 Leadership Coaching with Tanya Geisler This work has had a lasting impact on my personal development.
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<aside> 📈 Grew Digital Strategy School to 115 students
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<aside> 🍱 Launched Doki, software for course creators
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<aside> 🎤 Speaker at Gather North My first official speaking gig.
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<aside> 🍱 Launched Run Your Learning Launch
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<aside> 🍱 Introduced Consulting and Services for course-based businesses
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<aside> 🧠 Design Thinking + Innovation Certification
University of Virginia, Darden School of Business
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<aside> 🍱 Digital Strategy + Course Consulting
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<aside> 🧠 Permaculture Design Certification
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<aside> 🧠 Sphere of Influence • Andre Chapperon
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<aside> 🚀 Speaker Coaching
Shine Bootcamp + additional coaching with Michael Aagard
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<aside> 🎤 Speaker at MicroConf Starter Track
The Sustainable SaaS: What Permaculture Can Teach Us About Building Software
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<aside> 🍱 Launched Productized Offer
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<aside> 🧠 Building a Second Brain • Tiago Forte
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<aside> 🖥️ Ran my first Notion Webinar
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<aside> 🚀 Accelerator • Mariah Coz
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<aside> 🍱 Started YouTube channel
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<aside> 🍱 Introduced Notion Consulting
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<aside> 👩🏻🎤 Hired Virtual Assistant for light admin and operations support
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<aside> 🍱 Launched Notion Mastery
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