Hey there!

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.

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2001 -

2005

<aside> 🎓 Studies: Design School

Honors BDes, York/Sheridan Joint Program in Design (YSDN)

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2005 - 2009

<aside> 🎨 Interactive Designer

Branding, Web design, UX Thinkhouse Design

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2009 -

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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2015

<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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2016

<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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2017

<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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2018

<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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2019

<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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