Welcome to Episode 2 of For the Love of Freelance: Community! Get to know your co-hosts Tia Meghan Grado and Lisa Ann (LAMARKS) Markuson, as they chat with Sam Safer, Co-Founder of Norby, and multi-hyphenate freelancer and creative Diamond Hawkins. As freelancers and creative entrepreneurs, growing your community and making connections across industries is crucial to building your network, getting new clients, finding collaborators, and just having more fun overall. So pour yourself a cup of coffee (or wine) and let us show you what we and our guests have learned along the way.

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Sam Safer Valentine:

Sam is co-founder and COO of Norby, a venture-backed startup building the marketing stack for creators, community leaders, and emerging brands. An operator and community builder at heart, Sam has worked for heritage brands like the V&A and The Metropolitan Museum of Art as well as startups like Bulletin and legacy brands such as NY NOW. Prior to co-founding Norby, she ran her own sales and marketing agency, Narratives, working to scale dozens of DTC brands and retailers.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samerinsafer/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/samerinsafer?lang=en

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthasafer

Diamond Hawkins:

Diamond is truly is a multi-faceted entrepreneur. Diamond currently sits as the CEO and Founder of Pothos Beauty-- An Inclusive Beauty and Wellness Marketplace, whose mission is to change the narrative on what beauty means. She simultaneously freelances as a project manager with Microsoft in the Global Data Center where she builds human centric processes. Diamond is on a mission to wear as many hats as possible during her lifetime.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/diamondhawkins_

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diamondhawkins_/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diamondhawkins/

For the Love of Freelance is produced by Skewed Orbit