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Passion Project Pending
Rosemary Wilson
61 episodes
2 months ago
Eric Cheng is the founder and host of the existential zillenial podcast “Wait, Say More”, recently rebranded from its previous title of “No, So True”. With “Wait, Say More", he aims to tackle the real challenges of navigating your late twenties now in a funny and earnest way. After starting his career in comedy writing and performance, Eric transformed his own quarter life crisis and mental health journey into a platform that has already reached over 13 million impressions across media channe...
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Eric Cheng is the founder and host of the existential zillenial podcast “Wait, Say More”, recently rebranded from its previous title of “No, So True”. With “Wait, Say More", he aims to tackle the real challenges of navigating your late twenties now in a funny and earnest way. After starting his career in comedy writing and performance, Eric transformed his own quarter life crisis and mental health journey into a platform that has already reached over 13 million impressions across media channe...
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Entrepreneurship
Education,
Business,
Careers,
Self-Improvement
Episodes (20/61)
Passion Project Pending
#63. Wait, Say More with Eric Cheng: Former Comedic Writer Pivots to Podcasting
Eric Cheng is the founder and host of the existential zillenial podcast “Wait, Say More”, recently rebranded from its previous title of “No, So True”. With “Wait, Say More", he aims to tackle the real challenges of navigating your late twenties now in a funny and earnest way. After starting his career in comedy writing and performance, Eric transformed his own quarter life crisis and mental health journey into a platform that has already reached over 13 million impressions across media channe...
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5 months ago
59 minutes

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#62. Girard Gourmet: What I Learned from the Owners of a Beloved Bakery in La Jolla, San Diego
I worked at a bakery in La Jolla, San Diego this fall when I had no money and no job and many expenses after moving across the country!! This bakery, Girard Gourmet, welcomed me with open arms and I learned a lot through working there. The owners, Diana and Francois, let me interview them about their experience running this place for nearly 40 decades. Through another story that defies expectations, I share about/how: Past experiences shaped how they run the businessImportance of good cu...
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6 months ago
51 minutes

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What I Learned in 2024
#61. What I Learned in 2024 What I worked onSolopreneurship vs being employedLesson in self awareness: taking accountability for my actionsImportance of ripping out an old life to make room for a new. How isolation was helpful but painful… because of my perceptionComparison running rampant, wreaking havocResources that helped me - people and practices (journaling)What’s important to me nowMoving across the countryRecruiting while everyone is spouting doomsday vibes about AIHow perspective shi...
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6 months ago
40 minutes

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Pax Marila with Dr. Sara Howell (pt. 2): Lessons Learned from a Med Student who Built a Fashion Brand to Celebrate Women of Diverse Cultural Backgrounds
#60. This will be part 2 of my interview with Dr. Sara Howell, a fourth year med student at Howard University and the founder and designer behind Pax Marila, a brand designed to be both a safe place for women of diverse backgrounds and a hub of knowledge, pride and cultural awareness. In part 1, we discussed Sara’s background leading up to med school and starting Pax Marila, including her motivation to become a doctor and fashion founder. In this episode, we get to hear all about the ...
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7 months ago
40 minutes

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Pax Marila with Dr. Sara Howell (pt. 1): Fashion Designer, Founder and Med Student - Why You Do Have Time!
Sara Howell is the founder and designer behind Pax Marila, a brand designed to be both a safe place for women of diverse backgrounds and a hub of knowledge, pride and cultural awareness. Besides growing Pax Marila for the past several years, Sara has also been busy earning her medical degree from Howard University, finishing up her final year this year and looking forward to a residency in anesthesia. This is Part 1 of my interview with Sara, where we hear about the background behind her jo...
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8 months ago
47 minutes

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Adhere To with Alexandra Dean: Behind the Scenes with a Fashion Designer Bootstrapping a Sustainable Outerwear Brand
#58. Not to get ahead of myself, but we are SO back sis! Alexandra Dean is the founder of Adhere To, a sustainable, gender-neutral outerwear brand launched in 2022. Previously a designer at Lululemon, Alex took her knowledge of clothing design with her into providing freelance support for various brands, which ultimately allows her to fund her very own brand. Adhere To combines 100% recycled materials, ethical manufacturing and a low-carbon supply chain, all while maintaining a focus on high ...
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8 months ago
59 minutes

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Girls Club SD and Business Coaching with Camila Reyes
#57. Camila Reyes is the president of Girls Club San Diego as well as a business coach through her company Simple Strategy. Tune in for a conversation on entrepreneurship, women in business, personal growth, business coaching, boundaries, mindset, and so much more. https://www.simplestrategy.co/ https://www.instagram.com/simplestrategy.co/ https://www.girlsclubsd.org/ https://www.instagram.com/girlsclubsd/
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10 months ago
1 hour 8 minutes

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I Learned How to Freelance and You Can Too (If You Want)
#56. Hello, and welcome to the chaos! I learned to freelance this year, providing social media management software engineering services. If you have questions about freelancing, it is essentially having people pay you to provide them with specific services but now you're technically your own employer. You don't have a boss, yay! But you also have several "clients" that you need to please at any given time... In this episode, I get into the following topics after 4 months of experience of f...
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1 year ago
26 minutes

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Pilates Studio Founder Origin Story: Why Your Prior Experiences All Mean Something
#55. Tayllor Williams founded Studio West Pilates this year after gaining experience teaching in studios around Chicago. She discovered her love for Pilates and low impact movement after being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease in 2020. After noticing the benefits of Pilates in her own life, she decided to pursue her certification and opened her own studio space in order to share the benefits she experienced with her community. Tayllor has had a wide variety of career experiences in her t...
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1 year ago
1 hour 7 minutes

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Why Your Twenties Are So Hard - How to Have Hope and Build Identity Capital Regardless
#54. Dr. Meg Jay is a clinical psychologist and bestselling author specializing in the twenty something years. She wrote the book The Defining Decade in 2012, followed by a 2013 TED talk “Why 30 is Not the New 20” which has been viewed over 14 million times. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Forbes, Psychology Today, and NPR. She earned a PhD in clinical psychology and in gender studies from the University of California, Berkeley. Her first book, t...
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1 year ago
55 minutes

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4 Months In: Documenting the Chaos of Entrepreneurship
#53. I'm 4 months into my attempt at full-time solopreneurship. I've spent time developing the podcast social media, taking on freelance clients for social media management and coding, started my own LLC, and a lot of time just spinning my wheels. In this episode I reflect on the struggles I've faced and some things that have helped with clarity, mindset and attitude recently. I talk about a pivot I want to make with the podcast in attempts to connect you with the entrepreneurs themselves, ...
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1 year ago
31 minutes

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Rewards and Challenges of Managing a Brick and Mortar Yoga Studio
#52. Leslie Simionescu is a yoga teacher and member of the leadership team at Yen Yoga Studio located in Traverse City, MI. Yen Yoga was created in 2010 and Leslie joined shortly after, becoming a 200 hour Yoga Teacher through a teacher training program hosted there by Jennifer Lintvedt. She has since become a 500 hour advanced teacher through Janet Stone Yoga at Esalen Institute in Big Sur California. Leslie is trained in Bhakti yoga which is the yoga of devotion, mantra, chanting and sound....
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1 year ago
1 hour 1 minute

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Iron Man Training, Living on a Sailboat in NYC, and Software Engineer Layoffs
#51. Today I am interviewing my older brother Daniel Wilson otherwise known as Dan. Dan has had all sorts of wild experiences other than being a software engineer for 6+ years. The major ones include training for and completing an ironman, living on a sailboat in the New York City Hudson River and sailing said sail boat down the east coast, and most recently white water rafting in Zambia. And yes, unsurprisingly, he also has a stint of van life under his belt. Dan is certainly the most advent...
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1 year ago
52 minutes

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Software Engineer Side Hustles: Part Time Roles and Content Creation
#50. Alejandra Thomas is a software engineer and content creator. She currently lives in New York City and works as a Developer Advocate for a startup, as well as a part time Web Developer for Mixed Change, an agency working with nonprofits. On top of this, she also creates coding content across Twitter, Tiktok and Instagram. I first discovered Ale while creating coding content on Tiktok myself. She uses social media as a way to connect with the broader coding community although she’s been ab...
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1 year ago
47 minutes

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Fostering Connection and Partnering with Local Businesses: Community Based Events in San Francisco
Soulfull is a community founded by Taylor Hamilton and Caroline Ball with the intent of fostering meaningful and authentic connection, incorporating more play into life, and elevating local businesses and creatives in San Francisco. In this episode, we discuss: Their background, friendship, and how they came to both return to CA as roommates in SFTheir shared passion for building communityThe multiple events they've hosted so far around the city including a Vibe Alchemy event and a clothing s...
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1 year ago
1 hour 6 minutes

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Health Coaching and Relationship with Food: Cross Promoting your Online Business Across Channels
#48. Hadlee Garrison started her health coaching business after getting her Masters of Public Health from the University of Michigan. She earned her health coaching certification after going through a health coaching program of the company she interned with during her Masters. In this episode, we discuss the following: The details of her health coaching program focused on relationship with food, healthy habits and improving energy levelsThe role of Ayurveda in the programHadlee’s different me...
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1 year ago
55 minutes

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Comparison in Your Twenties, Skincare Routines, and Quarter Life Crises
Ashley Luchini is my dear friend that I met during a travel writing study abroad course in Greece almost six years ago. She got her degree in nursing and is now pursuing a dual degree in women’s health nurse practitioner and certified nurse midwife. We just had the opportunity to catch up at our mutual friend Katie’s wedding a couple weeks ago and were just chatting about the general chaos of your twenties. In this episode, we discuss the following: value of solo travel, dining alonewhy our s...
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1 year ago
56 minutes

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Computer Science Degree vs. Software Engineering in Industry
#46. In this episode I discuss My history with choosing Computer ScienceComputer Science program at UmichFirst impression of compsci / what they taught usCareer fairsHow many classes I almost failedChoosing LSA vs. engineering (different colleges within University of Michigan with different requirements)Recruiting for junior year internship vs. recruiting senior year for full time roleFirst year in industry at PoshmarkGetting promoted to software data engineer “II” and what that meant etcStar...
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1 year ago
41 minutes

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Podcast Social Media Strategy: My Instagram Account Grew 200% in One Month
#45. In this episode I discuss: My experience with social media (coding content on tiktok)Why Social Media Matters if You Have a Product to MarketWhat I've done for the PPP social media so farHow my account grewWhat I've learned from an online course I took to learn about thisWhat I have yet to learn from the courseThe Effects of Being Online How to Create Boundaries with Social Media - and Why You Ought To to Maintain a 'Stable' Relationship with ItTune in to hear the tea :) *in this e...
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1 year ago
34 minutes

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Effective Strategy for Goal Setting: Focusing on What's in Your Control
#44. Thanks to a recent epiphany from a podcast interview of Alex Hormozi, I've created a solo episode around this exercise of "What would it take to have authority in x", where 'x' is some arbitrary skillset or task etc. I've cycled through many forms of goal setting, some very non committal. What I like is when the focus is on what I'm able to do, and not on external factors or outcomes. In this episode, I'll walk you through examples from my personal goals of how I set numerical ...
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1 year ago
20 minutes

Passion Project Pending
Eric Cheng is the founder and host of the existential zillenial podcast “Wait, Say More”, recently rebranded from its previous title of “No, So True”. With “Wait, Say More", he aims to tackle the real challenges of navigating your late twenties now in a funny and earnest way. After starting his career in comedy writing and performance, Eric transformed his own quarter life crisis and mental health journey into a platform that has already reached over 13 million impressions across media channe...