Coffee and Careers

There is a running joke that once a Shoe Dog always a Shoe Dog. Earning the title of Shoe Dog is a sign of respect for those working in the footwear industry. After 20 years of wholesale footwear sales Kate Carroll has certainly earned the title and the respect of her colleagues and customers.

When it comes to landing your dream job in advertising there is nothing more important than your book and your network. And when you need help building your network, Trent Thompson says Ground Floor has you covered.

Everyone talks about disruption today but only a few are living it. In this episode, we talk with Jamie Read, Brite Birch Collective founder, who built a new marketing agency based on a global perspective but centred on teams of seasoned freelance operatives from around the world.

For many watching near identical footwear come off the lasting line may be in itself the third layer of hell; however for Diana Sullivan now in her third decade of Plant Management we learn that is all part and parcel of a career in managing footwear factories, and a role that today only a few still know how to perform. 

While doing business on the golf course has become a bit of a cliché, this entrepreneur became a golf pro in order to conduct business away from the golf greens. Matt Rowlands, a partner at Tekton Performance Films, began his 25 year entrepreneurial run focusing on industries that he felt were ripe for change. 

Gen Zs are perfecting the art of Coffee Chats to build their networks and help them develop their careers. In this episode with speak with Madelaine Violi a Gen Zer who explains Coffee Chats and how taking this step helped kickstart her career as an Account Coordinator at an Advertising agency.

Apparently, Hunting and Gathering is not only for early humans. In this episode we talk with veteran Archive Researcher and Producer Michael Chong about his career and what it takes to hunt down and secure rights to third party materials for use in documentary TV.

How do you go from waiting on tables to waiting on clients? In our conversation with Fluid Mobility's Jesse Duggan we learn about the long and twisted career path that he followed in the pursuit of his entrepreneurial dreams.