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By T.K. Coleman & Hannah Frankman
The podcast currently has 7 episodes available.
Hannah Phillips is living the dream life she had been envisioning for herself since she was a kid: she's a full-time entrepreneur making a living off of creating art. She lives in a sunny studio apartment 10 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh where she paints, does photography, videography, design, and runs her company, Piper Creative, which she co-founded with her friend Aaron Watson.
Hannah previously was homeschooled and worked as a server and tennis instructor when she started her first media company, HP Media, in high school. She started taking photos and videos for a local ultimate frisbee team, where she found out about Praxis through one of the team members, Aaron Watson. Hannah heard his podcast interview with a Praxis team member and decided to apply.
She apprenticed at Flying Cork Media in Pittsburgh while continuing to work on her entrepreneurial projects. HP Media took off, and she went with it full-time upon completing her apprenticeship. From there, she co-founded Piper Creative, a media company offering documentary-as-a-service or "Vlogging 2.0."
Listen to the full podcast episode to hear more about Hannah's experience with Praxis, how she became a full-time entrepreneur at 19, and the significance the color blue holds in her life.
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Matt Cannizzo left a well paying job to join Praxis and work in sales at a tech start-up. Although it looked like Matt had it set from the outside, he wanted more from his life and his career, and on this episode he shares why he took a leap of faith to join Praxis and start a new career.
Matt shares what it was like changing careers and how working at a tech start up was different from his expectations, and how he dealt with that. He also shares the evolution of becoming a confident salesman, some of his favourite books, and what’s next for him in his journey.
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Cassius Carvalho moved from his home country of Brazil to San Francisco to work for MetaData for his Praxis apprenticeship. Since starting at MetaData in customer success, he has moved into a sales role and now into an advertising role.
On this episode of the podcast, Cassius shares what it was like to move from Brazil to the United States, including the challenges, the cultural differences, and what he’s learned. He also shares some of his favourite resources for personal development and how he has worked towards becoming his best self through reading, learning, and building good habits. He also shares how the Praxis program helped him to move up with MetaData and meet his goals to learn sales.
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Taylor King worked with Media Assembly in New York City for his Praxis apprenticeship working in marketing. During that time he also spent 90 days making 90 videos to develop his videography portfolio in hopes of honing his skills and building his following online. Since then he has built his business, and he even had the opportunity to shoot a video for GQ.
On this episode of Talkin’ ‘Bout Praxis, TK, Hannah and Taylor dive into the importance of putting yourself out there, building relationships and networking, how to build a freelance career as a content creator, and the importance of honing your skills to get where you want to be with your career.
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Luke Ruffing is the head of SDR at PandaDoc in St. Petersburg, Florida. Luke moved from Maine to San Francisco to work for PandaDoc for his apprenticeship with no real sales experience, and since then has exceeded expectations, crushed his sales goal, and worked his way up to his current position.
On this episode, TK, Hannah and Luke talk about what it was like diving into an SDR role at a fast-growing start up in the tech industry in San Francisco, what he’s learned, and some of his top tips for crushing interviews and succeeding in a sales role.
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Lydia Hodgson works in marketing and communications at GoRealty in Pittsburgh. When she joined Praxis, she had no idea what to expect from her apprenticeship or what she even wanted. After spending 6 months backpacking Europe by herself, she knew she was ready to jump start her career and start learning as she much could though.
On this episode, TK, Hannah and Lydia talk about Lydia’s move to Pittsburgh, her role at GoRealty and how it’s changed, what she’s learned through her time at GoRealty, and tips for kicking ass in a new job as a young person.
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To learn more, please visit discoverpraxis.com
The podcast currently has 7 episodes available.