Careers built from several moving parts.
David Nebinski hosts conversations with people who have stitched together several kinds of work into one career. Guests walk through the practical mechanics — running a community, hosting a first ticketed event, writing a book, growing a business on LinkedIn — and what each move cost them.
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Portfolio Career Podcast is built on a simple premise: some people no longer have one job, and the ways they hold several together are worth explaining out loud. David Nebinski records from Brooklyn and treats each episode as a live working session rather than a polished profile. The register is warm and unhurried. The energy comes from the back-and-forth. Guests answer at length, circle a point, and often land it on the second or third pass, and the show leaves that texture in. Clare Purvis, founder of Well, a community business for women in digital health, describes the first ticketed summit she ran, gathering more than 70 women, and what it felt like to be away from her inbox while assembling it. She is frank that the business ran as a passion project for years before her accelerator program produced its first paid pilot in 2022, and that she kept a full-time job through it. Molly Godfrey, founder of the Impressions community and a LinkedIn strategist, talks through post formats, growing a business and brand, and the storytelling that carries her newsletter. Nicole Kelner returns after an earlier appearance to discuss her book about the quietest places in New York City and Free Time, an app blocker and habit tracker, including the ritual of walking without a phone or AirPods. Michelle Casazza covers strategic planning through a work transition, and also a tiramisu venture she added to her own mix. Zach Hottoff, co-founder of Tightknit, joins for a debrief on the sold-out Community-Led Growth Conference the two of them co-hosted, recorded days after the room emptied. One solo episode has Nebinski taking stock of six months working independently, noting that going solo has actually meant collaborating more, and describing how a weekly podcast forces content out the door while cold emails and events plant slower seeds. Vocabulary stays plain throughout. When something turns abstract, a concrete story usually gets there first. Nebinski's habit is to reflect a guest's point back in simpler words, offer a short affirmation, then ask the longer follow-up. He does not perform certainty; asked to define a portfolio career, he cheerfully admits he is not a dictionary. The result is closer to overhearing two capable people think together than to listening to advice being delivered. For anyone weighing a transition, running something small on the side, or wondering whether a scattered-looking career can be designed on purpose, the show offers 418 episodes of people describing exactly how they did it.
Made for: People building a career out of more than one thing — freelancers, community builders, side-project founders, and anyone mid-transition from a full-time role. It suits listeners who want the practical mechanics and honest cost of a move, not a highlight reel.
What sets it apart: Rather than polished success stories, the conversations dwell on logistics and timelines — how long a passion project ran unpaid, who helped on the day of the event, which posts actually landed. The host's habit of restating a guest's answer in plainer words keeps the useful part from getting buried.
Are you struggling to create a career and life vision that you love? Portfolio Career Podcast is here to provide proven success stories, actionable tips, and key skills to do this for you. David Nebinski talks with people who have designed their Portfolio Career that allows for growth, resiliency, and happiness. Tune in to build and grow your Portfolio Career. Let's have some fun!
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
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A grounded look at turning a digital health community into a paid, meaningful in-person event.
Claire Purvis's first ticketed event for Well, her community business for women in digital health, gives the episode a clear business focus: what it takes for a mostly solo operator to move from free virtual programming into a paid, higher-touch live format.
A practical conversation about using LinkedIn patiently in service of a growing business.
LinkedIn is treated here as a long game for business growth: less about quick wins than changing post formats, patient brand-building, and the steady habit of showing up.
Nicole Kellner connects quiet places, phone-free rituals, and the work of finishing creative projects.
Nicole Kellner brings a practical, grounded angle to this Portfolio Career Podcast conversation about creative work, attention, and the search for quiet.
A six-month freelance check-in links client work, sales, content, and events into a practical operating rhythm.
Six months into independent work, David Nobinski uses this solo update to take stock of a portfolio career in motion: doing the work at hand, keeping sales active, and publishing often enough to make a professional identity visible.
A live conversation on creative process, collaboration, and thinking for yourself while shaping a portfolio career.
Creativity lands here as a career question, not just a personal habit. In this live Portfolio Career Podcast mixer, three people field pre-selected topics, and the conversation gradually finds a shared line through the creative process.
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An August meetup gives this single-episode review its center: a practical look at how personal projects can pick up energy once people gather in the same room.
Career power without apology.
Career confidence with a leadership edge.
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Claire Purvis starts with the in-person summit: the thing that made Well feel less like an online side project and more like a room people would show up for.
David Nobinski interviews LinkedIn strategist Molly Godfrey about using LinkedIn to grow a business and brand, covering effective post types, building a following, and her Impressions Community.
David Nobinski interviews Nicole Kelner about her new book 'Quietest Places in New York City' and her app 'Free Time', discussing how to take action on creative ideas.
David Nobinski reflects on his first six months of being independent, sharing his experiences of collaboration, personal and professional growth, and the success of the Community-Led Growth Conference.
David Nabinski and Zach Hottoff discuss their experience co-hosting the Community-Led Growth Conference, sharing insights on why they did it, what worked, and lessons for hosting similar gatherings.
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