The Career Insights Podcast

#30 Setting Up a Side Hustle or a Portfolio Career

September 13, 2022 Season 1 Episode 30
#30 Setting Up a Side Hustle or a Portfolio Career
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The Career Insights Podcast
#30 Setting Up a Side Hustle or a Portfolio Career
Sep 13, 2022 Season 1 Episode 30

Welcome back for our 30th Career Insight podcast.  We are joined by our host Sarah Burgess, Business Mentor David Mellor and external guest Nick Judd. 

In today’s episode, we will look at the difference between a portfolio career and a side hustle, how you can start a portfolio career and a side hustle, the drawbacks of both and much more.

Meet The Coaches

David Mellor

David has developed a portfolio of activities which derive principally from 25 years of commercial and investment banking expertise with HSBC and Deutsche Bank. He helps existing and aspiring entrepreneurs, providing one-to-one and group mentoring. He is a recognised expert in his field, regularly speaking at conferences and running seminars and workshops. He also works in Executive Education at Cass Business School. Topics delivered include Entrepreneurship, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Managing Strategic Change, Leadership and Building High-Performance Teams. David has published 8 books on different aspects of starting and developing your own business.



Sarah Burgess


Sarah is an experienced career coach and works with clients from a wide ranging background.  She is 10Eighty’s LinkedIn expert and spends time with clients helping them to gain the right attention to their profiles.  Sarah also works with organisations on staff engagement surveys.

 Click here to meet the rest of the team - Find out more about 10Eighty and meet the team | 10Eighty

Who we are and how we can help?

10Eighty is all about helping people maximise their potential and in turn, helping organisations harness that potential. Based in the UK and across the globe, we’re a team of coaches, facilitators and leadership consultants – and we work with our clients to build plans tailored to their organisation and goals. Here’s what we do and how we do it: https://youtu.be/XjWv86UUjO4

Our service offerings include: Leadership and Management Development, Executive Coaching, Career Management and Career Transition.


10Eighty's Coaching Platform

10Eighty are proud to announce the launch of 10Eighty’s coaching platform ‘Flow’ . Those seeking coaching can identify, select, and indeed book their first appointment with their selected coach using the app.

10Eighty’s new coaching platform Flow not only provides coaches and coachees with that convenience, but the application acts as a central hub for development. Coachees have the ability to access educational courses, development materials, podcasts, discussion forums and coaching groups, all of which can be done on their mobile, tablet and desktop.

If you are interested in demoing the platform please contact our Project Manager at jack.johnson@10eighty.co.uk

Website: http://www.10eighty.co.uk/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/10eighty/

Show Notes

Welcome back for our 30th Career Insight podcast.  We are joined by our host Sarah Burgess, Business Mentor David Mellor and external guest Nick Judd. 

In today’s episode, we will look at the difference between a portfolio career and a side hustle, how you can start a portfolio career and a side hustle, the drawbacks of both and much more.

Meet The Coaches

David Mellor

David has developed a portfolio of activities which derive principally from 25 years of commercial and investment banking expertise with HSBC and Deutsche Bank. He helps existing and aspiring entrepreneurs, providing one-to-one and group mentoring. He is a recognised expert in his field, regularly speaking at conferences and running seminars and workshops. He also works in Executive Education at Cass Business School. Topics delivered include Entrepreneurship, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Managing Strategic Change, Leadership and Building High-Performance Teams. David has published 8 books on different aspects of starting and developing your own business.



Sarah Burgess


Sarah is an experienced career coach and works with clients from a wide ranging background.  She is 10Eighty’s LinkedIn expert and spends time with clients helping them to gain the right attention to their profiles.  Sarah also works with organisations on staff engagement surveys.

 Click here to meet the rest of the team - Find out more about 10Eighty and meet the team | 10Eighty

Who we are and how we can help?

10Eighty is all about helping people maximise their potential and in turn, helping organisations harness that potential. Based in the UK and across the globe, we’re a team of coaches, facilitators and leadership consultants – and we work with our clients to build plans tailored to their organisation and goals. Here’s what we do and how we do it: https://youtu.be/XjWv86UUjO4

Our service offerings include: Leadership and Management Development, Executive Coaching, Career Management and Career Transition.


10Eighty's Coaching Platform

10Eighty are proud to announce the launch of 10Eighty’s coaching platform ‘Flow’ . Those seeking coaching can identify, select, and indeed book their first appointment with their selected coach using the app.

10Eighty’s new coaching platform Flow not only provides coaches and coachees with that convenience, but the application acts as a central hub for development. Coachees have the ability to access educational courses, development materials, podcasts, discussion forums and coaching groups, all of which can be done on their mobile, tablet and desktop.

If you are interested in demoing the platform please contact our Project Manager at jack.johnson@10eighty.co.uk

Website: http://www.10eighty.co.uk/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/10eighty/