Listener Grab Bag: Career Risks, Leaving Corporate, and Building in Public

This episode is a little different.

Instead of a deep dive, Sammi turns the mic around and answers your questions—from career risks and leaving corporate to building a business, growing an audience, and figuring out what to keep private in a “build in public” world.

She shares the unconventional bet that changed her career (starting on TikTok when people thought it was a “teen dancing app”), why she believes the best way to escape the corporate rat race is to test ideas on the side, and the fears that held her back longer than she wishes.

Sammi also breaks down how to actually grow on social media (without burning out), what people don’t tell you about running a podcast, and the surprising lesson she learned after interviewing the founder of Juicero—and why every business story has more than one side.

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Here’s what Sammi covers today:

00:00 A Different Kind of Episode

01:29 How to Escape Corporate

04:39 The Fear that Kept Sammi in Corporate Too Long

05:29 How to Grow on Instagram

07:23 What Nobody Tells You About Podcasting

09:23 A Found Story That Changed Sammi’s Perspective

10:49 What to Keep Private When Building In Public

12:00 The Question Sammi Can’t Answer Yet

12:36 Sammi’s Plan B

13:11 Is USC Worth It?

14:07 Dream Podcast Guests

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