Hi everyone! This episode of Shameless Careers is about finding work you love and starting a service business. My guest in this episode is Nikita Khodkov.

Nikita began his career in investment banking but later quit to co-found an edtech startup. When the startup didn’t work out, he had to quickly find a new job and became an immigration advisor. But the story doesn’t end there—Nikita still had an entrepreneurial itch. Leveraging his experience in immigration advisory, he successfully launched his own immigration advisory business—one that he 1) loves and 2) is running successfully today.

In this interview, we discuss:

🟪 What it was like to leave a prestigious investment banking job

🟪 How to figure out what you truly want to do and find your passion

🟪 How to launch a service business

Enjoy, and don’t forget to subscribe and like! :) It helps my channel A LOT.

✅ Connect with Nikita Khodkov, Immigration Advisor and the Founder of Coventry Street Advisors (they specialise in helping businesses and individuals relocate to the UK):

◼️ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nkhodkov/

◼️ Book a 1-hour consultation* with Nikita with a 40% Shameless Careers discount: https://tidycal.com/coventrystreetservices/shameless

*The fee includes 1-hour consultation, providing supporting documents, templates, and links afterwards. The usual cost is £250.

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Ever wondered what it's like to work for a big firm (like Google) versus a fast-scaling startup? I have too!

We could have continued suffering in the unknown, but don’t you worry - because in the new episode of Shameless Careers (link in comments), I interview my brilliant guest, Ekaterina Kalygina, exactly about that!

Early in her career, Ekaterina worked at Unity Technologies - a Series A startup in San Francisco that later had a successful exit 🚀🤩. She then moved to Google, where she was Head of Product Marketing at Google Play in EMEA. Today, Ekaterina is an angel investor and a limited partner at the VC fund Partech Venture.

In the interview we have covered ALL the nuances of working in a rocketship startup vs. big tech (and when its the best time, career-wise, to make a switch between the two) - so I can finally continue living my life in peace (will probably walk my dog now... although he doesn't care about careers, he just wants to be fed at 6 pm!)

Tune in, enjoy, and share your thoughts with me below!

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Link to Tim Ferriss' podcast mentioned in the episode:

https://open.spotify.com/show/5qSUyCrk9KR69lEiXbjwXM

#startup #bigtech #google #corporatecareer #startuplife #careerchange #careerpivot #careerstrategy #careerinsights #careerprogression #careergrowth

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Hi everyone - in this episode, I'm SUPER excited to plunge into the (hot!) topic of AI Entrepreneurship with my guest JJ.

In my humble opinion, JJ's career path is MEGA exciting. JJ started his career at Google 🤩, went to McKinsey🧠 where he got exposure to digital transformation and deep learning projects. JJ then went deeper into AI space, joining an AI consultancy 🤖 where - at 25! - he was the head of the division in charge of AI strategy.

After that - in this "now or never" moment that I have heard from many entrepreneurs whom I have interviewed - JJ decided to become an entrepreneur and went to Entrepreneur First where he launched, at first, a company delivering real time biometric feedback for fitness applications and then - a company that JJ is running now - a copilot for private equity.

Listen to the interview for tonnes of AI and career insights:

- How JJ decided to leave a corporate path - and what he has learned about employability of ex-founders

- Whether one can build an AI business without technical background

- What lessons JJ has learned running an AI business

- And - of course - how AI can impact careers going forward

Tune in, enjoy, be shameless!

P.S. I have just launched a newsletter where I will be analysing each interview, distilling key career tips & learnings, and sharing my personal career experiences. If you love chatting about careers - subscribe - and don't hesitate to respond and share your thoughts, would love to hear them! https://shamelesscareers.beehiiv.com/

#ai #entrepreneurship #careerjourney #privatetequity #google #mckinsey

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Copyright Notice: This episode and my podcast channel contain dialogue, music, and images that are the property of Shameless Careers. You are authorised to share the episode link and channel and embed this episode in your website or others as long as a link back to my podcast channel is provided.

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