I have spent the bulk of my career working on building safe and engaging communities for customers and audiences of all ages. I’ve worked with established brands, but also many startups (and revamps) and taken those brands to tens of millions of happy users.
This last year working with the Metaverse team has been quite an adventure. While there, I had the opportunity to oversee almost a hundred active projects at a time, as well as the hardworking project/account managers that kept those projects running smoothly. I did this simultaneous to donning a new business development hat and earning some documentable sales experience in an area at which I knew I would be good. I mean, you don’t DO services for 15 years without being able to eventually SELL services, right?
But for the past few years of my career, the beat of the entrepreneur drum just kept getting louder. And to run with the metaphor further, the sound of the social good flutes started playing in conjunction.
I’ve come to the decision that I am going to take some reflective time. As such, I am leaving my role as VP of Professional Services at Metaverse this week.
So… what next?
In the past, I’ve been fortunate that opportunities have become available to me when I wanted changes. But this time I am going to be a bit more proactive. I have a knee surgery coming up that I have been postponing for literally decades, so I am going to leverage that time, in true multi-tasker fashion, and have a good think on what I want to do next.
So I’m taking calls. I’m having meetings. I’m joining conversations and brainstorms. I’m deciding what amazing thing I want to do next.
[I also plan on watching LOTS of TV in the next week while I am recouping from my surgery. So if you want to talk with someone about that series you’ve been obsessing over – I’m probably your gal.]
Looking forward to the future and all the cool stuff I will have the pleasure of working – maybe with some of you!
Joi Podgorny 