The Heights Podcast: Recent Episodes
by Sam Strauss-Malcolm, Founder of Work Heights.
A show about stepping off the cliff of employment and flying headlong into the beautiful and turbulent world of the solopreneur.
Work Heights is a neighborhood coworking company based in Brooklyn, New York. From it’s founding in 2014, Work Heights has provided beautifully hand-crafted work space for independent business owners, freelancers, and remote workers. The community of members is an eclectic island of talented misfits.
This show hopes to inspire you by sharing the stories of solopreneurs dealing with the highs and lows of their self created lives.
Joseph's interior design job was asking him to sacrifice time with his young family. The work was rewarding, but it was demanding too much. Becoming his own boss got him that precious family time back.
For context: This episode was recorded late 2019, pre-pandemic.
Quitting her job was a risk, but Joanna's rebel spirit wouldn't allow for anything else. That independent nature has allowed her to thrive as a tutor for kids who are little independent spirits themselves.
For context: This episode was recorded late 2019, pre-pandemic.
Pursuing fashion design since the age of 14 led Sam to a solid corporate design job. It was good until he realized it wasn't, so he quit. He never meant to start a coworking business, but he was lonely and building a space for other independent freelancers seemed like the right solution.
For context: This episode was recorded late 2019, pre-pandemic.
For some of us, being employed with a boss causes a visceral reaction, we just need independence. Nyla has this fierce independent streak and it has driven her fashion design career since she was 13 years old.
For context: This episode was recorded late 2019, pre-pandemic.
As an architect, Alethea designed buildings with human connection and community equity in mind. After years of this she decided to dig deeper and build real workplace foundations through her diversity, equity, and inclusion consulting firm: Co-creating Inclusion.
For context: This episode was recorded late 2019, pre-pandemic.
From New Orleans to Texas and now New York, wherever Taylor has gone his graphic design ability has kept growing along with his travels. Currently, you'll see his graphic design work on your books cover or on your Netflix menu page.
For context: This episode was recorded late 2019, pre-pandemic.
Holly was going to be an actor, she was going to be on broadway. A small pivot later she was the CEO of a multi-million dollar dental practice and is now the founder of the Lead Well Network.
For context: This episode was recorded late 2019, pre-pandemic.
When tragedy struck Kirsten's life, it pushed her out of the corporate door and into the new role of sought after multi-disciplined writer.
For context: This episode was recorded late 2019, pre-pandemic.