episode no. 439 /
59 mins

439: How Podcasting Changed Her Career Trajectory w/ Hiwote Getaneh

November 20, 2024

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439: How Podcasting Changed Her Career Trajectory w/ Hiwote Getaneh

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This week we have a special student spotlight featuring Hiwote Getaneh, an audio producer curious about human-centered, emotion-driven storytelling. We first met when she joined my Podcast Moguls accelerator program, and it’s been so awesome to follow her journey from working in social policy research, to growing her own podcast, to actually changing her career path to work in podcasting full time, to moving to Portugal to live and work full time, to now launching her Emerging Voices, a podcasting accelerator for aspiring creators who want to start a podcast that is unique to them and build their creative resilience along the way.

In this episode she shares:

How identifying a niche audience transformed her podcast and entrepreneurial journey
Her focus on helping first and second-generation immigrant women find confidence in their stories
Balancing financial stability after leaving her full time job and moving abroad to Portugal

Highlights include:

00:00 Intro
03:00 From analyst to podcaster
07:45 Mastering storytelling
13:30 Lessons from Podcast Moguls
18:00 Creating content with purpose
21:00 Becoming an expat in Portugal
28:00 Preparing for full time entrepreneurship
33:00 Building a platform to monetize
43:00 Defeating self-doubt
47:00 Living in Portugal
54:00 Tips for entrepreneurs

Check out episode 439 of Side Hustle Pro podcast out now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube

Links mentioned in this episode

Hiwote’s website: https://www.depthandcandor.com/
Hiwote’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hiwote.getaneh/
The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker: https://www.priyaparker.com/book-art-of-gathering
Union Docs: https://uniondocs.org/
Podcast Moguls: https://sidehustlepro.co/podcastmoguls/

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Nicaila Matthews-Okome

Hi! I’m Nicaila, the Creator and Host of the Side Hustle Pro Podcast. I started Side Hustle Pro when I was a side hustler myself. I was a digital marketer at NPR by day, side hustler by night. Through the powerful stories shared on this show and the courage to launch my own initiatives, I was able to quit my own job and go full time with Side Hustle Pro.