Confessions of a Conscious CEO
Selina Ho
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15+ Years of Career Lessons You Won’t Learn in Business School
In this episode, I look back on my career — from teaching piano at 15, to navigating business school, to working at billion-dollar corporations, and building my own businesses. I candidly share the real lessons, pivots, and breakthroughs I’ve experienced along the way. Specifically... The career moves that shaped my journeyLessons from working at billion-dollar companiesLessons from running my own businessWhy quitting or pivoting isn’t failure — and how to know when it’s timeHard-won career and business insights you won’t learn in business school TIMESTAMPS 00:20 Early Career Reflections 02:20 My First Job 04:57 Business School 08:12 Brand Management Internship 13:10 Agency Internship 16:33 First Full-Time Job 22:03 Consumer Health Job 26:15 Film Marketing Job 29:52 Starting My Business 32:41 Balancing a Job & Side Hustle 38:21 Navigating Economic Downturns 43:06 Quitting My Job 48:06 Pivoting My Business 51:10 New Business Direction 52:10 My Career Journey RESOURCES MENTIONED → https://youtu.be/3xCbTC0Jqm0 → The Recloseted Handbook: http://recloseted.com/handbook START YOUR BUSINESS → Start a business with the free Build a Sustaining Business program: https://selinaho.com/basb → Define your version of success and build a blueprint to achieve it inside the free Your Success Roadmap: https://selinaho.com/roadmap → Want to build the product, sales, marketing, and launch foundation of your business? Check out my Sustain Your Success ecosystem of courses: selinaho.com/sys SCALE YOUR BUSINESS → Confessions of a Conscious CEO newsletter: https://ceo-confessions.beehiiv.com → Secure Your Winning GTM Strategy: https://selinaho.com/consulting LET’S CONNECT → Newsletter: https://ceo-confessions.beehiiv.com → LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/selinaho → Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/selinajho → TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@selinajho_
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