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Being part of The Portfolio Collective has given me language for something I’ve been living for years — building a career with intention, curiosity and impact.
My journey hasn’t been linear.
25 years ago, I was deep in the fashion industry.
8 years ago, I turned my back on it completely and started again from scratch — moving into food, drink and supplements, driven by a desire to empower people to live fuller, healthier lives through nutrition.
But along the way, I realised something important.
Food is foundational — but it’s only one piece of the puzzle.
Through education and lived experience, I discovered just how interconnected the body and mind really are. Movement. Stress. Sleep. These aren’t “nice to haves” — they’re fundamental to balance, energy and long-term wellbeing.
That realisation has shaped my next chapter.
Today, I’ve shifted from working with brands to working directly with people — supporting and guiding them to find …
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Linda Bedran
started taking the course 
The Catapult course: Cohort 9 in the group Catapult Cohort 9 -
Hi, I’m Irena, a coach and community builder focused on helping people and teams grow with clarity, confidence and momentum. I work at the intersection of mindset, culture and community, creating environments where people feel connected, empowered and supported to perform at their best.
I’m currently expanding my work with early-stage and scaling teams — places where culture is shaped in real time, structure evolves fast, and human development is essential. I joined this platform to connect with founders, builders and thinkers who care about people as much as performance.
My WHY..
Because this community feels like a space for meaningful conversations, shared experience and real collaboration. I love exploring new ways to support leaders, strengthen communities and help teams thrive — and this platform seems full of people doing exactly that.
Looking forward to connecting and contributing,
Irena
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Thanks for the intro, Irena! If you’re already planning your January, it would be lovely to see you at our first Community Networking event of 2026 – this is great to way to meet fellow community members and get integrated with the gang
https://portfolio-collective.com/events/community-networking-with-brave-starts/Shout if we can help with anything!
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As per the attached picture, I am offering to coach an under-25 for 20 weeks in 2026.
My motivation is exclusively driven from the frustration of sitting on the sidelines.
Together we will get clear on what you want to do, plan it and deliver it. Whether that’s the MVP for you or for a product idea you have. I’ll challenge you and support you.
Best
Thomo
p.s. I look forward to meeting you and getting on with what needs to be done.
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What a fab offer, Antony – a very Christmassy feel! Did you have any specific background or specialism in mind?
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Today we’re not feeling quite so festive because it is the wonderful Jane O'Sullivan’s last day at TPC 😭
Employee number 1, her attention to detail, enquiring mind and insane Miro skills will be sorely missed – she has seen us through from early inception to our exciting plans for 2026 and has been such a valuable and kind voice all the way! Huge luck on your new career path, lovely Jane ☘️ and we can’t wait to see you flourish in a whole new environment.
Your TPC family x
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I will miss our incredibly poised, efficient, kind and talented Jane in the team everyday. Thank you for everything you have given TPC and the team these past 5 years Jane O'Sullivan ❤️
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Please don’t go Jane! We already miss you!!
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SOOOO gutted to see you go Jane, its been an absolute dream working with you!!
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Hi helping a friend fill two roles, properly full time paid roles so wouldn’t usually put here but slightly left-field hence this audience: I can pass you on if interested:
1. CFO Cloud Infrastructure startup, global South. UK based with regular travel to Africa/other target regions
2. MD for Defence startup group, must have security clearance and be quite commercial/scale-up focussed
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Thanks for bringing these here, Jason! Tagging some community members who might be interested:
John Fulton - Finance, CFO, Jamie Bajwa, Nick Rumball, Michelle Dempsey, Vic Mistry, Tobias Simmel, Joanne Peters, Colin Sharp, Annapoorna Virdi, Jonathan Mills
Jerry Williams, Luke Parker, Bryn Morgan, Christopher White, Natasha Kurzeja, Richie Rouse, Andy Thompson, Tom Coker, Ed Borrett, Edward Short
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Hi everyone, I know Dex is already a TPC partner but if you are not already using it, I highly recommend it!
They offer $30 off the annual membership (which isn’t that expensive to begin with) and it’s recently become quite powerful with the integrated AI copilot they just launched: https://x.com/kevnsn/status/2002074607592112445?s=20
Happy holidays!
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Oh wow that does look great! Have you used this copilot very much? Sounds like the opportunities are huge.
Thinking back to the panel discussion at the Portfolio Career Festival, it would be interesting to learn more about the data security bit here – dealing with people’s personal information and private conversations is interesting territory
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Matthew Jones
posted in the group The CommunityTPC f2f community get-together in Central London – late January / early February!!!
Hi folks. A few of you asked me at the recent TPC Festival if I was going to be organising any more f2f get-togethers in London in the coming weeks.
Anyways, after chatting to many of you at the festival and last week’s online networking call, the consensus view was to save it up for early 2026; eg. end of January or early February – too many other christmas parties and holiday season events to get through first. Good luck getting through all of those! And I’ll put out a poll for preferred dates in the New Year. Keep well! Matt.
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It is such a pleasure to see your progress, David! Best of luck with your new focus for 2026 (which sounds fab, by the way!) and please do keep us updated with how you get on
We’ll be sure to send anyone your way that sounds like they might be in need of your services!