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Working It Out Along the Way

Working It Out Along the Way

By: David Stephens
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A podcast about careers, choices, and the unexpected turns along the way. Each episode, I talk to guests about what they wanted to be, where they ended up, and what they’ve learnt in between.

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Career Success Economics Leadership Management & Leadership Social Sciences
Episodes
  • 2. Daniel Bell: The Global Creative Leader Who Grew Up in a Sunshine Coast Cult
    Nov 12 2025

    In this episode of Working It Out Along the Way, I sit down with Dan, a designer whose story arcs from growing up in a cult on the Sunshine Coast to leading creative teams at Booking.com. Dan shares what it was like to leave a controlling religious community as a child, discover design by accident in a t-shirt shop, and eventually build a global career in London and Amsterdam.


    It’s a conversation about curiosity, courage, and the freedom to write your own story, one decision at a time.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • 1. Veronique Merriam Barbosa: The Founder Who Left Banking, Built a Startup, and Might Do It All Again
    Mar 7 2025

    In this first episode of Working It Out Along the Way, I sit down with my friend Veronique "V" Merriam Barbosa, whose career has taken her from investment banking to the fast-paced world of startups. The daughter of a diplomat and a banker, she grew up moving around the world before landing in London for university—without a clear plan for what came next.

    V became an investment banker, then walked away from the big paycheques to join Revolut as employee number 4. Soon after, she co-founded Flux, a fintech startup aiming to digitise receipts, which grew to process nearly 4% of all UK card transactions. But after seven years, last-minute buy-out negotiations fell through, and V found herself shutting down her company—just two weeks before giving birth.

    Now at Monzo, building their rewards platform, V reflects on the highs and lows of entrepreneurship, why she sees it as her true calling, and when she might take the leap again.

    🎧 Tune in for a raw, insightful conversation about ambition, resilience, and the reality of building (and closing) a startup.

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    47 mins
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