How a Free Writing Group Turned into Paid Clients: Building a "Plan B" Academic Business
What if your own accountability tool became a profitable business--and academic escape plan?Dr. Nicole Pettitt didn’t set out to build a business. She just wanted accountability for her own writing. S...
23 Okt 202549min
Can Editors Survive the Rise of AI?
🎙️ AI is NOT taking your editing job—unless you let it. In this episode, I’m joined by Erin Servais, a former fiction editor and agency owner who pivoted her entire career after asking ChatGPT to edi...
16 Okt 202550min
"It's OK to Choose Your Mental Health": One Academic's Leap into Industry and a Side Hustle
🎙️ “I didn’t tell anyone I was leaving academia. I just left.”When Jeff Malins quietly exited a tenure-track position to protect his marriage, mental health, and creativity… he didn’t know how to tal...
9 Okt 202551min
What It's Really Like to Run a Business (and Why Academics Get It Wrong)
Still Think Business Is Sleazy? This Episode Will Change Your MindBurned out academics often assume the business world is greedy, exploitative, and cutthroat—worse than higher ed.But what if the right...
2 Okt 202531min
Peg Dolls and Postcards: This Professor's Subscription Box Might Be the Writing Workshop You Need
What if writing could be fun again?In this episode, I'm talking with Chris McRae, a tenured professor of communication and published author who found himself burnt out by the grind of academic publish...
25 Sep 202551min
Can You Be a Scholar Without Academia? This Writing Coach Says Yes
📌What if the dream job—tenure, publications, grants—still leaves you feeling empty inside?In this episode, Leslie Wang, PhD, shares how she transitioned from a tenured academic to a thriving writing ...
18 Sep 202552min
Stop Charging Like a Freelancer. Start Earning Like a CEO.
👉 Ready to level-up your business by hiring a business coach? Connect with me on LinkedIn or email me (paulina [AT] acadiaediting [DOT] com) and let's have coffee (on Zoom). I'd love to get to know y...
11 Sep 202524min
Get Paid for Your Academic Expertise: 3 Steps to Launch Your First Online Workshop
Feeling stuck in academia, but unsure how to take the first step toward starting your own business?In this episode, I reveal the most accessible, low-risk, high-reward way to monetize your academic sk...
4 Sep 202543min
