Ep. 123 How To Curate A Career You Love By Taking Every Opportunity With Irene Agbontaen

Ep. 123 How To Curate A Career You Love By Taking Every Opportunity With Irene Agbontaen

Irene Agbontaen is a someone whose career is defined by being the change she wanted to see. Back in 2018, she was becoming increasingly frustrated at the lack of clothes on the market for taller women, so she took matters into her own hands and founded TTYA, which stands for Taller Than Your Average. The brand saw monumental success, however, since then, she's curated a multifaceted career for herself just by saying yes.


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CHAPTERS

0:00 introduction

1:39 Her childhood & aspirations

10:15 Having a picture of what you want to do

12:14 How she got her first big break

19:49 Hustling to get her brand off the ground

27:12 Getting her first order from selfridges

29:19 True hustle & running club nights

34:34 The biggest challenges she faced

42:17 How to turn everything into an opportunity

50:00 Not changing yourself to fit a career

56:20 Buying 2 properties & how she did it


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