I am a Machine Learning Engineer with dual goals: building a YouTube channel and potentially creating a new app. I am working on two simultaneous projects: developing a YouTube channel focused on tech and personal development, and building a social travel app. The YouTube channel (@Gratitude.Driven) has already launched, and I am in the process of learning about branding, storytelling, marketing, and more. The app is in the ideation phase, and I am learning about design and building an MVP, essentially, figuring out how to bring the idea from my mind into the real world.

The variety of mentors available was appealing because I knew very little about either of these ventures before starting. I understood that I would need input on every aspect of two businesses that were very different from my career.

The variety. I came in knowing almost nothing about either venture, so being able to find a different expert for each piece, branding one week, sponsorships the next, app design after that, meant I never had to figure each new thing out on my own.

Branding and storytelling for the channel, sponsorships, marketing in general, and on the app side, design and how to build an MVP. Two pretty different worlds, so the topics were all over the place.