The Transit Lounge

Sometimes the path to a career change to start your own business after 40 is not a straight line...After a decade as an IT Project Manager and a few meandering streams Mel de Gioia has landed on a business that she thinks was destined to happen and Covid just accelerated the timeline...In her 30's she loved her career and would never have even considered starting her own business, but with hindsight can see how many of her eclectic experiences now contribute to how she has set up and runs her business.In this podcast interview episode Mel shares with Shandra:How her husband opened the door to her entrepreneurial spirit - it involves a FerrariThe unintended passion that opened up for her in her 40'sHow NASA impacted part of her businessThe Mission that inspires and drives herHow long it took her to really nail her ideaThe identity questions that helped her refine what she really wanted to do - and what she didn'tHer tips for others wanting to explore starting their own businessMel has a fantastic mission that