Unemployed & Afraid
By Kim Kerton
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A small business podcast for the brave self-employed.
Growing your own business can be one of the most gratifying, wonderful, life-changing experiences around. It’s also scary as hell. This is a weekly podcast for the ones who have made the brave decision to employ themselves anyway. Join fellow business-builder Kim Kerton as she dives into the realities of starting something from scratch, helping you feel less alone in the lows and reminding you of the highs that make it all worthwhile. Hear real talk and raw feels from people right in the thick of it and feel seen as you listen.
Support this independent podcast and small business by shouting your host a cuppa at buymeacoffee.com/unemployedpod
Get in touch at unemployedandafraid.com.au to be part of the show.
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5 hard-earned tips for raising your profile on LinkedIn
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May 01, 2024 |
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“No-one ploughed a field by turning it over in their mind,” Joe McKay, LinkedIn Ghostwriter
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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The solution to procrastination in business? Getting messy.
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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PART 2 “Self-employment is actually quite radical!” Brook McCarthy, Hustle & Heart
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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“Self-employment is actually quite radical!” Brook McCarthy, Hustle & Heart
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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How can we become our own inspiration in business?
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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“You have to experiment your way to working out your path,” Penny Locaso, Founder of Hacking Happy Co.
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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Learning or procrastinating? Our vulnerability to masterclass overload in business.
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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“I decided I wasn't going to listen to that crappy inner voice anymore,” Cherie Donnellan, founder of Hella Mallow
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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“There’re so many things I didn't think I could have learned, until it was happening right in front of me,” Hayleigh Watson, Founder of Hali Helper
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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Pivoting in public sucks for everyone
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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“Ask the question, and don't be shy about it if you don't understand,” Michelle Cox, multi-passionate entrepreneur.
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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How you display grit and perseverance, everyday
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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“I was expecting it to take three months, it landed up taking two years,” Lauren Yehezkel, Founder of Lydy
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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“All the networks you need are probably already around you, you're just not capitalizing on them,” Lauren Karan, Founder of Karan & Co
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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“50 small steps later you end up in a completely different place,” Mike Halligan, Co-Founder of Scratch
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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“Maybe we should just give this little seed a chance to grow,” Natalia Tapia, Co-Founder of Graduated
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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“Sometimes the secret is there is no secret, you've just got to go and do it,” Viv Conway, Co-Founder of Girls Get Off
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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“The business owners who look like they've got it all going on online… there are things that those founders could never share,” Cherie Clonan, CEO of The Digital Picnic
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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“I had decades of thinking I'm a creative who is not good at organizing things and turns out, that's not true,” Eric Mirbach, CEO of Very Good Looking
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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“When you're the face of your business, but you're a shy person - it's so hard to reconcile those two things,” Rachel Smith, Founder of Rachel’s List
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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“It's probably something I would have mulled over forever and kicked myself at the end if I didn't do it,” Heidi Warren, Director of Law by Design
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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“Launching your own business is a deeply human endeavour,” Camey O’Keefe, Director of Gambol Creative
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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“There are obvious things that you miss, and that there's some huge learning curves,” Teresa Wojcik, Founder of Your Season
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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“Even if you're doing all the right things, sometimes you just don't feel confident,” Kim Kerton, Host of Unemployed & Afraid
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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“I still have to learn not to judge my work off the opinions of others,” Monique Fedor, Artist
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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“Take the tools and ingredients you've got and see what new things you can make with them,” Ali Killaly, Founder of Workpants
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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“If you've tested it and there's momentum there, if you can, just jump, and don't torture yourself first,” Lisa Booth, Founder of Booken Blend
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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The Business within your Business // Building an online course Part 4 [Getting it out there]
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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“Resilience is something that's an awesome by-product of business, you've got to be super resilient, persistent and motivated,” Mea Campbell, CEO of Connected au
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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The Business within your Business // Building an online course Part 3 [Making it Real]
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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“If you can't back yourself, how can you expect anyone else to back you?” Mal Chia, Managing Director Ecom Nation
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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The Business within your Business // Building an online course Part 2 [Advice from an expert]
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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“Business is also a pathway to real self-mastery, it’s going to bring up all your sh*t,” Anthony Noud, Co-Director of Awakened Lifestyles
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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The Business within your Business // Building an online course Part 1 [Getting Started]
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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“It never really gets better, it just gets different and you have a better capacity to deal with it,” Alexandra Senter, CEO of Big Smoke Media Group
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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“You've just got to get in and try to get things done, as quickly as you can, if you want to get somewhere,” Dale Pearce, COO of Platinum Outsourcing
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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“There's always something that you can bring that nobody else can do,” Alyce Greer, Director of Bossy.Copy
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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“Being in business is one of the loneliest things you can do,” Marie Dowling, CEO of Newsary and EzyCom
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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“How beautiful a thing that you get to do opportunities that you don't quite feel ready for,” Declan Edwards, Founder of BU Happiness College
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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“One person will resonate with something that you're talking about. Any more than one is a bonus.” Ange Dion, Director of Ange Dion Consulting
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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“You'll eventually work out what you're drawn to most naturally,” Interior & Lifestyle Photographer Hannah Puechmarin
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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“We cannot know it all. And we need to accept that so that we can get on with doing what we are there to do,” Lesley Magill, Owner of Little Shove Mentoring.
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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“Although the vision board elements might not all be ticked yet, the value is more than I could have expected,” Kim Kerton, Creator of Unemployed & Afraid
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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“If you're doing things in the right way and the authentic way, the money does come,” Luke Cook, Founder of Cuppa.tv
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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“Everything happens at its own time, at its own pace and how your budgets are,” Radhika Mayani, Founder of Left-handesign
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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“Why does it have to be a dream? Why can't it happen?” Boushra Nicola, Director of Learn with Miss B
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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“You don’t know the risks you can take until you leave a job, with that security and that money, and try and start your own business,” Leigh Kuhlmann, Founder of DC Cartel
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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“I was tired of chalking up wins for other people's businesses and I'd always had that desire to do something for myself,” Amy Parfett, Co-Founder of Wedshed & Give With Gravy
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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“Just put things out there, then tidy up and improve over time,” Founder of Odette & Co and Co-Founder of Launchpad Australia Odette Barry
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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“I just felt that I needed to take that chance and see how it works,” Alex Mills, Creator of Alex Mills Social
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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“Even if I was to try and fail, I think that still would've been the best thing for me,” Eugenie Hows, Owner of Plant Vibes Café and Co-Owner of KYN Official
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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“Once you shut a door on something that is not gonna work, you open the doors to the things that do work,” Claire Thomas and Annie Haines, co-founders of Bixby & Co.
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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“It's hard to remember, when you're in the middle of it, that you are making progress,” Rachel Gerds, Co-Creator of Mountain Path Meadows
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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“I didn't get to this point to not finish it,” Amy Bett, Founder of Lady Without Limits and Melo
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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“Starting a business became the self-development journey that I didn't ask for,” Reioni Douglas, Upholsterer and Creator of Culture Cush
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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“Trust your hard work - it's unlocking doors that you can't see yet,” Founder of Botanicals by Luxe, Bec Connolly
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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“Small business is personal - you create something from nothing, and you do it all yourself,” Owner of Hazelclean, Emily Bedford
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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“Embrace the idea of total and utter failure, because until you get comfortable with that idea I really don't think that you can get comfortable succeeding,” CEO of Hosting With Heart & Heartful, Jen Clark
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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“If you seek perfection, it's never going to come,” Tommy Murphy, Founder & Managing Director of A1 Connect
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Jul 16, 2023 |
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“I never negotiated my price; I negotiated my services,” Founder of Food & Hospitality Consultancy, JT Consultancy, Jacqui Toumbas
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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“The path I was following was not really me, it was a path that I created when I was 12 that I thought I should follow,” Owner of Eudaimonia Tasmanian Cycling Tours, Sofia Tsamassiros
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Jul 09, 2023 |
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“If you want to progress in any way in your business, you're going to have to feel uncomfortable, and that's just a part of it,” Co-Founders of Read & Hall, Emma Read & Sarah Hall
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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“I've had to pivot and change direction so many times,” Owner of Nicole Viney Jewellery, Nicole Viney
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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“The answers are there, you just have to look for them and be obsessed,” Owner of Shoku Iku, Yoko Inoue
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Jun 25, 2023 |
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“You always think that everybody is doing better than you,” Food Creative, Naomi Sherman
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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“If you can look at the foundations of what the business is and what it stands for, then the future outcome will take care of itself,” Founder of Willis Commercial, Ben Willis
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May 28, 2023 |
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“It's about how you can become comfortable in the uncomfortable,” Kylie Wallace, CEO (and Chief Gardener) of Seedling Giving
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May 21, 2023 |
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“I wanted to be the master of my own destiny, and for better or worse,” Co-Founder of Amplify, Tom Maynard
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May 14, 2023 |
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“There will be an idea every now and then that won’t leave you, you'll think about it endlessly and realize that you're solving a real pain point,” Pleasant State Co-Founders Ami Bateman and Sian Murray
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May 07, 2023 |
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“I had a feeling that I had more to offer, I just wasn't sure when I'd get the opportunity to explore that.” Founder of Copywriting Studio Hunter & I Amber Hunter
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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“It's about the people you have around you," Founders of PPHH Store Chris and Carlan Pickings,
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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“No one creates a brand which is perfect from the start… you just need to do it. You learn on the go, and yeah it is stressful,” Founder of Wet Dog & Co. Nelly Pytlak
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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“To reinvent and build something from nothing is hard. No matter how much experience you've had,” Director of Mediafitz, Mike Fitzpatrick
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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“Growing up I was scared to take any risks, I always followed the rules, and now there’s no rules for me to follow,” Founder of Studio Eclectics Yan Lim
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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“What's the worst that can happen? It doesn't work and we go to something else, we pivot,” Co-Founder of Joyrolla Marissa Mills
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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“When I first started, I thought I was going to be 25 years ahead of where I am now, because we over anticipate what we can do in a year and then under anticipate what we can do in 10 years,” Tara Hurster Founder of The TARA Clinic
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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“If you think in your gut that what you are doing solves a problem or a pain point for someone, or adds value to someone's life, then I really think that you have a business to work with,” Founder and CEO of Adorn Cosmetics
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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“It can no longer be about purely capitalism and making money to the detriment of other people, we need to flip the thinking to what positive impact can I have while still making some money for myself,” Founder of Volta Consulting Narelle Wilson
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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“When you want to make a living out of something you do it's scary to give everything you’ve got for free, but that's how you find clients,” Co-Founders of Smoozitive Gal & Mayaan
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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“It's okay to start something little, it doesn't have to be this big thing to begin with,” Co-founder of #GoKindly, Laura McConnell Conti
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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“You never feel like it’s enough, so relax and enjoy the ride.” Social Stories: The Hardest Lessons
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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“We had to either completely stop because we couldn't keep up, or we needed to take that leap and do it together,” Co-Founders of The Little Potion Co. Jacinta and Alicia
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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“Invest, re-invest, and get real about what you need,” Social Stories: Financing your business
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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“What am I gonna regret at the end of my life? I'm not gonna regret starting my own business, I'm gonna regret not starting and wishing I had,” Shelley Johnson, Author, Podcaster and HR Consultant
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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"Ask everyone and get really excited about rejection," Social Stories: Making that first sale
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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“If we don't do it now, then we won't do it at all,” Co-owners of The Proposal Guru, Carly & Aaron Hall
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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“A lot of times, what you want in life means that you have to take a step back from what you've worked hard to achieve already,” Owner of Stump & Co. Tegan Brennan
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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“It's f*ing terrifying, but I do it, and it's always beautiful,” Director of Maven Press, Laura Elizabeth
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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“I literally had days in my business where I was like, I'm done,” Alice Varney, Owner of luxury Day Spa, The Sanctuary
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Jan 15, 2023 |
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“Business breaks you so much that you almost need to have no shame,” CEO of The Peers Project, Michelle Akhidenor
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Jan 08, 2023 |
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“Sometimes people bet the farm on doing their own thing, and the reality is, it's just another evolution of you,” Founder of The Ideas Business Wade Kingsley
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Jan 01, 2023 |
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“Just by starting, you create more information than you could have ever logically planned for,” Your host, Kim Kerton
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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“The bee doesn't know what its purpose is… it’s just staying in motion and following the nectar,” SuperFeast CEO Mason Taylor
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Dec 04, 2022 |
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“If I had my time again, I would've invested a lot more into my business, I would've done things and taken those risks a lot quicker,” Founder of DIPD Nails, Nadia Stamp
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Nov 27, 2022 |
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“Let's be the moms that our kids can be proud of and show them the way, take chances, take risks, follow your happiness,” Phoenix + River Co-Founder Jaclyn Shaw
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Nov 20, 2022 |
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“If I put the same energy (of) applying for jobs I don't want, into my own business, what will happen then?" Artist Tessa Marie Bartholomew
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Oct 16, 2022 |
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“You don't realize how much you need to talk to people who run a business until you talk to people who don't run a business,” The Productivity Queen, Leah Selfe
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Oct 09, 2022 |
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“Let not my little goals, prevent a magnificence that I don't even have comprehension of, from coming through me,” Author, CEO & Transformational leader Mary C Dwyer
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Oct 02, 2022 |
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“I feel like I could have quit at least five times by now, but there's a voice in my head that's just like, nope, you're not, you'll fix it and you'll get back up,” Designer and Founder of Summi Summi Ashleigh Vallis
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Sep 25, 2022 |
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“It's not going to come overnight and it's not gonna come with 10,000 followers. It'll come with 10,000 hours,” Founders of Grafton Create, Georgie Woskett and Elliot Grafton
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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“It's just this constant cycle of stepping out of the comfort zone and feeling really scared,” Director of The Social Impact Alisha Marfatia
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Sep 11, 2022 |
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“My biggest fear is not committing and making this happen, and playing it too safe,” Founder of Radical Self Store Leah Musch
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Sep 04, 2022 |
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“You don't have to have the perfect thing. If you're interested in something, you can just roll with it,” Digital Artist, Poet and Photographer Stefanie Neal
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Aug 28, 2022 |
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“To put something out there you're basically opening yourself up and saying, take your best swing,” Creator of SABI Stays Jessica Eggleston
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Aug 21, 2022 |
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“I've never had a plan. But I do think pulling at that curiosity thread is what's got me to where I am right now,” Radio and TV Journalist Michelle Stephenson
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Aug 14, 2022 |
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“You just have to go through that process of letting it go and knowing that there is going to be something after it,” Content Creator, Stylist, Storyteller Belinda Neame
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Aug 07, 2022 |
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“I always felt paralyzed by the anxiety of making the wrong decision,” Jeweler and Founder of MLR Jewels Marie-Lauren Romano
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Jul 31, 2022 |
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“Everyone's afraid when they start, and no one knows what they're doing,” Bianca Lambert, Director of Capra Designs
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Jul 24, 2022 |
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“You really do just have to start wherever you are, with whatever you’ve got,” An update with your host, Kim Kerton
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Jun 26, 2022 |
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“People don’t care, don’t react to the short-term, and find like-minded souls,” Consumer Psychologist and Founder of ad agency Thinkerbell, Adam Ferrier
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Jun 19, 2022 |
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“Just start doing what interests you without any intention of where that might lead,” Iconic Teacher, Stylist, Scientist & Author, Sarah Andrews
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Jun 05, 2022 |
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“What we are doing is too vulnerable, too scary to not have someone on your side, and it needs to be you,” Author, Podcaster, Creative Coach, Amie McNee AKA Inspired to Write
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May 29, 2022 |
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“You never know who is watching… you just have to be yourself,” Influential Artist Jenna Hutchison, AKA Love Ludie
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May 22, 2022 |
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“It's okay, you can start incrementally,” Founder of Wobble Yoga and Director of Scream Pretty Australia Polly Teller
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May 15, 2022 |
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“Sometimes what your soul guides you to do, doesn't always make sense to your mind, and it's not always convenient,” Transformational teacher and Author, Kute Blackson
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May 08, 2022 |
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“Sometimes it felt a little hard to say the truth {in business partnership}, like we were being polite,” Cat, Jade & Andrina, Psychotherapists and Co-Business Owners at Insight & Wellness
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May 01, 2022 |
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“We didn't spend any money on marketing or advertising because we didn't have any money to put behind it, it was just like, okay, let's just start,” Hype Gym Co-Founders Beck Burns and Lou Robertson
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Apr 17, 2022 |
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“I really wanted to start heading towards making change, but I didn't know how,” Equine Assisted Learning Coach and founder of Equine Angels, Lainie Bracher Towner
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Apr 10, 2022 |
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“The fear of remaining where I was, was greater than the fear of taking that risk and making the leap,” Potter, Kara Leigh Ford
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Apr 03, 2022 |
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"It's constant learning, constant trying, constant frustration, But it's balanced with success and with recognition," Yogi Peace Club Founder, Emma Barr
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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“You have to clean out the Garage before you can get something new,” Career Sabbaticalist, Kimberly Turner Eng
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Mar 20, 2022 |
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“Drawing on the experience that you have, you'll surprise yourself, how well you can do by just simply knowing what's worked for you in your corporate career and then applying that into your own business,” Restaurateur, Peter Burr
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Mar 13, 2022 |
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“If we’re curious, and we're willing to learn and we're resilient - you can achieve anything,” CEO & Creative Director of YCL Jewels Fabienne Costa
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Mar 06, 2022 |
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"When we can look at the pursuit of something new, and what we achieve in that pursuit, not as the goal but the pursuit itself as being the thing of value, something magical happens," Adaptability Coach and Mentor Stephen Gibb
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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“When you are starting out and stepping away from that corporate sector and you soon realize that there's just so many ways to move forward,” Whale Song Shack Creator and Artist Ingrid Daniell
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Feb 20, 2022 |
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“I definitely had a lot of imposter syndrome early on, even in my Instagram bio, for years after I started getting photography work I would still only ever have food blogger in my bio!” Photographer and Stylist, Dearna Bond
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Feb 13, 2022 |
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“I did absolutely everything and just sat on it for ages and I was like, when's gonna be the right time? which, you know what? There isn't a right time,”Perfectly Queer Founder and Entertainer, Aza/Della Katessen
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Feb 06, 2022 |
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“I just cannot describe the feeling of finally deciding to go out on your own and do something, I had no idea that I would one day be selling fish homewares!”Bobby Seaford & Skipjack Maps Co-Founder Skye Hamilton
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Jan 30, 2022 |
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“If you have something that you really want to start, just go and do it. Just go and do it on the weekends, do it after hours, and then just see what happens,” This is Incense (Gentle Habits) Founder, Sophie Marshall
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Jan 22, 2022 |
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“I don’t know what the hell I’m going to do financially, but I’m not doing this anymore,” Tasmanian Shacklife creator Naomi Hume
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Jan 16, 2022 |
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“I firmly believe that everything we do in our lives sets us up for the next thing, even if those skills don't necessarily feel transferable in the moment,” Author and Health Journalist Casey Beros
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Jan 09, 2022 |
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“You've really got to dig deep and think do I want to live my life like that? Or am I prepared to be a bit counterculture and choose different things?” Creator of The Lazy Prospector and multi-hyphenate, Melissa Hobbs
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Jan 02, 2022 |
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“It does feel daunting to relaunch, but you can literally be anything you want,” Abstract artist Sophie Le Couteur
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Dec 19, 2021 |
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“It was a real leap of faith that I had to take, if you're doing what you love, then keep doing it,” Kids Nutritionist Lucy Stewart
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Dec 12, 2021 |
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"Everything you've known for 20 years is now officially gone, what on earth do you do?” Spokesperson and PR Specialist Mel Greig
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Dec 12, 2021 |
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“Sometimes you need a little help to find yourself,” Your host Kim Kerton
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Dec 09, 2021 |