A Toast to Truths is where I share the mental, financial and emotional frustrations of being an entrepreneur. This is Season 9 Episode 1, “The Secret Shame of Not Being Successful”

Q: What do you have to be ashamed of?

• You can’t allow shame to stop you from reaching your level of success. Don’t let that shame take root in your life.

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A Toast to Truths is where I share the mental, financial and emotional frustrations of being an entrepreneur. This is S8E6  “Launching a Startup After 50”. We have a transparent talk about education in America and abroad with Legacy Pro Mentoring. Also this episode we're celebrating 50 episodes. Special surprise is the guest co-host is my mom, Charlette Freeney and her business partner Pansy Walker.

A Toast to Truths is where I share the mental, financial and emotional frustrations of being an entrepreneur. This is S8E5 “eSports: The Emerging Digital Frontier”.

Consider looking into this new digital emerging market. Don’t close off from it because it’s not something you know specifically. Pitch your strengths. Don’t discount the opportunity. Let your strengths, resume, track record and resume speak for itself.

Podcast Welcome: A Toast to Truths is where I share the mental, financial and emotional frustrations of being an entrepreneur. This is S8E4 “How to Use Entrepreneurship as Your Way Out”.

Chimere- Give it your all if you’re sitting on your gifts. Don’t worry about theys or thems. Hone into your own goals and your why. Be committed to doing it.

Vernetta- Look at how you’re looking at things. Try to see things from a different perspective.

A Toast to Truths is where I share the mental, financial and emotional frustrations of being an entrepreneur. This is S8E3 “Where Are all the African American Marketers?”

Michelle- Understand growing is part of the process. Learn to market and apply marketing to the right audience.

Vernetta- Know how to market to the community you want to reach. And be okay leaving a community you’re not aligned with.

A Toast to Truths is where I share the mental, financial and emotional frustrations of being an entrepreneur. This is S8E2 “Finding the Right Business For You”. Sahil Lavingia, the CEO of Gumroad, is this episode's special guest co-host. We talk about who Gumroad is for and how you find the right business for you through life experience. This has been ‘A Toast to Truths’ with me, Vernetta R. Freeney. This is season 8 episode 2 “Finding the Right Business For You” and the consequences we’ve e

A Toast to Truths is where I share the mental, financial and emotional frustrations of being an entrepreneur. This is S8E1 “Sabbaticals and Entrepreneurship”. This episode is about incorporating a sabbatical as an entrepreneur. I share a very real and transparent look at how I came to this point. Is my business going the way that I want it to? And if not, is it time for me to have a new biz beginning? It’s okay to go quiet and work without being seen to start over with a new biz beginning.

This is season 7 episode 4 ‘Keep Watching, It Gets Better’. This season we’re talking “Betrayal in Business”. And this is the last episode.

Q: Should you let the people who betrayed you stay in your audience?

Part I

Handling the situation will speak volumes about your integrity

Why I decided to share my experience publicly

Part II

Don’t seek vengeance and retaliation

What to look towards when dealing with betrayal

Speak truth to the situation

This is season 7 episode 3 ‘Beyond the Betrayal’.

Q: How do you move past the hurt?

Part I

What my betrayal was

How I felt about the betrayal

My observation in the influencer marketing space

Part II

How I dealt with the betrayal

What I will do moving forward

Final Toast:

When dealing with betrayal you have to stand and live in your truth. No matter what happens or the consequences you face, your integrity is more important than living a lie.

Podcast Welcome: A Toast to Truths is where I share the mental, financial and emotional frustrations of being an entrepreneur. This is season 7 episode 2 ‘Shady Referrals’. This season we’re talking “Betrayal in Business”.

Q: How do you deal with the referrals you receive that cause you a headache?

Part I

ReeJade’s Facebook rant

Dealing with shady referrals

Part II

Referrals from and for friends

How to handle the fallout from a shady referral