Welcome to Backbone: a four-part mini series all about the financial backbone of building a business, side hustle, or freelance career.

We talk endlessly about the exciting parts of building something - the idea, the creativity, the passion, the momentum. But behind the scenes, it’s often the money side that feels confusing, intimidating, or easy to avoid. And more often than not, businesses fail because the financials were ignored.

There’s a huge gap in how openly we talk about money as founders. The messy bits. The avoidance. The “I’ll deal with it later” moments. This series is about closing that gap and helping you build confidence with your numbers.

Episode one starts with the foundation: accountability. Not outsourcing responsibility, but learning to work alongside experts and developing the mindset that you need to understand what’s happening with the money in your business.

In this episode, we cover:

• What an accountability mindset really means
• The common barriers that stop founders from taking control of their finances
• How to shift from pure creativity into commercial
• Practical, realistic ways to build money check-ins into your routine

If you hear us mention the Money Type Quiz, you can find it here: Money Type Quiz

And if you hear us yapping about finding new communities that support you, we recommend Butter App

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See you next Thursday!