Soulful MBA Podcast

Soulful MBA Podcast

By Jennifer Barcelos and Sandy ConneryBusinessEntrepreneurshipCareers
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Soulful MBA Podcast episodes

  • 56 Lessons We’ve Learned from DudeBro™ Marketers, Startup-DudeBros™, and Assorted PowerfulMen™

    Since starting our company, we’ve had some really interesting conversations about the vast difference between how men and women do things in the business space. Most female business owners we know (including ourselves), for example, actively work on their money mindset, struggle to trust their decisions, and have perfectionist tendencies…

    …While the startup DudebrosTM of the world sail through business (and life) like it was made for them.

    This obvious discrepancy arises from the way women have been socialized for generations. We’ve been trained to be hesitant about our offerings because the idea of pleasing everyone else, constantly asking for permission, and doubting our own skills and abilities has been reinforced throughout our lives. It’s no mystery that these blocks show up in our businesses too. And it shows in how little female-owned businesses make each year despite their abundance.

    Our male counterparts are quite the opposite in their behavior, and after interacting with so many of them as well as paying close attention to business personalities in the media, we’ve come up with a list of “lessons” that we’ve picked up over the years. Some of these insights are extremely liberating, effective, and empowering. And it would actually do us a fair amount of good to be able to inculcate them in how we operate our businesses.

    But for the ones we don’t agree with, well, a little bit of humor never hurt anyone.

    Here’s what you can expect from this episode:

    • Why most women choose people-pleasing over doing what they really want
    • The importance of taking imperfect action
    • How women are socialized to believe that their approach is the wrong approach
    •  Healthy humility vs. blind confidence
    • Believing in the value of your work and how that translates to the clients who need your services
    • Choosing yourself instead of asking for permission 
    • The avenues available for learning in today’s world

      • We really enjoyed recording this one because it was a healthy dose of fun along with some truths that we deal with every day as female business owners. If you struggle with feeling confident about your actions and offerings (or are just in the mood for a laugh), this is the perfect episode for you to cozy up and tune in to! 

      And once you’re done listening, don’t forget to connect with us on Instagram (@heymarvelous) and share your thoughts!

      This Week’s Joy:

      Sandy is absolutely obsessed with her giant new Alocasia macrorrhiza (Giant Taro) plant and its massive leaves! It brings a lot of joy and positivity to her space, and it’s the first thing she checks on when she enters her condo. 

      This Week’s Hustle:

      Our Visibility Crash Course is 8+ years of our online marketing lessons condensed into a 5-day program that will help you amplify your voice as an online creator, show up more authentically in your business, and communicate effectively with the clients who need you. Learn more here!

      RESOURCES:

      • Coursera
      • Hey Marvelous
      • Visibility Crash Course 

        This podcast is brought to you by the Marvelous online teaching platform.

        Marvelous is an easy-to-use platform that helps you build and sell your own courses, memberships, and live-streamed programs. Go from idea to open for business in just minutes. If you're looking for a simple, streamlined way to build and grow an online business. You can learn more at Marvelous.

        41 min
      • The Value of a Wife – Part II

        You know the feeling when you come home, and it’s like you just clocked into your second job?


        So many women feel the crushing weight of taking care of everything at home without asking for help from their partners or getting outside assistance. 


        Why? 


        Because that help is associated with guilt.


        And because they find it difficult to delegate or leave space for other members of the home to contribute, they cultivate a constant feeling of resentment and irritability towards the unpaid domestic and emotional labor that they’re putting in.


        But the truth is that these expectations are self-imposed. 


        And they’re yet another direct and unfair consequence of internalized patriarchy.


        Today, we’re revisiting a conversation that we began about three years ago when we published episode 126: The Value Of A Wife. And in this one, we discuss Jeni’s recent step back from trying to take care of her home alone. We get into how opening a dialogue about the situation with her loved ones has made a difference and what she did when she realized that she just couldn’t fold everybody’s socks anymore. 


        Here’s what you can expect from this one:

        • An honest recap of Jenni’s thought process when she decided that something needed to change
        • Why asking for help feels so wrong (and why we need to stop thinking that way)
        • How treating your home like a second workplace can affect your mental health
        • Why + how we internalize patriarchal expectations
        • The domestic labor of decision making
        • The importance of being intentional with your time, energy, and money


          • If these feelings resonate with you, we hope that this episode helps you understand that they’re stemming from something large and systemic. You are not alone in your responsibilities, and the people who love you will be more than willing to share the load so that you can take the break you deserve. 


          And if you enjoyed this episode, find us on Instagram (@heymarvelous) so that we can continue the conversation!

          This Week’s Joy

          Jeni has her eyes glued to shop-tend.com, an online store that sells beautiful vintage nightgowns (albeit all currently sold out) that inspire the free wandering spirit in her.



          RESOURCES:

          • Drop The Ball by Tiffany Dufu
          • shop-tend.com
          • Visibility Week – Visibility Crash Course
            • 28 min
          • Sofia Garcia and the World of Generative Art
            Web3 has revolutionized the digital art space. But it’s also a difficult concept to master, especially with all the misinformation floating around. We’re giving you the best possible introduction to this world by roping in an expert who can be a safe, reliable, and knowledgeable guide – Sofia Garcia! Sofia is a generative art dealer, art curator, and the founder of ARTXCODE and the nonprofit, CodeArt. Her journey from her first computer class in Miami to her first NFT art show is fascinating. And what began with curiosity and a step in the right direction has evolved into an exciting career in digital art curation. Sofia is amazing at simplifying the concept of generative art and breaking it down to help people understand how the gears turn.
            45 min
          • What Creators Need to Know About Web3 and Crypto
            Web3 is upon us. And if you struggle to understand it, you aren’t alone. In addition to being an extremely male-dominated space, it’s also stuffed to the brim with jargon, all sorts of things we never learned in school, and a heckuva lot of uncertainty. (And what’s up with the cryptobros and apes, really?) In this episode, we’re defining Web3, cryptocurrency, and why we as creators and business owners need to learn more about this industry.
            38 min
          • Alexa Miller and the Merging of Art and Science
            Today’s guest, Alexa Miller, has one of the most interesting, thought-provoking, fascinating jobs we’ve ever heard of. All our lives, we’ve thought of art and medicine as two completely different pillars – one encourages us to think subjectively while the other is more objective and rational. In today’s episode, she’ll be sharing her knowledge so YOU can improve your own work with the human body through art.
            33 min
          • The Value of a Wife
            On this episode of the Soulful MBA podcast, we talk about a slightly controversial topic—the value of a wife. We touch on several articles we’ve read recently about the economic benefits for men who have a wife at home (or at least in a position where she is still primarily responsible for childcare and the emotional labor that takes place in families).
            27 min
          • Peloton, Promises, and People Pleasing
            It’s easy to keep your clients happy when you're starting out and your audience is small. However, as your business grows, it gets trickier. No matter what you do, there are going to be clients who don’t agree with you. And sometimes, they won’t just be trolls on the internet. They’ll be long-term, loyal, paying clients who decide to stop supporting you the minute you make a decision that doesn’t align with their beliefs. How do you deal with long-term clients turning their back on you? How do you respond when constructive feedback crosses over to negativity? And why does this happen in the first place? Those are just some of the questions we’re looking to answer in today’s episode.
            33 min
          • Can You Grow Your Business Without Social Media?
            In this week’s episode, we’re dissecting the relationship business owners have with social media, how to overcome the mindset blocks that stop you from sharing what you want online, and how to make sure negativity doesn’t sabotage the work you’re meant to do!
            27 min
          • Elizabeth Holmes and Villainizing Female Ambition
            In today’s episode, we discuss Elizabeth Holmes, Anna Sorokin, and The Bad Vegan, and break down how society views women who ‘flew too close to the sun’. While we don’t have all of the answers just yet, we try to make sense of the double standards in entrepreneurship, the complex relationship we have with women who just want to be successful, and if this kind of public humiliation is the reason we don’t see more openly ambitious female entrepreneurs. Once you listen to the episode, find us on Instagram (@heymarvelous) and tell us what you think about women in business and why the world is obsessed with making spectacles of their downfalls!
            35 min
          • Why Debt Doesn’t Have to Be a Dirty Word
            How many of you are afraid to start (or scale) your business because you’re afraid of going into debt? If you have your hand up, we get it. After all, no one wants to put $5,000 on their credit cards to spend on bags, shoes, or clothing. So, why would we take that risk for our business? In today’s And She Spoke episode, we want to break down why that train of thought is deeply flawed.
            24 min

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