Unemployed & Afraid

Have you ever been waiting on an email for your business that could change the game and sent yourself a “test” email just to check they’re working? Welcome to the Opportunity Crickets. 

If you’ve been putting your idea, knowledge, heart and soul into pitching for big opportunities only to be met with extreme ghosting - I see you - this episode is what to do to maintain the rage when you’re in the depths of an opportunity cricket era.

This podcast shows up every week to help you build your own business by bringing you the stories, insights and learnings of those of us in the thick of it and highlighting that crazy old intersection of entrepreneurship and personal growth - what we do is hard and we’re better and stronger together. 

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Listen to the episode where Penny Locaso drops her insight about shooting for 100 No’s on Spotify or Apple 

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Scarcity decisions – sounds kinda scary right? But when there’s a fair bit of effort on our businesses to perform for us it can be hard to see the wood from the trees. This conversation will deepen your insight into the myriad of ways we can grow our businesses without losing the plot.  

Breanna May is the Founder of The Mind School and we did not leave a supportive stone unturned in talking about her experience building her business, and all the growth and challenges that came with it.

You’re gonna hear about:

·        Embracing the performer within

·        Why we have to look at our money stories

·        Reframing the power of selling

·        Learning to choose your hard

·        How different our business looks at the beginning

·        The loneliness we can experience in online business

·        Building ethically in an unregulated industry

·        And the benefits of a part-time job in business building

Listen to the Mind School Podcast

Connect with Breanna on IG

You can find more show notes and transcripts at unemployedandafraid.com.au/episodes.

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If your balance between tough and thriving moments is a little out of whack at the moment, and edging on the side we don’t want, it might be time to make something new. 

Thoughts of giving up or feeling a bit hopeless in business are normal, it’s all part of it, this episode is giving you a way to shift your energy and maybe even unlock something magic. 

Unemployed & Afraid shows up every week to help you build your own business by bringing you the stories, insights and learnings of those of us in the thick of it and highlighting that crazy old intersection of entrepreneurship and personal growth - what we do is hard and we’re better and stronger together. 

Subscribe to the U&A Substack by clicking HERE 

Connect with Kim on LinkedIn 

Follow Unemployed & Afraid on IG , LinkedIn and TikTok

Join our Facebook Group

And show your support for this independent podcast and small business by shouting your host a cuppa at buymeacoffee.com/unemployedpod

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Why aren't we told more often that our careers, and our businesses, will change for us over and over again. That we’ll want different things and be different people?

We are always evolving and pivoting and all the buzz words for change – it’s a reminder we need over and over again whenever facing a decision or wanting to action a new idea, or an entirely new identity.

Jamie Kritharas, the founder of an agency called Defiant Digital, has had some wild reinvention.

In the sharing of his business building story you’ll hear about:

·        Leveraging the core skills you learn from one industry into an entirely new business

·        Making it impossible for yourself not to achieve

·        Prioritising learning over profitability when getting started

·        The identity challenge when you go from one thing to another

·        Staying positive when you’re starting all over again

·        Shifting from building to leading

·        And the need to really dig in when you’re building a business

Connect with Jamie on LinkedIn

Check out Defiant Digital

And follow them on IG @defianthq

You can find more show notes and transcripts at unemployedandafraid.com.au/episodes.

And don’t forget to follow Unemployed & Afraid on IG , TikTok and LinkedIn

Join our Facebook Group

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or via unemployedandafraid.com.au

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There are moments in the depths of business-building where you need someone to shake you out of the doom spiral. 

If you’ve ever found yourself jumping on socials to do some quick research, respond to notifications or post something, only to lost 20mins and come up stressed - or you're also in a bit of a doom spiral right now - then this is for you.

Your host Kim Kerton, shares the most important thing for keeping yourself going even when its hard, so you can keep pushing through the hard bits. 

This podcast shows up every week to help you build your own business by bringing you the stories, insights and learnings of those of us in the thick of it and highlighting that crazy old intersection of entrepreneurship and personal growth - what we do is hard and we’re better and stronger together. 

Connect with Kim on LinkedIn 

Follow Unemployed & Afraid on IG , LinkedIn and TikTok

Subscribe to the Unemployed & Afraid newsletter at unemployedandafraid.com.au 

Join our Facebook Group

And show your support for this independent podcast and small business by shouting your host a cuppa at buymeacoffee.com/unemployedpod

 

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Taking action on your business dreams is bound to bring up some self-doubt, but there is a way through it, and the role that hearing the perspective of others who actually get the feels is a big part of getting through it – that’s exactly what you’ll get in this episode.

Som Puri is an impressive keynote speaker and copywriter creating her own unique business embedded in stories, and in the sharing of Som’s story you’ll hear about:

·         Starting over in a new country

·         Starting over again from redundancy

·         Treating a freelance offering as a business from day one

·         Speaking on stages   

·         Shifting from paralysis and into action

·         Building a savings account of trust and reliability with yourself over time

·         The deadlines that push you forward

·         And the brutal creative process of building a keynote

Connect with Som on LinkedIn

Visit her Website

You can find more show notes and transcripts at unemployedandafraid.com.au/episodes.

And don’t forget to follow Unemployed & Afraid on IG , TikTok and LinkedIn

Join our Facebook Group

And show your support for this independent podcast and small business by shouting your host a cuppa at buymeacoffee.com/unemployedpod

You can reach your host on email [email protected] on IG on LinkedIn

or via unemployedandafraid.com.au

Support the show by shouting me a cuppa (or 2): https://www.buymeacoffee.com/unemployedpod

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It’s in the hardest days, those spent working for no return, that an entrepreneur is built. This episode shines a light on the hardest bit of what you’re building - the bit when you’re getting no reward. 

In this episode your host, Kim Kerton, shares a perspective on this important phase of business building to help you through it, because this part sucks and you deserve to be celebrated for working through it. 

If you need a lift through the hard bits, this is for you. 

This podcast shows up every week to help you build your own business by bringing you the stories, insights and learnings of those of us in the thick of it and highlighting that crazy old intersection of entrepreneurship and personal growth - what we do is hard and we’re better and stronger together. 

Connect with Kim on LinkedIn 

Follow Unemployed & Afraid on IG , LinkedIn and TikTok

Subscribe to the Unemployed & Afraid newsletter at unemployedandafraid.com.au 

Join our Facebook Group

And show your support for this independent podcast and small business by shouting your host a cuppa at buymeacoffee.com/unemployedpod

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There’s no doubting that the experience of building your own business changes you, but there are some businesses that really are built to change the world too. The business you’re about to hear Part 2 of the journey of is one of them.

Melissa Reader is building Violet, a company that is transforming the last stage of life by enabling us all to be a little better prepared for the experience of it.

This conversation is in two parts for you so you can hear it all, as it’s so powerful, in a time that suits you (‘cause I get it, you’re building a business and you’re busy!). They’re both available for you on the feed now so, there’s no waiting in-between.

In the second part of the conversation, you’ll hear about:  

·        The big shift away from service-based revenue

·        The process of finding product market fit

·        Reshaping a professional identity

·        Taking an active role in PR

·        Giving yourself permission to be an authority

·        And exploring the extremes of our emotions

Check out Violet at meetviolet.ai

Or on IG @violet.org.au

You can find more show notes and transcripts at unemployedandafraid.com.au/episodes.

And don’t forget to follow Unemployed & Afraid on IG , TikTok and LinkedIn

Join our Facebook Group

And show your support for this independent podcast and small business by shouting your host a cuppa at buymeacoffee.com/unemployedpod

You can reach your host on email [email protected] on IG on LinkedIn

or via unemployedandafraid.com.au

Support the show by shouting me a cuppa (or 2): https://www.buymeacoffee.com/unemployedpod

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There’s no doubting that the experience of building your own business changes you, but there are some businesses that really are built to change the world too. The business you’re about to hear the journey of is one of them.

Melissa Reader is building Violet, a company that is transforming the last stage of life by enabling us all to be a little better prepared for the experience of it.

This conversation is in two parts for you so you can hear it all, as it’s so powerful, in a time that suits you (‘cause I get it, you’re building a business and you’re busy!). They’re both available for you on the feed now so, there’s no waiting in-between.

·        In the first part of the conversation, you’ll hear about:  

·        Pivoting from one business to another

·        The pressures of creating a new concept and product

·        The experience of raising capital

·        Approaches to risk

·        Finding meaning in business

·        And the signals to look out for

Check out Violet at meetviolet.ai

Or on IG @violet.org.au

You can find more show notes and transcripts at unemployedandafraid.com.au/episodes.

And don’t forget to follow Unemployed & Afraid on IG , TikTok and LinkedIn

Join our Facebook Group

And show your support for this independent podcast and small business by shouting your host a cuppa at buymeacoffee.com/unemployedpod

You can reach your host on email [email protected] on IG on LinkedIn

or via unemployedandafraid.com.au

Support the show by shouting me a cuppa (or 2): https://www.buymeacoffee.com/unemployedpod

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you have a new business or business extension idea that you’re spinning your wheels on for fear of it not being right or perfect - this is the time to get out of your own way. 

In this episode your host, Kim Kerton, shares her shitty first business and the versions of this very show that she’d rather you not hear to remind us how we get in our own way, and how to get out of it. 

It really will inspire you to get moving on your ideas. 

This podcast is here for you, showing up every week to help you build your own business by bringing you the stories, insights and learnings of those of us in the thick of it and highlighting that crazy old intersection of entrepreneurship and personal growth - what we do is hard and we’re better and stronger together. 

Listen to the episode with Kate Toon on Spotify, Apple or YouTube. 

Connect with Kim on LinkedIn 

Follow Unemployed & Afraid on IG , LinkedIn and TikTok

Subscribe to the Unemployed & Afraid newsletter at unemployedandafraid.com.au 

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And show your support for this independent podcast and small business by shouting your host a cuppa at buymeacoffee.com/unemployedpod

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