On today’s Hot Takes episode, we’re chatting with PR powerhouses Jessy Klein Fofana and Lauren Kleinman. Jessy is the founder and CEO of LaRue PR, an award-winning agency dedicated to disrupting the media industry with a roster of best-in-class DTC and B2B clients. Lauren is the founder and CEO of DreamDay PR, a first-of-its-kind Performance PR agency, and co-founder of The Quality Edit, a curation of the Internet’s best brands. Both Jessy and Lauren have been ahead of the PR curve– and they are coming in hot with a spicy hot take - “Fuck being liked by everyone; success requires a single-mindedness that sometimes makes it a lonely road”. Listen in as this duo talks all things solopreneurship, controversial media coverage, why being liked by everyone is overrated.

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