We hear the stories of successful Silicon Valley startups all the time. But entrepreneurship can also have a dark side, especially when it involves going broke, losing sleep, and working 100-hour weeks. This week, host Morra Aarons-Mele speaks with Emma Mcilroy, CEO of Wildfang International, who has been outspoken about the emotional strain of startup life.
Oct 29
Therapy Makes You A Better Leader with Dr. Vikas Shah
How can you turn anxiety into an opportunity to understand yourself and become a better leader? In this classic episode, I talk with Dr. Vikas Shah, entrepreneur, investor, and MBE recipient, about the connection between mental health, emotional awareness, and leadership. Vikas s ... Show More
36m 41s
Oct 27
What Does Belonging At Work Really Mean? With Sebastian Buck
What makes a workplace somewhere people genuinely want to be? In this episode, I sit down with Sebastian Buck, CEO and co-founder of Enso, to talk about what makes work meaningful and why belonging matters so much to your well-being. Sebastian shares how letting go of the pressur ... Show More
42m 44s
Oct 22
What Can A Financial Therapist Do For You? With Amanda Clayman
How can you make meaningful career and financial decisions without letting money anxiety hold you back? In this classic episode, I talk with Amanda Clayman, a financial therapist, about how your emotions, childhood experiences, and beliefs about money shape the way you work, earn ... Show More
37m 49s
Dec 2023
Using Collaboration to Unlock Your Entrepreneurial Potential
With hectic work hours and unique challenges, entrepreneurship can often feel like a lonely endeavor. After experiencing the struggles of solo entrepreneurship first-hand, Jill Salzman was inspired to create The Founding Moms, a community with the goal of connecting mom entrepren ... Show More
33m 15s
Oct 2018
What You Don't Hear About Entrepreneurship | A RANT
<p>It's not all private jets & fancy parties & stacks of dollars - being an entrepreneur is hard, it's lonely and it takes time, hard work, energy and sacrifice - and there's a lot of things that you don't hear. Entrepreneurship is cool right now, a bubble and I really hope that ... Show More
41m 19s
Feb 2022
What great founders do at night, w/Arianna Huffington
To survive your entrepreneurial journey, you have to learn to recharge. Knowing when to turn the lights out may be the only way to keep the lights on. Few know this better than Arianna Huffington, who dramatically scaled the Huffington Post – and then experienced profound physica ... Show More
39m 19s
Dec 2023
What great founders do at night, w/Arianna Huffington
To survive your entrepreneurial journey, you have to learn to recharge. Knowing when to turn the lights out may be the only way to keep the lights on. Few know this better than Arianna Huffington, who dramatically scaled the Huffington Post – and then experienced profound physica ... Show More
39m 19s
Aug 2017
072: Navigating The Tough Seasons of an Entrepreneur
Today I’m joined by amazing friend of mine, Rhiannon Bosse, and we’re just going to have a real conversation about some of the tough seasons of being an entrepreneur. We’ll look at how to tackle these times, how sometimes it can feel so isolating and what it looks like as you nav ... Show More
52m 4s
May 2023
Entre-Talk: This Might Not Work
<p>As an entrepreneur, you'll have ideas all the time. Everything is worth a try. However, if you're putting pressure on yourself by believing everything you try should work out, you're setting yourself up for a rollercoaster of emotion and eventually burnout.</p> <p> </p> <p>Thi ... Show More
13m 37s