Get a glimpse into Belinda’s world as an entrepreneur, marketer, feminist, community builder, educator, mentor and passionate people-cheerleader where she discusses topics around business, marketing & branding and everything in between. Tune in for weekly episodes on her quest to educate people on why they need to stop using the Comic Sans Font when they want to be taken seriously, why they are not a business owner because they joined an MLM oh and also why pineapples do not belong on a pizz ...
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10 Julia Broad: from small town goth girl in high school to becoming a no BS photographer supporting women
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Meet Julia Broad - a 5"1 hurricane of a photographer that swears a lot and is brutally honest. We cover all the buzzwords (and then some) in this episode: imposter syndrome, burnout, her photography, how 2020 changed her life and how she copes with the current pandemic, female empowerment and what it takes to support other women including her most …
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9. Why we pivot after our world gets shaken & lessons from dealing with loss & finding peace
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I met this week's guest - fitness entrepreneur Madeleine Chu - in my gym and she quickly became a favourite trainer of mine and we discovered that we share many similarities - from both being mixed Cantonese-Caucasians to our entrepreneurial spirit and to us both having lost our dad. Tune in to the episode and learn… How an injury became her lucky …
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8. Why getting a divorce is easier than getting rid of a cofounder in a startup
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I always said that getting a divorce is easier than splitting up from a startup cofounder. My podcast guest Enkhe confirmed my hypothesis. Learn from my guest Enkhbolor Gantulga what a previous startup split and her own divorce have in common; how she co-parents her daughter across different countries, especially now during COVID-19 and how before …
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7. 8 reasons to start a business during a pandemic
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I get it. Starting a business in the midst of a global economic crisis is the last thing on your lockdown to-do list. But maybe you've watched all there is that Netflix has to offer, baked all the banana bread you can bake and you've run out of dance moves to share on TikTok. Successful businesses were often born in challenging times. The likes of …
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6. Riya Chandiramani: sexism, cereal boxes, and saying fuck off
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Learn how Riya left her office job to become a full-time artist. Why we should stop feeling unworthy and punish ourselves. How she overcame anorexia and how that led to breaking shame and taboos becoming a massive part of her life. How that ties in with gender equality and taking up space. How cereal boxes can be complex and the epitome of capitali…
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Role models are nice to have but problematic. In this episode, I talk about role models, how I never had one when growing up, and why it's ok to be your own role model... Or how to DIY your role model. It's much better to admire someone’s journey and path in life rather than the person they then become once they are successful. I am fascinated by r…
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Several years ago, the term "The Future is Female" started to pop up everywhere and it became so mainstream that fast fashion brands were selling underwear with this slogan. The future is Female slogan always felt more like a trend and hype than really being this movement. Women, in much of the world are on the bottom of the hierarchy and I agree t…
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In 2019 fake followers in influencer marketing cost brands $1.3 billion. Learn more about the world of fake followers, engagement, fake awards and practices people use to boost their brand. And how these vanity metrics are all about appearances. At the beginning of Belinda's startup journey imposter syndrome kicked in when she saw people within her…
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2. Musings from an Eternal Procrastinating Optimist
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The eternal procrastinating optimist thinks that there’s always enough time - enough time to get to a place, enough time to finish task A and task B, enough time to save the world while also cooking a 5-course dinner whilst learning advanced machine learning. Until there’s no time left and then Austrian panic mode kicks in.…
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Simon Sinek, the "godfather" of the WHY introduced us to the concept of WHY in his popular TED talk in 2009 and subsequently through his book Start with WHY. In this episode I am not talking about the WHY in context with running an organisation and leadership today, but how you - you as an individual can find your WHY for your life, not just your j…
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Get a glimpse into Belinda’s world as an entrepreneur, marketer, feminist, community builder, educator, mentor and passionate people-cheerleader where she discusses topics around business, marketing & branding and everything in between. Tune in for weekly episodes on her quest to educate people on why they need to stop using the Comic Sans Font whe…
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