F*ck Around and Find Out: The Women in Business Podcast
Three women in business, shooting the shit on all the ins and outs of running your own business. With a wonderful range of guest speakers joining us to unpack everyones individual experiences in their businesses, including the good, the bad and the ugly to help others wanting to start their own business with tips and advice.
With Christine Longworth, Emily Grover and Rah Gardiner.
Episodes
13 episodes since 2024
13: The one about community
Today's episode is part 2 of our series about women's mental health for LipTember. Community is so so important, especially when it can get really isolating when running your own business. We talk about our experiences with network...
September 15, 2024
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31:10
12: The VA Advocate
Today we're joined by Rosie Shilo from Virtually Yours. Rosie's been running her virtual assistant empire for two fucking decades, and we talk about social media turning everything on its head and mental health in the digital hellscape. We also...
September 08, 2024
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39:59
11: The one about mental health
We're going deep in today's episode. We're talking about managing our mental health while running our businesses and managing life as mums to kids and furkids. We talk about the ways we try (emphasis on TRY) to manage mental health when we work...
September 01, 2024
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40:23
10: Let's flip this shit
Today's guest is Emma Wright, graphic designer and face of EM Designs.Look, we're just going to call this early: We LOVE Emma. We love what she shares in this episode about experience in brand marketing and strategy, as well as her thou...
August 25, 2024
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49:41
09: The one about our most-used apps
Buckle up, team. We're sharing some of our favourite apps that we use the most in our businesses to help us get more shit done and make us look great. It includes social media schedugling, time tracking and fancy-ass autocorrect. We als...
August 18, 2024
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37:38
08: From Trauma to Charity
Content warning: In this episode we reference family violence. If you need to talk to someone, call 1800RESPECT.In today's episode, we're joined by Kristine Hewitt from the charity Adamus Nexus, aimed at supporting women who have experi...
August 11, 2024
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37:43
07: The one about outsourcing
Today we're waxing lyrical about outsourcing, which we know can be a scary thing to consider doing in business. We talk through some of the benefits of outsourcing and ways of finding the right people to outsource to. There are a few diversions...
August 04, 2024
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39:24
06: Journey back to confidence
Today's guest is Melissa Higgins, from Salon Maya in Sydney's Northern Beaches. Mel opens up about her experience with a business partnership that didn't work out, and how she was able to branch out on her own. We talk about client relationship...
July 28, 2024
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48:53
05: The one about managing teams
Today we're banging on about various aspects of managing people and teams. We have a cathartic rant about personal experiences with different management styles, but also talk about the brilliance of effective onboarding, the impact of toxic wor...
July 21, 2024
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43:39
04: Being authentic in biz
Today's guest is Sam Ebblewhite, somatic sexologist and intuitive healer. Sam talks generously about her work, including issues like vaginismus and the importance of open s*x education. She also talks about the challenges and rewards of her wor...
July 14, 2024
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42:56
03: Paying (and being paid) properly
Today we're talking about proper payment for services and understanding the true cost of running a business. We also cover the pitfalls of accepting low rates, the challenges of subcontracting and contracting, and the necessity of accurate fina...
July 07, 2024
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37:12
02: Let's just fake everything until we make it
Today we're joined by Mary Growth from the Growth Collective Hub. We talk about challenges starting our own businesses like handling uncertainty, imposter syndrome, and that hilarious thing called work/life balance. Mary also talks about her wo...
June 30, 2024
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30:18