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
38 episodes
Breaking your own glass ceiling
Ever wondered what happens when you stop limiting your business dreams? Meet Mo and Pat from Greer Films, who transformed their business from a home-based side hustle into a thriving studio space in regional NSW. In today's episode...
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41:12
Client breakups: Choosing yourself over money
Sometimes the hardest part of running a business is knowing when to walk away from clients. In this episode, we open up about our experiences of breaking up with clients for a bunch from reasons, like escaping challenging clients or re-focusing...
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48:38
The art of genuine connection
Meet Larissa Wright, a woman who manages to juggle four kids, multiple businesses, and still finds time to be everyone's biggest cheerleader in the business community. (And she recently won an award to prove it!)Larissa opens up about h...
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52:34
Running Multiple Businesses Through Grief: A Story from The Other Side
Content warning: Death of a husband, grief.Meet Cassandra Barrie - business therapist, empire builder, and the most refreshingly honest guest we've had yet.When life threw Cass the unthinkable - losing her husband while 30 weeks p...
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52:58
What to do when everything goes to shit in your business
There's no denying it - shit goes wrong in business. Whether it's getting locked out of your socials, losing clients, or having your whole world turned upside down (hello, pandemic), every business owner faces moments when everything goes to sh...
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30:32
What it takes to own the title of entrepreneur
Holy shit, today's guest is a fucking powerhouse! Meet Adrienne Donnelly, the reluctant 'ultimate entrepreneur' (yeah, we gave her that title and we're sticking to it).This badass runs multiple businesses like a boss, including Organise...
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45:53
Breaking Down Big Dreams into Achievable Business Goals
Holy shit, we're getting ORGANISED! Today we're diving into the mind-blowing concept of setting 100 smaller goals for your business (yes, you read that right - one hundred fucking goals!).Between Dotty the cat's attempts to steal the sho...
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50:42
Money talks: The non-boring guide to business finances.
Today we're doing something new and having a dude into our podcast - but trust us, David Rosenthal from Retinue Accounting is not a boring accountant. We're diving into the money chat that usually makes entrepreneurs want to hide under their de...
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50:08
Stop Winging It: Planning Your Best Business Year Yet
Today we're diving deep into why winging it in business is a recipe for disaster (we've been there and it sucks) and how our planning days and goal-setting sessions have saved our asses and actually helped us achieve some pretty epic shit. Get ...
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39:27
From 'Unemployable' to Unstoppable with Sarah Sydir
Today we're joined by the absolute legend Sarah Sydir, who turned being "unemployable" into a massive f*ck you to the system by building not one, but TWO successful businesses supporting people with disabilities to become their own boss. Sarah ...
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45:48
Our words of the year for 2025
It's the first episode of 2025! Today we're talking about our business goals - including how we're actually going to achieve them without losing our minds. Spoiler alert: it involves saying "no" more, getting our shit together with planning, an...
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37:54
27: The one that wraps up year
Today's episode is our 2024 wrap-up where we spill the tea on everything that went down this year. From launching this podcast (and somehow not swearing TOO much) to putting on our first conference and watching our businesses grow - we're cover...
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46:41
26: Microsoft Magic
Today we're diving into the Microsoft world with Marianne Tansley from Thrive Admin Services. Marianne's basically a wizard at turning Microsoft 365 from that boring software you kinda know into a total business superpower. We're talking way be...
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59:28
25: The one about finding your tribe
Today you're joining us on a road trip while discussing the importance of finding and building your business tribe. We're chatting about why going solo doesn't mean going it alone. We break down how having a solid network is basically business ...
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22:08
24: ADHD in Business
Today we're shooting the shit from Newcastle, 2 hours north of Sydney, and we've got Jane from The Jane Edit and Newcastle Virtual Assistants joining us. Jane gets real about her ADHD diagnosis and how she's not just surviving, but absolutely c...
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47:51
23: The one about the customer life cycle
Today we're banging on about the whole customer journey thing - you know, from that first "hey girl!" to keeping them coming back for more. We dive into all the bits and pieces that make up solid customer relationships (including our own stuff-...
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13:53
22: The secret weapon for any business - a Graphic Designer!
Today we're joined by graphic designer Elise from Elise Lola Designs. We dive deep into her journey and have a solid chat about the elephant in the room - Canva and its impact on professional design (spoiler alert: it's complicated!). Between f...
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42:57
21: The one about streamlining your processes
Get ready to nerd the fuck out about business systems! Today it's part 1 and we're diving deep into the shit that'll save your sanity - CRMs and automation tools that'll stop you from losing your mind over repetitive tasks.We're spillin...
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32:42
20: Emotional Plumbing
Today we're diving into the wild world of kinesiology with the incredible Alice Bullivant, who's here to explain what the fuck it actually is (because let's be real, most of us have no clue).Alice takes us on her journey from being a to...
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46:56
19: The one about the back-up plan
Holy shit, let's talk about backup plans! Because when life decides to throw you a curveball (or ten), you better have your ass covered. In this episode, we're getting real about the times everything went sideways - from family members landing ...
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43:13
18: From Graphic Designer to Buttercream Queen
Today's guest is Merlyn Hernandez, the creative mind behind Dolce Trio Cakes.Merlyn talks to us about her journey from being a graphic designer in Venezuela to becoming a pastry chef and cake designer in Australia. We talk about her exp...
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43:16
17: The one about tools of the trade: hardware edition
This ep is like Oprah's favourite things, but it's our favourite bits of hardware that we use All The Time. We talk keyboards, mice and compare Chris and Em's beloved reMarkable 2 against Rah's iPad.Number of fucks given in this episode...
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32:10
16: Pink October
A pinch and a punch for our first podcast episode of October! Today we're joined by Leisa Mitchell from Mitchell + Co Hair on Sydney's Northern Beaches. We chat about Leisa's experiences of owning salons vs being employed in one (and which vers...
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