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Speaker 2: So we did money last week. Let's talk careers and

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Speaker 2: business this week. Manage you want to kick it off?

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Speaker 1: Okay, So you want me to read it?

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Speaker 2: So we've got an email from Daja Dasa says, good

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Speaker 2: morning out weall as well. Recently you shouted out the

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Speaker 2: Shopify platform. I'm considering building an online business of crafted

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Speaker 2: products I've made. This is really important and I'd like

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Speaker 2: to know the pros and cons of Shopify in comparison

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Speaker 2: to a platform like Etsy. Could you share why you

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Speaker 2: like the Shopify platform over Etsy. I love the show

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Speaker 2: and thank you for giving me major black girl magic

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Speaker 2: for the past few years. And I'm an og listener.

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Speaker 2: We love that from twenty eighteen, not a magical week, Yes,

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Speaker 4: Okay, I mean twenty fifteen listeners. Can we get a

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Speaker 4: shout out if you've been with an I love people

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Speaker 5: I love that.

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Speaker 4: So Shopify versus so. I can't not plug Briann and

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Speaker 4: Bisson podcast and the store dot com, which is where

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Speaker 4: you can get Brown Ambition merch And it was a

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Speaker 4: there's a brand new b A swag.

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Speaker 5: Let me look, Lenna, go look you said at the store.

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Speaker 4: Yes, very cute stuff. Let me look to Brown ambitionstore

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Speaker 2: This picture of us is everything was at toaballa black

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Speaker 4: She's not Tonana Belle anymore.

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Speaker 1: She got must start.

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Speaker 4: She keeps it though. What a cute, what a great name.

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Speaker 4: We got stickers, we got the relaxed T shirt. They

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Speaker 4: have not. This is the thing about Shopify and print Full.

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Speaker 4: So for those who don't know, if you I have

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Speaker 2: So what would you say your experience is like using Shopify?

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Speaker 2: So you said it's you you, so you get to

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Speaker 4: Okay. So this woman she creates crafty things, like she

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Speaker 2: And so it has been a gift because the gift

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Speaker 5: Thank you so so much. This was the best gut ever.

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Speaker 2: And I found the woman on Etsy Ola Wind or

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Speaker 2: She lost the like a child and she wanted to

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Speaker 2: I think of Etsy as more of an upfront store

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Speaker 2: So if you have crafted products and like, you know,

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Speaker 2: I go on Etsy, there's no like every store looks

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Speaker 2: So Etsy, what I love is that, although there might

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Speaker 4: You, and I totally forgot that I until just now.

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Speaker 4: My engagement ring is from Etsy and my wedding band.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they had beautiful rings.

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Speaker 4: Pink sapphire moment. Yeah, I'm on Etsy right now, which

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Speaker 4: It's so cute.

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Speaker 1: it's just so girl.

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Speaker 5: Look at us.

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Speaker 4: Ja Okay, it feels like it hasn't been overrun like

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Speaker 2: you know, and also too, girls, share us your shop girls,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, this is where I don't need to be right now.

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Speaker 1: So we take a break and answer a second question.

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Speaker 3: Sounds good, be right back, be a Sam, and we

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Speaker 3: are back y'all for our second career slash business question.

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Speaker 5: Maybe want to read it girl?

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Speaker 4: Yes, all right? So let's came from a listener from Instagram.

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Speaker 4: I'm calling y'all my cousins because we're similar in ages.

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Speaker 4: I approach forty. Okay, so boom. I just recently had

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Speaker 4: I mean, you're not supposed to talk about someone who's

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Speaker 2: Have you ever seen because you work with women on

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Speaker 4: And I think it's fair. I think it's a fair

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Speaker 4: It just becomes like I said, like you have that

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Speaker 4: comfortable with a bit more micromanagement because your boss is

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Speaker 2: But I've done this. I remember my last yeh employee

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Speaker 2: I was honest. I was like, you don't got to

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Speaker 2: And I was just like, well, you know, this is

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Speaker 5: I made that mistake before.

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Speaker 4: And you know, I think it's great that you're looking

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Speaker 4: That could be the best case solution for both people.

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Speaker 1: Love that I want to start money. I'm just joking.

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Speaker 4: And then Anique Hugh says, one of the best finance

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Speaker 4: and career advice podcasts out there, also super funny and entertaining.

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Speaker 4: I love these two ladies.

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Speaker 2: I know, don't even start made because I got to

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Speaker 5: We'll see what the review is.

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Speaker 4: I get your reviews in how we'll tipically you can

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Speaker 4: always update them later.

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Speaker 2: Now, first of all, if our last viral clip shows anything,

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Speaker 2: the girls is girly for you, Okay.

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Speaker 4: Yeah yeah, oh, anyway, thanks, be a fam We'll see

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Speaker 4: you Monday, Wednesday, Friday.

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Speaker 2: Yea, some of y'all will see you at the light.

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Speaker 2: Oh well, this is actually gonna be after the live show. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: we were taping before, but by now we'll have that

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Speaker 2: So check out IG because we'll be posting yeah photos

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Speaker 4: So and you can tune into that episode at some

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Speaker 4: point in the future. I don't know why. Yes, the

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Speaker 4: next week or two. It'll be fine. You'll be fine

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Speaker 4: five years.

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Speaker 1: Bye bye,