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And I will see you in the next episode of The Leap Academy with Ilana Golan Show. So you're starting these really basic YouTube videos. You're seeing clearly the community loves it. It doesn't make money yet. Now you have to make money out of it. What does that shift look like when now you need to bet everything on this thing, right? Like it better work. So how does that shift go?

And I will see you in the next episode of The Leap Academy with Ilana Golan Show. So you're starting these really basic YouTube videos. You're seeing clearly the community loves it. It doesn't make money yet. Now you have to make money out of it. What does that shift look like when now you need to bet everything on this thing, right? Like it better work. So how does that shift go?

But in the beginning, like you said, there is no really four-hour work week. And you need to put all the hats on, which I think is really, really hard for entrepreneurs. Like, I think they don't realize they come from a certain passion, but they don't realize, wait, now I need to do also the sales and the marketing and the partnership and the editing. Yeah.

But in the beginning, like you said, there is no really four-hour work week. And you need to put all the hats on, which I think is really, really hard for entrepreneurs. Like, I think they don't realize they come from a certain passion, but they don't realize, wait, now I need to do also the sales and the marketing and the partnership and the editing. Yeah.

So take me there for a second, because I think a lot of people don't understand the magnitude of what goes in, especially in the beginning. And then as you go with the team, that also gets really scary before it gets easier. So what was that like for you?

So take me there for a second, because I think a lot of people don't understand the magnitude of what goes in, especially in the beginning. And then as you go with the team, that also gets really scary before it gets easier. So what was that like for you?

Before that, roughly how many hours came into a show like this? How long do you think it took?

Before that, roughly how many hours came into a show like this? How long do you think it took?

And then how did you decide to expand into what we call portfolio career, which we talked about? Like, I love it because I feel like we're the only one teaching it and you're living it. How did you start expanding into a cookbook, into shows? How did that start happening and roughly how long after you started this whole thing?

And then how did you decide to expand into what we call portfolio career, which we talked about? Like, I love it because I feel like we're the only one teaching it and you're living it. How did you start expanding into a cookbook, into shows? How did that start happening and roughly how long after you started this whole thing?

She was an incredible person, human, woman, all of it. And for those who don't know, she did pass away. It shook the entire world, I think. She had a really hard year that year as well with her son.

She was an incredible person, human, woman, all of it. And for those who don't know, she did pass away. It shook the entire world, I think. She had a really hard year that year as well with her son.

And speaking of hard moments, let's go there for a second, if you're okay with that, Rosanna. In 2019, you had your own share of hard years. And I think we all do. It's almost like a muscle we need to go through to prove ourselves or something. But can you share a little bit and how did you cope with all of it? How did you continue, even though everything was kind of hard?

And speaking of hard moments, let's go there for a second, if you're okay with that, Rosanna. In 2019, you had your own share of hard years. And I think we all do. It's almost like a muscle we need to go through to prove ourselves or something. But can you share a little bit and how did you cope with all of it? How did you continue, even though everything was kind of hard?

Well, it took you about 15 years to realize that it's important, right?

Well, it took you about 15 years to realize that it's important, right?

20, 25. It sounds like 15, right?

20, 25. It sounds like 15, right?