Steven

I've had so many founders say this to me in my portfolio. They've said like, oh man, I'm like scared of being cancelled.

I've had so many founders say this to me in my portfolio. They've said like, oh man, I'm like scared of being cancelled.

What was the most important lesson you had to learn about leadership as a up and coming, talented black woman in business?

What was the most important lesson you had to learn about leadership as a up and coming, talented black woman in business?

So it's balancing the empathy part of you with the needing to make difficult decisions.

So it's balancing the empathy part of you with the needing to make difficult decisions.

Because it doesn't feel like care to fire someone.

Because it doesn't feel like care to fire someone.

Do you remember the first time you had to contend with that dichotomy and how it felt in...

Do you remember the first time you had to contend with that dichotomy and how it felt in...

But in hindsight, how do you look at that decision now with your wisdom?

But in hindsight, how do you look at that decision now with your wisdom?

I think there's a lot of business owners that can relate to holding on to all of that pressure themselves. Cash flow issues, the uncertainty around the business. And, you know, they internalize it. They take it home with them. It's with them seven days a week. How did it feel for you when you were going through those challenges with your first company? And I ask that because...

I think there's a lot of business owners that can relate to holding on to all of that pressure themselves. Cash flow issues, the uncertainty around the business. And, you know, they internalize it. They take it home with them. It's with them seven days a week. How did it feel for you when you were going through those challenges with your first company? And I ask that because...

I want the person going through that, I was going through it, to feel seen, but also to have a bit of a blueprint, a roadmap of what to do about that.

I want the person going through that, I was going through it, to feel seen, but also to have a bit of a blueprint, a roadmap of what to do about that.

That's so, so true. I was talking the other day, I think it was actually when I did that solo episode on the Diary of a Seer about this idea of like clouds and trenches.

That's so, so true. I was talking the other day, I think it was actually when I did that solo episode on the Diary of a Seer about this idea of like clouds and trenches.

Oh, did you listen to it? Oh, thank you.

Oh, did you listen to it? Oh, thank you.