This week in the guest chair we have Mandi Woodruff-Santos, a globally recognized career expert, founder of the MandiMoney Makers, and co-host of the three-time WEBBY award winning podcast, Brown Ambition. With 6 million podcast downloads, Mandi is on a mission to help women of color achieve their wildest financial ambitions.
In this episode she shares:
- How to be professionally selfish and achieve your dream salary
- The risks she’s taken by pivoting often in her career, and how they’ve paid off
- Her journey from corporate, to coaching as a side hustle, to launching her podcast and expanding her empire
Highlights include:
- 00:00 Intro
- 03:52 First jobs out of college
- 10:20 Introversion and unwavering self-belief
- 14:35 Navigating financial insecurity
- 28:00 The benefits of strategic quitting
- 36:00 Launching Brown Ambition Podcast
- 41:00 Becoming a career coach
- 51:00 Income opportunities from podcasting
- 56:30 Tips for entrepreneurs
Check out episode 412 of Side Hustle Pro podcast out now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube
Links mentioned in this episode
- Mandi Money Website: http://Mandimoney.com
- Mandi’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mandimoney/?hl=en
- Brown Ambition Podcast: https://brownambitionpodcast.com/
- Brown Ambition Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brownambitionpodcast/
- The Budgetnista’s Website: https://thebudgetnista.com/
- Yahoo Finance: https://finance.yahoo.com/news
- Zapier Automation: https://zapier.com/
- Trello: https://trello.com/home
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Guest Social Media Info
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- Brown Ambition Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brownambitionpodcast/




