Brown Girl In Business: Recent Episodes
Tina Awny
As a brown woman, it's hard enough to make your way in the world - let alone, make your way in the world as a brown woman AND entrepreneur. Brown Girl In Business takes you through the adventures, downfalls and helpful tips to level up your entrepreneur experience. If you're someone who feels under-represented in the entrepreneur world and who is looking for someone who gets you, this show is for you.
The older I get, the more I've noticed the differences in experiences people have when they come from a minority background.
Rather than pretending like these differences don't exist simply because we are Kiwi, I wanted to talk about the minority experience as a brown woman, especially in business & career.
The pros, the cons (of course lol) & everything in between. Hoping this makes you feel like there's a whole community behind you that get you x
Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s current prime minister has resigned. This is huge news for everyone - but I wanted to reframe the way a lot of other people have been talking about this.
In this episode, I discuss how we should use this as an example of how we can carry ourselves in our career and choose our lives rather than having them designed by the pressure of others.
Today's episode is about setting you up for success in 2023. These 3 things should help you in navigating your business' growth but making sure you're still maintaining your authenticity through that!
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Quitting seems to have a negative connotation to it - but what if we changed that?
There could be a way for us to balance perseverance with quitting what no longer serves you - with zero guilt. In this episode, we talk about the inspiration for this talk and where quitting has actually let to success for me.
Inspiration for this episode is from Jordan Risa, who wrote an article on this topic. Click the following link to view the original article: https://jordanrisa.substack.com/p/the-case-for-quitting
Your first experiences in the work world really do help shape where you go in the future. It's always for a purpose (and it's always for your best interest) but the road can be painful.
In this episode, I take you through my first taste of entrepreneurship as a content creator on YouTube & my first job as a grad at a bank.
Walking into a room where you're the only POC can be super uncomfortable - even if we don't like to admit it. Today's episode is about that weird feeling we get as a brown woman being in the wrong spaces or environments that don't understand what value we have to offer. I talk about what the feeling looks like as a kid, adult and in our careers as well as what we can do to combat this feeling and show up as our best brown self anywhere, everywhere 🤎
Navigating the business world is different for everyone but I want to save you the time (and tears lol) that I experienced with some of my top controversial learnings.
I also share some of the top ways you can manage business owner stress so that you AND your business can stay in this for the long haul. Your business is nothing without you, so always remember to look after yourself before anything else.
As a brown woman, it's hard enough to make your way in the world - let alone, make your way in the world as a brown woman AND entrepreneur.
Brown Girl In Business takes you through the adventures, downfalls and helpful tips to level up your entrepreneur experience.
If you're someone who feels under-represented in the entrepreneur world and who is looking for someone who gets you, this show is for you.
In this episode, I take you through a little introduction into my background and how I ended up where I am today.