So Money episode 182, Ask Farnush.

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Welcome to So Money.

Hey everyone, welcome back to So Money Ask Farnush edition. I am your lucky

host Farnush Tarabi. Lucky because I have to say this podcast and

starting it six months ago has done really well.

I'm really, I've blown away my own expectations of just how this would perform.

I'm not monetizing the podcast yet, but you know what? I kind of like that. I'm lucky that I'm able to just do this

podcast and not have to depend on having a sponsor yet, and lucky that my my listeners you don't have to listen to

some kind of sponsorship in the beginning and the middle of the end or all three

not to say that we aren't in a position to be able to monetize, but I'm trying to just kind of see how long I can go without getting a sponsor.

And I think, you know, I learned from John Lee Dumas, who's the founder and host of entrepreneur on fire and he's taught me that you want to kind of wait as long as you can, you want to hold out for that sponsor, get to a point where you have so many listens, so many

downloads, so many followers that you can be really, really selective about your

sponsor and also you'll make more money because at that point you'll have more so the good

things come to those who wait who are patient who build momentum and so I'm not

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