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Professional Troublemaker with Luvvie Ajayi Jones

Break the Mold (How Fisayo Longe Built a Bold Fashion Brand that Empowers)

Professional Troublemaker with Luvvie Ajayi Jones

Luvvie Ajayi Jones

Pop Culture, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Luvvie Ajayi Jones, Luvvie Ajayi, Humor, Social Media, Luvvie, Self-improvement, Education, Business, Entrepreneurship, Politics, Lifestyle

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Luvvie sits down with Fisayo Longe, the visionary founder of Kai Collective, for an episode that’s about leaning into your boldness and resilience, to make your dreams happen. Fisayo shares her story of navigating crises, from losing a significant six-figure shipment to dealing with burnout, and how she managed to turn every setback into a comeback. They discuss the importance of resilience, discovering and embracing one's identity beyond business, and how staying authentic has been key to Fisayo's success.

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0:15.0

So I'm talking to the shippers being like we need to find this thing where is it what has happened every day the story was changing and then one day they were just like we're closing the case you can't find it I think it was 1,200 dollars compensation something like that for 120,000 pound shipment yeah creating a life that is authentic bold and

0:19.8

purposeful takes audacity and truth-telling it takes disruption that is is a

0:25.0

purposeful,

0:30.0

and truth telling. It takes disruption.

0:25.0

That is what it means to be a professional troublemaker.

0:27.0

Professional troublemaker is a best-selling book,

0:30.0

this podcast, and frankly, a life habit.

0:33.0

And I'm your host, Lovey Ajay Jones.

0:36.0

I'm here to bring you perspectives, deep dives, and conversations about culture, business, life, and leadership.

0:42.0

And welcome to season five five which I'm really excited about

0:46.2

This season is dedicated to the glory and great of entrepreneurship

0:50.5

2023 was my toughest year as a business owner and there was a point where I was three months away from being bankrupt.

0:57.0

So let's talk about it.

0:59.0

Let's get really real about running your own business, the good, the bad, and the ugly, because while people

1:05.8

love to glorify entrepreneurship, they often leave out the tough lessons, the failures,

1:10.4

and the pivots that have had to happen. My hope after this series of episodes

1:15.0

is that you feel more informed about what it truly takes

1:18.0

to run a purpose-driven business.

1:19.0

You feel less alone about all the times you messed up.

1:23.2

If you walk away knowing what to avoid,

1:25.2

so you don't make some of the same mistakes I've made.

1:28.5

Let's get into it.

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