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Just Grow With It with Natalie Barbu

Defying the Odds and Starting a Brand Your Way with Jac Vanek

Just Grow With It with Natalie Barbu

Natalie Barbu

Education, Business, Entrepreneurship, How To

4.8982 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Episode 154: If Tumblr, Myspace, and Warped Tour bring back fond memories for you, consider yourself in good company as Natalie welcomes one of the OG influencers and podcasters herself, Jac Vanek. From creating a massive following on Myspace before it was cool, to selling bracelets out of a backpack at Warped Tour, to launching a personal brand worn by heaps of celebrities to co-founding one of the most popular podcasts LadyGang, Jac is an entrepreneur through and through. On today’s episode, you’ll hear all about her time at punk rock summer camp, aka Warped Tour, how LadyGang came to be and why it has such a cult following, and what it’s like to go from being a solopreneur to having co-founders. Jac and Natalie share their love for emo culture and connect over their new passion for TikTok. SUM41, Billy Talent or Simple Plan background music highly encouraged. Today’s episode dives into: Jac's fascinating entrepreneurial journey and key takeaways for starting a business Ways to multitask and remain focused as a creative person The transformation of LadyGang How to create a community of members that lift each other up Thank you so much for being a part of our podcast community! Please be sure to rate, follow, review, and of course, post to your highlight reel. Follow your host Natalie on Instagram @nataliebarbu and @therealreelpodcast. Follow Jac on Instagram and TikTok @jacvanek. Thank you to our sponsors for making this episode possible. Check out these deals just for you: DOONEY & BOURKE - For 20% off your first order, visit Dooney.com/REAL and use the code REAL before April 30, 2022. METABOLIC REDS – Go to getreds/real to unlock your offer of a free Metabolic Greens with your purchase of Metabolic Reds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation.

0:20.5

I was it sort of having this following but we were these like weirdos you know on so I don't think that anybody would take anybody that looked like I did as like a young

0:26.1

20-something seriously.

0:28.4

And I kind of just had this like drive within me to show everybody wrong.

0:33.4

Welcome to the Real Real where I take you behind the Instagram reel

0:39.6

and into the real lives of entrepreneurs, content creators, and anyone who inspires me and may inspire

0:45.2

you too.

0:46.2

I'm your host Natalie Barboo and let's get into it. You're going to. Hello everybody welcome back to the real

1:07.4

to the real podcast I am your host Natalie Barboo and today I am in Charlotte North. I feel like I've been bouncing around lately, but I always like to give a little update, like a little update of where I am in the world. This month I have been traveling a lot, so the month of March, I went to Texas, then I'm in North Carolina, and by the end of the month, it's like, I think I'm leaving on the 28th, no, I'm leaving maybe the 30th.

1:33.2

I don't know when I'm leaving, but one of the last days of March,

1:36.0

I'm actually headed back to Texas,

1:37.8

but this time it's for a brand trip.

1:39.6

So I'm there for literally like less than 72 hours. I go from Thursday to Saturday.

1:45.0

It's like a very, very quick trip. But yeah, I've kind of been out and about which means

1:49.7

that I have been spending a lot of money on food and coffee which is never good and if you

1:54.1

watch my budget with me videos on YouTube you know I kind of go through all my

1:57.2

expenses of the month every single month and put them on blast and it really

2:01.0

holds me accountable but I would say that this month is not

2:04.0

going to look good in terms of that I haven't gone shopping though so I think

2:07.5

that's a good sign I haven't gone shopping haven't because I've been out of the

2:10.4

house I haven't made those like sporadic Amazon purchases haven't

2:13.9

gone grocery shopping so maybe it's not as bad as I think but I think I think it's

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