The following podcast is a dear media production.

Hey friends, my name's Olivia Perez and I'm an entrepreneur, journalist, and the host of

The Friend of a Friend podcast. Every Monday, I meet with some of today's youngest and

brightest entrepreneurs to make spaces to other stories and shine a light on who I believe

to be the next generation of luminaries. I'll interview up-and-comers and game changers

from brand-builders to personalities, activists, artists, and thought leaders from around the world.

Each episode lets you be a fly on the wall during one of the greatest pep talks,

like a conversation between you and a friend or a friend of a friend. See you there.

Welcome to press send. I'm Shenei Alexander and this is the podcast where we talk through all

of your birding questions and attempt to give you our best advice. Today we have the lovely Natalie

Barbou. She is a content creator on YouTube, entrepreneur, and podcast host. She started her YouTube

channel in 2011 at 15 years old. Can you believe it? Sweet baby child. She also has a podcast

called The Real Real Podcast, which I will also be on so you'll be able to hear me on her podcast

and her on mine. And she also has started her own social media marketing agency called We

Bloom Social, where she helps small businesses and brands connect to their audiences organically

through social media. Guys, it's going to be a good one. I'm so glad you're here. I'm happy to

be here. Thanks for having me. I know. We have never met IRL.

Isn't that so weird? How like during Zoom times, we're just like meeting new people,

but on the computer. I know. And it's like after this, I know I'm going to be like, oh yeah,

like I know. I've met Shenei and I'm like, oh wait, no, I'm not in real life. Do you find,

because you live in North Carolina, do you get to meet a lot of people from New York and LA,

because obviously our industry is like New York and LA mostly. Do you get to meet a lot of people

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