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Balanced Black Girl

Taking Risks in Your Career with Tori Bell

Balanced Black Girl

She's So Lucky

Health & Fitness, #Shessolucky, Balancedblackgirl, Lesalfred, Balancedles

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

#273: Taking risks in your career can lead to big rewards, but what does it really cost you in the end?

In this episode, I chat with Tori Bell, founder and CEO of Inclusion Unpacked, about the real challenges of pivoting, taking risks, and betting on yourself.

From her time at Meta to starting her own business, Tori gets real about burnout, inequalities, and the stigmas founders face. She also shares how she’s championed DEI and inclusion every step of the way—both in her career and her life as a founder.

We Also Talk About…

  • Tori’s transition from employee to founder
  • The truth behind the venture-backed process and why it’s not always as smooth as it seems.
  • Career steps to take when becoming a founder
  • How to navigate self-doubt and stay confident as a new founder.
  • Tips for balancing a 9-5 job while building your own business.
  • How to push past self-doubt and shame while creating something meaningful from scratch.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

The following podcast is a Dear Media production.

0:10.2

So before we get into today's episode, I have some pretty exciting news.

0:14.4

Balance Black Girl is actually nominated for a 2025 NAACP Image Award under the Best Podcast for Lifestyle and Self Help category.

0:25.6

Now, this is an incredible, incredible honor, and I would appreciate your vote.

0:32.3

We are with some amazing shows in the category that I'm honored to be nominated beside. And I would just

0:38.5

really love to see you all turn up and turn out to support Balance Black Girl. So we will leave a

0:44.8

link in the show notes or you can go to the NWACP Image Awards website and you can cast your vote

0:50.5

there. Again, I would really appreciate your vote for Balance Black Girl under the

0:54.5

Best Lifestyle and Self-Help podcast category. Thank you so much for your support. Thank you for

1:01.1

tuning into Balance Black Girl. My name is Les. I'm your host and I appreciate you tapping in.

1:07.2

So if you've been listening to the podcast lately, you know that I've had this loose theme of what it means to be an athlete of life.

1:14.1

So how we can apply an athlete's mentality to the various areas of our lives so that we can live the life that we want.

1:21.2

And when I was thinking about what that means for our career, I didn't want to have a conversation that was all about the grind,

1:29.7

the hustle, the push, prioritizing work over everything else. I really wanted to have a

1:34.3

conversation around what does it look like to bet on yourself, to invest in yourself, to take

1:40.4

risks in your career, but to also know when to pull back and when to focus on yourself.

1:45.5

And today's episode gets into just that. So I'm really excited to welcome my friend Tori Bell to the podcast.

1:52.2

And Tori is an amazing example of what it means to pivot when something is no longer serving you in your life and in your career.

1:59.3

So I'm really excited for you to get to know Tory, for you to

2:01.5

hear more of her story and how she's navigated, balancing self-care, being a founder, and

2:07.5

navigating changes in her career. And I hope that you'll walk away feeling inspired.

2:12.0

Welcome to the podcast. Thank you for having me. I'm so excited to have you. I'm excited.

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