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What an Astrology App Looks Like From the Inside with Chani Nicholas & Sonya Passi

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Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.41.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2021

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Learn how to transform your life and your business using astrology with the founders of Chani, the popular astrology app for self-discovery, mindfulness, and healing. This week on Girlboss Radio, Puno chats with Chani Nicholas and Sonya Passi about how they built their app (and how they used astrology to launch it!). Chani and Sonya share powerful messages about how to create a small business that aligns with your values, from hiring survivors of gender-based violence to develop the app, to providing comprehensive employee benefits including unlimited menstrual leave. Download the Chani App for iPhone or follow Chani and Sonya on Instagram at @chaninicholas and @sonyapassi Thanks to our sponsors: Planoly Plan your Instagram & get your first month of Planoly free with code “girlboss” (all lowercase): https://plano.ly/3xEHMZM Squarespace Create a beautiful, on-brand website for your business with Squarespace! Head to squarespace.com/girlboss for a free trial, and when you’re ready to launch, use the offer code GIRLBOSS to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain! Netgear WiFi running slow at work? Too many people on it at home? Visit netgear.com/Business and use code GIRLBOSS10 at checkout to save 10% on your purchase.

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0:00.0

Oh hello, it's Poono and you are listening to Girl Bows Radio.

0:14.4

How many of you want to build an app?

0:17.6

I feel like everybody at one point in their life has said, I got an app idea.

0:24.1

As a user experience designer, I've had to build a lot of apps and I'm like,

0:29.9

hold on one second, because it's a bit of a beast.

0:34.1

Especially if your business model is a subscription-based app,

0:38.9

and that's how you make your money.

0:40.6

You have to make sure that every day the people who download your app are happy

0:45.2

and not unsubscribing and there's just a lot of work that goes into not just

0:50.3

launching, but also maintaining it.

0:53.9

I am so excited to chat with Channy and Sonia, because they're doing just that

0:58.7

they're recently launched Astrology app called Channy.

1:03.1

I mean, they're doing it totally different.

1:05.0

They didn't take any funding from VCs.

1:07.0

In fact, they completely bootstrap their business,

1:10.0

and that actually is allowing them

1:11.5

to create this incredibly intentional

1:14.5

and employee-centered business.

1:16.5

The app itself also is just not your typical,

1:19.3

you know, sometimes doom and gloom Astrology app.

1:22.4

You know what I'm talking about.

1:24.8

So the way the Channy app works is it helps you understand

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