Entrepreneurship Unfiltered

Ibiyemi Balogun
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Entrepreneurship Unfiltered is a podcast about the messy realities of building a business that we don’t see on perfectly curated LinkedIn & IG pages. Hosted by Ibiyemi, a serial entrepreneur, writer and business coach, this series explores the unedited, unpolished side of entrepreneurship - money mistakes, never-ending uncertainty, financial pressure, hiring regrets, mental health, and the emotional rollercoaster of figuring things out in real time. It’s a space for honest conversations about what it actually takes to build something, especially when it doesn’t go as planned.

Episodes

  1. 4d ago

    EPISODE 6: Mental Health in Entrepreneurship: The Part Nobody Posts About

    You've seen the meme. Someone is having a full mental breakdown and then an order comes in and they just... pull it together and keep going. This episode is about that. And everything underneath it. Ibiyemi gets deeply personal about navigating anxiety, depression, ADHD and PCOS as an entrepreneur and what it actually looks like to run a business when your mental health is in the mix. She talks about the difference between corporate stress and entrepreneurial stress, why you can literally be your own worst enemy as a founder and what happened when a breakup, a business pivot and moving countries all collided in the same two months. This episode doesn't offer a quick fix. It offers something better. Honesty, grace and the reminder that the self in self employed needs just as much attention as the business. Plus a dilemma that hits hard: how do you lead with confidence when you're privately struggling?

    40 min
  2. EPISODE 5: My Finances Were a Mess: Or At Least It Felt That Way

    May 20

    EPISODE 5: My Finances Were a Mess: Or At Least It Felt That Way

    Everyone talks about financial strategy. Nobody talks about financial anxiety. The kind that has nothing to do with the numbers and everything to do with your mindset around money. In this episode Ibiyemi gets uncomfortably honest about what happened to her finances when she became an entrepreneur. From someone who did all the right things, the emergency fund, the tithing, the investing, to someone who stopped paying herself consistently, pulled from retirement and developed a warped relationship with money that she's still working through. She also gets personal about a year that hit from every direction at once and the way major life changes have a way of exposing every financial vulnerability you've been quietly carrying. Plus a dilemma that will stop a lot of founders in their tracks: what do you do when you've lost $20K in your business and you're now too scared to keep going?

    36 min
  3. EPISODE 4: To Dance on the Internet or Not: The Truth About Putting Yourself Out There

    May 7

    EPISODE 4: To Dance on the Internet or Not: The Truth About Putting Yourself Out There

    To post or not to post. To dance on the internet or not. If you've ever felt like content creation is a full time psychological battle, this episode is going to feel very familiar. Ibiyemi gets real about her biggest frustrations with marketing as a business owner, the algorithm that seems to punish consistency, the vanity metrics that feed your ego but not your bank account and the exhausting cycle of screaming into the void and seeing zero conversions. She also shares a dilemma that stings: hiring a marketing agency for $2K a month for six months and not making a single sale from it. Which leads to the bigger conversation nobody has early enough, the difference between marketing and sales. But this episode doesn't just sit in the frustration. It also asks the harder question: what are you actually building for and how do you keep going when you can't see the results yet?

    31 min
  4. EPISODE 3: Hiring Regrets (Because Wow…): The Cost of Ignoring Your Instincts

    Apr 21

    EPISODE 3: Hiring Regrets (Because Wow…): The Cost of Ignoring Your Instincts

    Nobody warns you that hiring mistakes feel personal. They don't just cost you money, they shake your confidence and make you question your judgment as a leader. In this episode Ibiyemi gets honest about the hiring decisions she regrets, the red flags she saw and ignored anyway, and the real cost of keeping someone on longer than she should have. And then there's the dilemma: a team member who is technically good at her job but has an attitude that is draining the energy out of everything. Do you keep her because the work gets done or do you find someone else? It's not as simple as it sounds. If you've ever hired someone and quietly wondered what you were thinking, this episode is for you.

    22 min

  5. Apr 7

    EPISODE 2: Let's Talk About Money I Wish I Didn't Spend

    Nobody talks about the embarrassing side of entrepreneurship and this episode goes there. Ibiyemi gets vulnerable about the money mistakes that didn't just hurt her bank account but messed with her confidence too. From a $10K program she bought at her lowest point hoping it would change everything, to the Brainz Magazine opportunity that sounded prestigious and delivered nothing, to a friend who bulk bought 300 bags of cement to save money only for her construction project to stall and watch it all turn to rocks, this episode is full of those painfully relatable moments where the plan made total sense until it didn't. If you've ever spent money on your business and wondered what you were actually buying, this one will hit home.

    26 min

  6. Mar 23

    Welcome to Entrepreneurship Unfiltered

    This is the episode where it all begins. In this first episode, Ibiyemi introduces herself, the podcast and the real reason she started it. From falling into entrepreneurship by accident, to navigating self doubt, imposter syndrome and the pressure of building something from scratch, this is the behind the scenes conversation that LinkedIn never shows you. If you've ever wondered whether you're cut out for this, whether your mistakes disqualify you, or whether anyone else is struggling the way you are, this one's for you. Pull up a seat. You're in good company.

    20 min
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Entrepreneurship Unfiltered is a podcast about the messy realities of building a business that we don’t see on perfectly curated LinkedIn & IG pages. Hosted by Ibiyemi, a serial entrepreneur, writer and business coach, this series explores the unedited, unpolished side of entrepreneurship - money mistakes, never-ending uncertainty, financial pressure, hiring regrets, mental health, and the emotional rollercoaster of figuring things out in real time. It’s a space for honest conversations about what it actually takes to build something, especially when it doesn’t go as planned.

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