Make New Mistakes Mischief Media

Melissa and Taekia are back to talk about goodbyes. Taekia is moving on from Mischief to the next step in her career, so the duo take the episode to go over lessons learned, mistakes made, and wishes for the places you leave behind. Melissa also talks about what's next for Make New Mistakes!

In this week’s podcast, Melissa and Taekia admit that it’s kind of hard to talk about mistakes when the world is on fire. So instead, they talk about tips for managing uncertainty!
These are tips and tricks that expand beyond the current crises and are tools for personal and professional stability during times of change and uncertainty.
We look at the importance of a network of peers (3:29), our human ability to adjust to shifting circumstances (9:42), and sustaining your vision for the future (22:20).
And it can be hard to pick out just one mistake in the news these days, but because we’re event planners, we briefly discuss Trump’s Tulsa rally (28:46). 
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In today's episode, we are joined by Robyn Warren, founder of Geek Girl Strong and host of the new Mischief Media podcast Healthy Geek Academy!
Robyn talks about starting her very own business and her background in education (3:24-7:25). She delves deeper into just how Geek Girl Strong functions at the crossroads of fandom and wellness and talks about having to move her operations online (7:26). We ask Robyn about her own mistakes in business and then, as a group, discuss figuring out when to say no (16:03-20:58)
In mistakes in the news (22:03), we discuss Shake Shack's (brilliant? awful? tactical?) move to first obtain and then give back $10 million of the SBA PPP. (https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/20/838439215/shake-shack-returns-10-million-loan-to-u-s-program-for-small-businesses)
And lastly, mistakes we made this week (34:24) and self-care tips (36:58) both involve discussions about baking bread. Who knew?!
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You can follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook to tell us about your new mistakes! We’re actively looking for new questions, so please send us anything you’ve been wondering about to newmistakespod@gmail.com. Also, check out mischiefmedia.com for the rest of the podcasts in our network.

A few weeks ago, we talked through more issues of running an events company in the time of COVID-19 (00:04:10)—our first episode on that topic can be found here. We talk about how we’re feeling and the nitty-gritty of guiding your small business through this difficult time. We also take listener questions from the Twitch chat (00:24:48)! Lastly, Melissa and Taekia get real and talk about the really hard moments right now (00:41:30), and our go-to pandemic snacks (00:44:28).

Being a small business owner during this time is a total rollercoaster right now. We take this episode to break down every bit of SBA Disaster Assistance loans, and why they’re kind of impossible (00:06:24). Melissa and Taekia also take you through every step of the winding and laborious process of applying for the Paycheck Protection Program (00:13:55). The back and forth with the accountant, banker, and each other was totally constant until we got it submitted.

It's an interesting time to run conventions and conferences, so it seemed worth it for Melissa and Taekia to talk about coronavirus/COVID-19 and all of the ways one has to think about event planning in a pandemic.
NOTE: Obviously, we are not medical experts and therefore it would be a mistake to try and give you information outside of our own expertise. To that end these links from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention along with the World Health Organization may be helpful!
CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/index.html
WHO: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
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Episode edited by Aaron Souza