HeyJaredCalm & Colorful: Not Your Average MBA Diaries
This podcast is not polished. It’s not planned out. It’s just me — recording voice notes in real time as I move through the One Day MBA program and rebuild my business from the inside out.I’ve been running my business for seven years. But this? This is Calm & Colorful 2.0.
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I Went Quiet -- and So Did My Revenue (opens the original)
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Three weeks ago, Mama Pause had eight paying mamas. Three weeks later? Still eight-ish. In this episode, I’m sharing the numbers that are a little less fun to talk about: a billing mistake that went unnoticed for weeks, $53.25 in monthly recurring revenue, zero full-price subscriptions, 44 days of social media posting with zero conversions, and the uncomfortable realization that I’ve been hiding inside product work instead of selling. I’m also breaking down what I’m learning inside One Day about
Building Mama Pause When Life Doesn't Pause (opens the original)
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I’ve been a little checked out—and somehow still building. Mama Pause is officially LIVE, I have my first 8 paying mamas, my first annual subscriber, and now I’ve been given a new challenge: grow faster. I’m sharing what’s working, what’s definitely not working enough, the numbers behind the launch, and why I’m going hard on Mama Pause for the next two weeks—even while navigating everything happening with Korbin.
From $18 to $36 MRR in 4 Days: What I'm Learning From My First Paying Customers (opens the original)
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Just four days ago, I celebrated my first three Founding Members and my first $18/month in recurring revenue . Today, that number has doubled. In this MBA Diaries update, I'm sharing what happened next—including the simple follow-up text that turned "I'll sign up" into actual customers, why I'm tracking every member's experience in a usage tracker, and what my very first 20-minute customer feedback call taught me. I also share: Why I'm focusing on paying customers instead of free users. How I'm
Three Founding Members, $18 MRR, and the First Real Signs This Might Actually Work (opens the original)
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After more than 40 customer discovery conversations, countless pivots, and a lot of uncomfortable texts, something finally clicked. In this episode, I'm sharing the real behind-the-scenes of launching the MVP for my parenting audio membership and what happened when I stopped trying to build the "perfect" product and started testing what people would actually pay for. Inside this episode: Why my first three paying Founding Members felt bigger than the money The follow-up text that turned a "maybe
Building a Business One Conversation at a Time (opens the original)
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This week I'm taking you behind the scenes of my MBA journey and sharing what it's really like to build a business from the ground up. Over the past few weeks, I've completed the Pivot Accelerator, conducted customer discovery interviews, refined my ideas, and made my very first sale. Surprisingly, the biggest lesson wasn't about making money—it was about listening. In this episode, I share: What I learned from more than a dozen customer discovery calls Why I completely changed my approach after
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