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In Real Time with Millie

Business Podcast but not as you know. For the founders figuring out how to get through.

Podcast · By Millie Ettenfield · English · Official site

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Sep 14, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 14, 2026

    Building & Scaling a Business without Sacrificing its Soul with Cleo Massey (opens the original)

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    What if the smartest thing you could do for your business was stop chasing what looks successful and start listening to what genuinely feels right? In this episode of In Real Time with Millie, Millie sits down with actress, entrepreneur and Pass Around the Smile founder Cleo Massey for an honest conversation about building a business through authenticity, intuition and genuine human connection. Cleo shares how she moved beyond the identity and pressures of the acting industry, followed the unexp

  2. Episode · Sep 7, 2026

    No Business Plan, No Bank Account… Just a Bestselling Bag. With Alli & Heath from Sesa Studios (opens the original)

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    Alli and Heath didn’t have a website, a business plan or even a separate bank account. What they did have was a leather bag people couldn’t stop buying. In this episode of In Real Time with Millie, I sit down with the founders of Sesa Studios to unpack how an unexpected Christmas sell-out became a fast-growing Australian fashion brand. We get into the realities nobody glamorises: manufacturing delays, cash flow, setting launch dates before the stock exists, reinvesting every dollar, learning Met

  3. Episode · Aug 31, 2026

    Am I Burnt Out? A Very Honest Business Catch-Up (opens the original)

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    I’m back with a solo episode, queens, and we have a LOT to catch up on. I’m sharing the honest reality of building Kaarme through a season of huge growth, constant change and a little bit of founder burnout. We’re talking about protecting your creativity, putting the right people and systems in place, learning to delegate, and accepting that a business can be successful and still feel fucking hard. I’m also answering your questions about paid influencers, product launches that flop, comparison,

  4. Episode · Aug 24, 2026

    Stop Chasing Trends with Rachel Ussher (opens the original)

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    What’s the difference between using a trend strategically and simply copying what every other brand is doing? This week, Millie sits down with fashion trend, colour and design strategist Rachel Ussher for a raw, gin-fuelled chat about fashion, creativity and building a brand people can recognise without even seeing the label. With more than 20 years of experience across fashion design, brand ownership, Cotton On Group and trend strategy, Rachel knows how to cut through the noise and turn global

  5. Episode · Aug 17, 2026

    The Marketing Advice Founders Actually Need with Taren Anderson (opens the original)

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    Millie finally gets her longtime friend and unofficial marketing oracle, Taren Anderson, behind the mic. With more than a decade of experience marketing some of Australia’s biggest beauty brands, Taren is usually the woman behind the scenes helping brands grow, rebrand and figure out what the fuck they’re actually doing. Over a bottle of chilled red, they unpack what makes great marketing work, from balancing data with gut instinct to setting realistic revenue goals and creating a Black Friday s

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