Rich Lessons
The Rich Lessons Podcast, hosted by Sevetri and Sheena, cuts through the noise with rich insights and real conversations about business, life, and everything in between—offering hard truths, valuable lessons, and stories still being written.
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She Built a $800 Million Agency From Her Closet (opens the original)
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Carrita Cloud is the founder and CEO of Creativity Justified, the agency behind work for the NFL, Microsoft, Delta, Ochsner Health, the Saints and the Pelicans. Inc. named her to the 2025 Female Founders 500. Her team has managed over $800 million in advertising dollars.She started it in a closet. Seven months pregnant, just fired, insurance gone, cold calling and cold emailing people who mostly said no.We got into all of it — the systems she built when it was still just her, how she actually go
How to Hire When You Have No Money | Rich Lessons (opens the original)
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Everybody wants to tell you about scaling and Series A. Nobody sits down and says, "Here's what it actually costs to get one person helping you when you have almost nothing." So that's what this one is. Between the two of us, we've done it every way there is — freelancers, contractors, offshore, W-2, fractional, all of it. Some of it worked. Some of it cost us money we didn't have. We're giving you real numbers. Real mistakes. The rules we follow now because we learned them the hard way. Sheena
Why Strong Women Don't Take Breaks (And Why That's Killing Us) (opens the original)
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Dr. Alicia Reed is a pharmacist. She spent 20 years telling other people how to take care of their health. Then her husband died of a massive heart attack at 43, four days before Christmas — and she became a widow overnight at 40, with a four-year-old.Then the pandemic hit. She was on the frontline as a healthcare provider while her own blood pressure was dangerously out of control.It took her son asking "Mommy, are you going to die too?" for her to actually stop.We talked about all of it. Grief
RIP Dolly Parton, Gary Indiana's Power Crisis & the Surrogate Suing for Custody | Rich Takes (opens the original)
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Dolly Parton is gone, Gary, Indiana has been without power for weeks, and New York City is trying to fight rising grocery prices with city-run supermarkets. Meanwhile, a controversial surrogacy case has turned into a legal and cultural battle over parental rights, abortion, and who gets to make medical decisions for a child. Sheena Allen and Sevetri Wilson Taylor break down the biggest stories in business, culture, politics, and society—from Dolly Parton’s complicated legacy and the power grid c
Work-Life Balance Isn’t Real: The Truth About Money, Hustle & Entrepreneurship (opens the original)
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Is work-life balance a real concept, or is it something people say when they aren’t serious about their goals? In this episode of Rich Lessons , hosts Sheena Allen and Sevetri Wilson Taylor pull back the curtain on the reality of modern entrepreneurship, wealth, and scaling a business. Drawing from three stacks of unfiltered questions—Professional, Personal, and Rapid Fire—they break down the sacrifices, mindset shifts, and hard choices required to succeed at the highest level. Key Topics Includ
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