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Every episode of The Hard Launch Podcast with Crystal Angelee offers wisdom from women entrepreneurs who have lived it and are ready to share with humor and heart, always grounded in practical optimism. Get ready for actionable strategies that brilliant women actually used to grow their business on their own terms.

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Anayo Awuzie on Centering Black Women Storytellers, Reframing Failure, and Betting on Physical Media

Anayo founded Carefree Magazine after working in media and realizing how rarely Black women's first-person narratives were being treated with the respect we deserve. In this episode, shares the steep sacrifices of self-funding a growing media company, how reframing failure has helped her unlock a deeply fulfilling life, the perils of letting "golden handcuffs" define your identity, and how to get clear on a purpose-led life instead.

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