Natalie Ellis: How To Build A Business That Gives You The Life You Want

Natalie Ellis built Bossbabe into a movement that reached millions. From the outside, she'd made it. Then one day, she sat on a Zoom call and said five words she'd never planned, "I quit. Buy me out."

In this episode, Natalie shares why financial freedom never felt like enough, how growing up in chaos activated her nervous system, and how she had to rewire that to build differently. Jun and Natalie also get into the messiness of being a founder, hitting rock bottom and navigating uncertainty, and rebuilding Bossbabe brick by brick until it made $2.2M in the 12 weeks Natalie was offline. Don’t worry, she breaks down how she got there too.

Whether you’re a founder or someone trying to build something and don’t know where to start, don’t miss this episode.

Chapters:

• 01:39 How her definition of freedom changed
• 04:22 External success vs. internal chaos
• 07:42 Why she hid the struggle
• 12:31 How Bossbabe started as a membership
• 16:32 Retention, churn & thinking in CAC/LTV
• 20:15 The green card saga that wiped out her savings
• 25:35 Buying out her partner & burning it all down
• 28:06 "Saying no is a deeper yes"
• 33:45 Growing up in chaos & rewiring her nervous system
• 42:46 Becoming her family's breadwinner & money-mindset
• 55:58 What a freedom-based business really is
• 1:05:58 How she uses AI (and what she won't give it)
• 1:11:33 What she'd tell her daughter not to do

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