Ibiyemi Balogun

Entrepreneurship Unfiltered

Business EN ↓ 6 episodes

Entrepreneurship Unfiltered is a podcast about the messy realities of building a business that we don’t see on perfectly curated LinkedIn & IG pages. Hosted by Ibiyemi, a serial entrepreneur, writer and business coach, this series explores the unedited, unpolished side of entrepreneurship - money mistakes, never-ending uncertainty, financial pressure, hiring regrets, mental health, and the emotional rollercoaster of figuring things out in real time. It’s a space for honest conversations about what it actually takes to build something, especially when it doesn’t go as planned.

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Ibiyemi Balogun

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EPISODE 6: Mental Health in Entrepreneurship: The Part Nobody Posts About 03.06.2026 39:51

You've seen the meme. Someone is having a full mental breakdown and then an order comes in and they just... pull it together and keep going. This episode is about that. And everything underneath it. Ibiyemi gets deeply personal about navigating anxiety, depression, ADHD and PCOS as an entrepreneur and what it actually looks like to run a business when your mental health is in the mix. She talk...

EPISODE 5: My Finances Were a Mess: Or At Least It Felt That Way 20.05.2026 35:41

Everyone talks about financial strategy. Nobody talks about financial anxiety. The kind that has nothing to do with the numbers and everything to do with your mindset around money. In this episode Ibiyemi gets uncomfortably honest about what happened to her finances when she became an entrepreneur. From someone who did all the right things, the emergency fund, the tithing, the investing, to someon...

EPISODE 4: To Dance on the Internet or Not: The Truth About Putting Yourself Out There 07.05.2026 31:15

To post or not to post. To dance on the internet or not. If you've ever felt like content creation is a full time psychological battle, this episode is going to feel very familiar. Ibiyemi gets real about her biggest frustrations with marketing as a business owner, the algorithm that seems to punish consistency, the vanity metrics that feed your ego but not your bank account and the exhausting...

EPISODE 3: Hiring Regrets (Because Wow…): The Cost of Ignoring Your Instincts 21.04.2026 21:39

Nobody warns you that hiring mistakes feel personal. They don't just cost you money, they shake your confidence and make you question your judgment as a leader. In this episode Ibiyemi gets honest about the hiring decisions she regrets, the red flags she saw and ignored anyway, and the real cost of keeping someone on longer than she should have. And then there's the dilemma: a team member...

EPISODE 2: Let's Talk About Money I Wish I Didn't Spend 07.04.2026 26:29

Nobody talks about the embarrassing side of entrepreneurship and this episode goes there. Ibiyemi gets vulnerable about the money mistakes that didn't just hurt her bank account but messed with her confidence too. From a $10K program she bought at her lowest point hoping it would change everything, to the Brainz Magazine opportunity that sounded prestigious and delivered nothing, to a friend w...

Welcome to Entrepreneurship Unfiltered 23.03.2026 20:00

This is the episode where it all begins. In this first episode, Ibiyemi introduces herself, the podcast and the real reason she started it. From falling into entrepreneurship by accident, to navigating self doubt, imposter syndrome and the pressure of building something from scratch, this is the behind the scenes conversation that LinkedIn never shows you. If you've ever wondered whether you're cu...