Show Notes
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In this episode, I sat down with Roxy Couse, the creator behind Millennial Manager, to talk about how she built a thriving personal brand while climbing the corporate ladder. Roxy spent almost 15 years in corporate, working her way up to senior director, before stepping away to run her content and consulting business full time.
We got into the real logistics of that transition, from going part time first, to navigating conflict of interest concerns at work, to eventually bringing on a management team once the opportunities became too much to handle alone. Roxy also opened up about paying off student loan debt with her side hustle income and the exact moment she realized her content could become a real business.
Roxy is now building SlowFi, a platform designed to help other corporate professionals build profitable personal brands with structure, community, and coaching.
Main Takeaways:
Consider going part time before fully leaving your job so you can test whether your side income is consistent before walking away completely. Protect your main income while building a passion project by staying discreet at work and avoiding brand partnerships that could create a conflict of interest. Bring on a management team or support staff once inbound opportunities outgrow what you can manage on your own, especially around contracts and negotiations. Personal brand building does not have to be high effort. Make content creation fit into the pockets of time you already have instead of forcing a rigid content calendar.
Highlights Include 1:01 - Roxy's 15 year corporate career and her shift into content creation 3:50 - What held Roxy back from starting to create content 6:36 - The origin story behind her Millennial Manager persona 8:09 - How Roxy navigated conflict of interest concerns while working full time 14:20 - Why she went part time before leaving corporate completely 19:51 - The moment she realized she needed a management team 25:26 - How her one on one consulting turned into building SlowFi 33:24 - Her timeline for launching SlowFi and the realities of bootstrapping as a Black founder 38:22 - Balancing motherhood with running her business 47:00 - Lightning round: resources, admiration, non-negotiables, and her advice for aspiring side hustlers
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