117: 8 Years & 8 Mistakes (So You Don’t Have to Repeat Them)

WOC and Allies: Business and Career Realtalk with Elaine Lou Cartas · Jul 14, 2025 · 26m · transcript

Today, I celebrate 8 years in business, and in true realtalk fashion, I’m keeping it REAL so you don’t have to repeat it.

In this episode I’m honest about:

Following copy-and-paste frameworks I didn’t believe in

Burning myself out where one day I slept at 9PM and woke up at 6PM the next day

Hose I use to joke, “I’m a broken Asian - I don’t understand numbers” (until a mentor called me in)

Thinking MORE is better (Spoiler alert: it’s not)

AND - there’s so much to celebrate:

I’m having the best year in business YTD both in revenue and profit margin (despite the chaos). It’s weird to feel both…