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"I Was Unemployable": Lauren McKenzie on Getting Fired, Burnout, and Building Ren Creative

Is your business logo hurting you? Lauren McKenzie, the founder of Ren Creativ, joins us to discuss why she saves startups from "cookie-cutter" branding and why she refuses to let businesses just "put a mountain on it".

Lauren shares her journey from being a "starving artist" with a darkroom in high school to becoming a powerhouse entrepreneur. She opens up about the dark side of hustle culture, revealing the moment her therapist told her to slow down before she made herself physically sick.

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The Origin: Getting fired from corporate jobs and realizing she was meant to be her own…

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