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Side Hustle Pro

Nicaila Matthews Okome | Side Hustle Pro Media

483 episodes

5 days ago

Side Hustle Pro spotlights bold black women entrepreneurs who have scaled from side hustle to profitable business. Join Chief Side Hustler turned full-time entrepreneur Nicaila Matthews Okome for your weekly installment of Side Hustle Pro and learn actionable strategies to start small and get going–wherever and whoever you are. Side Hustle Pro features interviews with inspiring Black women entrepreneurs who started out as side hustlers, including interviews with Myleik Teele, Morgan DeBaun, Tiffany "The Budgetnista" Aliche, and more!

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466: From Actuary to Podcaster: How Marina Batliwalla Launched a Financial Literacy Show for Women and Girls

Side Hustle Pro

50 minutes 19 seconds

3 weeks ago

466: From Actuary to Podcaster: How Marina Batliwalla Launched a Financial Literacy Show for Women and Girls

This week in the guest chair, we’re spotlighting Marina Batliwalla, financial professional and host of the Banking on Girls podcast. Born in India, raised in Australia, and now based in LA, Marina joined Podcast Moguls to launch a show centered around financial literacy for women and girls—and she’s done just that, all while working full-time.

Marina shares how she overcame mindset hurdles to get started, leveraged her platform to speak at the United Nations, and is now piloting financial education workshops for mothers and daughters.

In this episode, she shares:

How she found her voice and confidence through Podcast Moguls
Why financial literacy needs to start before the age of 7
The early media skills she brought from her radio days in Sydney
How her show opened doors to speak at global institutions
Why she’s now looking at B2B opportunities for her educational workshops

Highlights Include:

00:00 Intro
02:25 From actuary to advocate: Marina’s global journey
05:20 How a Girl Scout badge sparked her podcast vision
12:30 Naming her podcast Banking on Girls and protecting the brand
15:00 Defining her perfect listener: mothers raising daughters
22:00 Workshop pilot programs and future monetization strategies
31:00 Leveraging her podcast to attend the United Nations
40:00 How Marina got over her fear of marketing

Check out episode 465 of Side Hustle Pro podcast out now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube

Links mentioned in this episode

Banking on Girls Podcast – https://www.bankingongirls.com
United Nations Commission on the Status of Women – https://www.unwomen.org/en/csw
Cherie Blair Foundation for Women – https://cherieblairfoundation.org
Girl Scouts’ Personal Management Badge Info – https://www.girlscouts.org
Stock Market Game – https://www.stockmarketgame.org

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