"It's like a bunch of women playing money musical chairs, and we're just hoping that at the end when the music turns off, we're holding more cash." OOP. Okkkayyyy Kaili of Reveal Studio Co! Any guesses what this quote is in reference to?! 👀

If you guessed the manifestation/coaching space, and it's glaring overlap with the manosphere, congrats! You're right!

The seven-figure launches, the penthouse, the Birkin, the Range Rover... both worlds center material wealth, extraction, and domination, but never stop to ask what is this all FOR? What life is even being LIVED?

Can we actually build "ethical" businesses and create wealth without exploiting people and losing ourselves (and minds) in the process?

We talk about:

• How the manifestation world and the manosphere are literally the same playbook with different packaging...
• How "objection handling" became code for "don't let them off the phone until they pay with their credit card" and how this icky tactic became mainstream
• The COVID catalyst: how lockdown created the perfect storm for the manifestation boom, and what the halo effect replaced
• How human connection is becoming the real luxury in the age of AI (and why 100 pieces of content a day might be the most depressing goalpost yet)
• Why your "dream life" probably costs a fraction of what you think it does — and the case for financial transparency, redistribution, and actually living life instead of filming it

What if the goalpost stopped moving? What if we knew what ENOUGH was? Those are the rabbit holes we fall down today. Come join. 🐇

Connect with Kaili:

• Instagram
• Website
• This Is How You Sell: The Textbook

Connect with Chelsea:

• Audacity Waitlist - the pitching and visibility program for creative business owners
• Ultimate Pitch Kits - only 8 left the rest of the year!
• SUPERNOVA waitlist
• Website
• Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes, zeitgeist synthesis and more
• Instagram
• Threads

Help run NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE.

If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up!

Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email team@chelseariffe.com to discuss partnership packages!

"The gap between who you are and where you want to be is in your saves folder" was not the philosophical quote I was expecting to ponder over this year, but Karo Michalczewska, co-founder of Albo app, planted it in my brain and it hasn't left since.

We save save save — healthy chicken recipes, blunt bob cuts, street style outfits —but never revisit these saves, and end up mindlessly scrolling ourselves into a blackhole, eyes glazed over, searching for our next dopamine spike to jolt us back into action. Yet the moment we actually have free time, we forget everything we wanted to do and end up right back on the feed...

Why is this?! How did "I'll come back to it later" become the greatest lie of our digital lives? The Albo app is here to finally get you out of your saves folder and into the world, taking action on all those recipes, destinations, outfits, and more.

Can the internet actually be a force for good if you have the right tools to act on it?

We talk about:

• What Albo is and why it sounds like the "baby" of Pinterest & Notion
• why fundraising is like dating — and how not to lose your vision when investors come knocking
• the accidental birth of "Weird Girl" content and how it turned a personal brand into an app's biggest growth engine
• how human effort is becoming the new currency in the age of AI (and the genius "time spent" on list building that proves it)
• why your saves are literally a window into your ideal self — and how Albo helps you finally close the gap between saving and doing

What if what you saves folder actually became your life? That's the world Karo and Albo is building.

Download Albo right HERE to stop mindlessly saving and experiencing the world exactly as you imagine.

Connect with Karo & Albo:

• Karo Instagram
• Albo Instagram

Connect with Chelsea:

• 🌊 Audacity Waitlist - the pitching and visibility program for creative business owners
• 🪄 Ultimate Pitch Kits - only 8 left the rest of the year!
• ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist
• 💻 Website
• 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes, zeitgeist synthesis and more
• 📱 Instagram
• 🧵 Threads

Help run NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE.

If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up!

Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email team@chelseariffe.com to discuss partnership packages!

We'll spend thousands on business coaching without batting an eyelash, but the moment a friend asks us to join her big birthday party over a weekend, "we have to check the budget"...

We fly across oceans for conferences, but hesitate when it comes to weddings, celebrations, or any other friendship focused event...

Why is this? How did "friendship is inconvenient" become such a tagline this year? You know what's ACTUALLY inconvenient? Working to live! It's INSANE.

This whole mindset of moving mountains for our business, but not our friends, is the reason loneliness is on the rise, isolation is more prevalent than ever, and why we keep joining Circle memberships instead of making plans IRL.

How did we get here? And how can we turn this narrative around?

It's something Edila Smith, the mastermind behind The Link-Up, is hellbent on changing, one gathering at a time.

Edila and I BOTH believe friendship is truly the connective tissue of our society, and how we'll get through this capitalist hellscape together.

We talk about:

• how to make plans even when you're exhausted (and investigating why we're so exhausted in the first place...)
• why getting groceries together "counts" and why we need to stop trying to be the most high energy friend every day
• how to be more community-minded vs. business-minded
• cool ways to center friendship and connection (including ideas for a Friendship Fund!)
• Edila's genius creation - The Link-Up - and why she believes gathering IRL is the lifeline we've all been looking for

What if friendship came first, and business second? That's the world we want to live in.

🌴 Come join us at The Link-Up in Baja, Mexico Nov 1st - 5th! 🇲🇽

⛵️ THE LINK-UP DEETS:

• 5 days/4 nights in a stunning boutique villa nestled between palm trees and the ocean
• A short distance from the ocean and minutes from Todos Santos
• Curated to support (re) connection, frienship-making and having big fun
• Equal parts "let's go for a swim" and "I didn't know I needed this conversation until now"
• Long table dinners with candles melting down and glasses clinking
• Afternoons by the pool with a DJ setting the perfect vibe
• Nourished with farm-to-table meals prepared by our private chef
• Built around full body aliveness and presence
• Made for the ones who want to step through a portal and leave their bags at the door

The Link-Up is where you'll experience a renewed desire to L I V E your life, not just exist inside it. Apply right here, and mention my name in the app!

Connect with Chelsea:

• 🌊 Audacity Waitlist - the pitching and visibility immersion for creative business owners
• 🪄 Ultimate Pitch Kit waitlist
• ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist
• 💻 Website
• 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes, zeitgeist synthesis and more
• 📱 Instagram
• 🧵 Threads

Help run NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE.

If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up!

Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email team@chelseariffe.com to discuss partnership packages!