Sydney got triple-called. Three calls in under sixty seconds, from the same number, from a salesperson. She posted about it on LinkedIn. The comments showed up and chose chaos.

Four distinct factions emerged: people who are also horrified, salespeople defending the triple call as legitimate, salespeople doing it because someone made it a KPI, and people insisting Sydney should just pick up the phone. One commenter — a jewelry industry professional, apparently — threatened to call all of her top-of-funnel. As a warning. To Sydney. Who works in sales.

Also this episode:

• James Leedom joined us with one hour’s notice from the Adobe office on his vacation

• We put him on trial for the inaugural installment of Is He Trash?

• The free spirit man and who is quietly underwriting his lifestyle

• A compostable cup lid saga that explains every Salesforce sync error you’ve ever suffered

The verdict on James is in. It involves garnish.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

— Lauren & Sydney

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The annual EMMIE consultant retreat was supposed to be Playa del Carmen. Then a cartel leader was murdered, the US Embassy issued a travel warning, and Lauren had 72 hours to pivot the whole trip — including someone flying in from Lisbon — to Orlando.

The Airbnb in Mexico couldn’t issue a refund.

They ended up at Medieval Times.

Everyone ate roast chicken with their hands. Lauren is never going back.

Also in this episode: new travel crimes (cuticles on a plane floor, a 30oz cold brew misogynist in first class), EMMIE’s first male hire Ethan and the Miroboard incident, Leslie Douglas joining the sales team via a fake blind date interview, 50 Slackies awards pulled from a year of Slack messages, and a three-way tie for Most Flirtatious with the Marketo Product Roadmap.

Timestamps:

• 00:00:01 — Intro: the retreat recap

• 00:00:54 — Travel crimes: new and returning

• 00:02:30 — Sydney’s first class seatmate: 30oz cold brew, four bathroom trips, one slur

• 00:07:55 — The cartel cancels Mexico

• 00:11:00 — The Orlando pivot and the stress of making the call

• 00:14:18 — Introducing Ethan

• 00:21:40 — Ethan’s vocabulary: leakage, connective tissue, meat space

• 00:24:38 — The Big Deck Energy origin story and the Miro board

• 00:28:28 — Leslie Douglas joins after a non-interview

• 00:32:20 — NFC keychains and the Slackies

• 00:34:37 — Medieval Times: the chicken, the horses, the verdict

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Turns out the thing AI can’t do is blow dry your hair. Or hold your popcorn at a Cavs game. The robots have officially started posting job listings for humans — they’re calling us the “meatspace” — and Lauren and Sydney have opinions.

This episode is their seasonal take on AI: what it actually looks like to build something useful with it (Sydney built three agents, including one that reads Fathom call transcripts and drafts sales follow-up emails without being asked), why buying a composable AI tech stack is basically cutting the cable cord and ending up with more streaming subscriptions than you started with, and why you absolutely cannot give admin access to someone just because they look like they can hold their popcorn.

Also: the cloud vs. on-prem history lesson nobody asked for but everybody needed, a platform called Rental Human where AI agents are the ones posting bounties, and the argument that “return to office” should be rebranded “return to on-prem.”

Also this episode:

• The word “digital transformation” once meant nothing to Sydney and she just
faked it until it made sense — sound familiar?

• Sydney’s three-agent build: what each one does, what it replaced, and the one
job it definitely did not replace

• Composable AI tech stacks explained via cutting the cable cord, and why you’re
going to end up paying more than cable

• The AI pervert problem: what to do if you have one on your team, and why you
cannot fire them

• A platform where AI posts bounties for humans to complete — and yes, they
called us the “meatspace”

• A Vegas dream involving a limo, a forehead injury, and a roommate who was “at
pancake breakfast, don’t worry about me.”

• What dropping popcorn all over a Cleveland Cavaliers team shop taught Lauren
about admin access

Timestamps
00:00:01 — Welcome to Pretty Funny Business / seasonal AI take begins
00:01:00 — Cloud vs. on-prem: the origin story, and why “return to office” should be “return to on-prem”
00:04:05 — Sydney’s introduction to “digital transformation” and the art of pretending to understand it
00:09:02 — AI is just the new digital transformation, and what marketing ops needs to
do about it
00:11:55 — Lauren’s three agents: the build, the workflow, and the job it did (and didn’t)
replace
00:18:30 — The Rube Goldberg AI workflow problem and the marble run that’s actually
a failure
00:20:47 — Composable AI tech stacks: Lego pieces, cable cord cutting, and the
streaming subscription trap
00:28:14 — The AI pervert on your team: identify, protect, document, do not fire
00:30:18 — Rental Human: the platform where AI agents are posting bounties for
humans
00:32:01 — “Meat space”: what the robots are calling us and why
00:35:34 — Dream segment: eight days in Vegas, a limo, a forehead, and pancake
breakfast
00:37:45 — B2B marketing lesson: the Cavs game, the popcorn, and admin access
00:41:50 — Outro / bounty hunter applications open

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We Made LinkedIn Lunatics.

Sydney’s very innocent, very informative LinkedIn post about the correct order of operations when wearing a bodysuit, tights, a skort, AND underwear has been screenshotted and posted to the LinkedIn Lunatics subreddit. And we’re not over it.

In this episode of Pretty Funny Business, we process the grief cycle, read through the comment section (shoutout to the supportive men), and then dive deep into our LinkedIn Lunatics mailbag — including a man who believes women’s peak state is holding a baby, a take on 25-year-olds going to Thailand, and someone who may or may not look like Bad Bunny.

Also: lavalier microphones (controversial), vibe coding at the gym (weirder), and how abdominal surgery + a migraine + an eye patch accidentally became a B2B marketing lesson.

If you work in B2B, spend any time on LinkedIn, or have ever worn more than two clothing layers at once — subscribe. You belong here.

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:18 Thought leaders vs. loss leaders vs. lunatics
5:25 Sydney’s post goes viral on LinkedIn Lunatics
8:35 The bodysuit/tights/skort order of operations explained
11:25 Reading the comment section
16:08 LinkedIn Lunatics mailbag begins
24:59 Lavalier mics, potion polls, cat in a toga
34:33 Vibe coding at the gym (a dream, allegedly)
36:19 The eye patch surgery B2B marketing lesson
41:38 Final thoughts + outro

Season four of Pretty Funny Business is here.

We spent the off-season at MOps-Apalooza, where we retired the tattoo booth (exclusive while it lasted, never happening again), installed a ball pit, lost a slide to a fire marshal named Dylan, stocked a hotel bathroom with miniature CVS toiletries, and somehow cast our mascot Lady Emerald Effington via a chance airport reunion in baggage claim.

It went well.

Also this episode: Lauren’s four-year-old daughter Ellie was personally selected for New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani’s press conference. She thought he made the snow. A staffer took the sign out of her hand. Her hand remained suspended in midair. And everything that happened next is an almost perfect lesson in B2B marketing contract response time, audience segmentation, and knowing when to let someone hold the sign.

There’s also a dream about a ball pit that we would like to be clear was just a dream.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Good luck out there. Season four, baby.

— Lauren & Sydney

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

3:06 Welcome to Season 4

6:13 MOps-Apalooza debrief: retiring the tattoo booth

8:40 The Lady Effington casting saga

13:30 What we actually pulled off

14:05 The pool party that wasn’t, the ball pit that was

20:50 Spill the Tea hotline + corporate confessions

26:16 The ball pit dream (it was a dream)

29:34 Ellie meets Mayor Zohran Mamdani

36:08 What this taught us about B2B marketing

38:35 In conclusion

This one’s for paid subscribers only, because the free internet is not emotionally prepared for this level of professionalism.

You’re welcome,

Lauren

P.S. if you haven’t listened to the episode yet, please reflect and watch/listen HERE.

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Welcome to the final episode of Season 3 of Pretty Funny Business! 👏 Today’s topic? Professionalism.

What is it? Who decides what counts? And why did we all buy day-to-night outfits in 2012 even though we were going absolutely nowhere at night?

We break down:

• Why “professionalism” is mostly made-up

• Zoom etiquette we all pretend to follow (camera on? makeup? …internet?)

• The remote-work dress code nobody asked for

• Day-to-night fashion and the lies magazines told us

• Makeup expectations, gender double-standards & office culture

• Our most unprofessional moments with clients (in a cute way)

If you work from home, show up to Zoom in a hoodie, or have ever been judged for not wearing makeup, this one’s for you.

💻 Connect with us:

Lauren → laurenaquilino

Sydney → sydneymulligan

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🛠 Tools we swear by (affiliate links – we earn a small commission):

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Airtable to manage EVERYTHING: https://airtable.com/invite/r/NHkCkkSD

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Welcome to our 3rd annual 12 Days of Pretty Funny Holidays! 👏🏻

In today’s special holiday episode, we exchange 12 chaotic, heartfelt, and wildly unserious “gifts” inspired by the year we've just survived together. From Chick-fil-A nugget ice to golf meltdowns to protein-based baby formula to flight upgrades… this is our peak business-girlie holiday energy.

We talk:

• The tradition of our 12 Days gift exchange

• How we somehow made 16 full video podcast episodes this year

• Nugget ice discourse

• Golf, husbands, and the Real Reason men love “being outside”

• Our obsession with baby-formula-tier protein

• 2025 client wishlists

• And just nearly wrapping Season 3 with a whole lot of gratitude

📲 Connect with us:

Lauren → / laurenaquilino

Sydney → / sydneymulligan

🔗 Extra Links:

👗 Try Nuuly and get $30 off your first rental

Nuuly – Sydney’s Invite Link: https://share.nuuly.com/sydney9937

Nuuly – Lauren’s Invite Link: https://share.nuuly.com/lauren42247

🛠 Tools we swear by (affiliate links – we earn a small commission):

Fathom for meeting notes: https://fathom.video/?source=agencypa...

Airtable to manage workflows: https://airtable.com/invite/r/NHkCkkSD

Run your whole business like a pro with Google Workspace: https://workspace.google.com/landing/...

📧 Want to work with us? Find out more at https:https://www.emmieco.com/

Business travel sounds glamorous… until you’re a mom on a “staycation,” someone’s kid has strep, and the man next to you on the plane takes off his shoes like he’s at a spa.

In today’s episode of Pretty Funny Business, we’re unpacking the real rules of traveling for work — from mom guilt to Medallion status to the absolute travel crimes happening on airplanes.

We’re talking:

• Business travel as working moms

• The chaos of packing, childcare, and 45-minute “commutes”

• Plane etiquette red flags (FEET. FLOSSING. WHY.)

• Airplane punishments we think should be federal law

• Platinum Medallion status (and why this is the feminist win of the year)

• Why it’s always the white men in first class

• The travel schedule & routine behind PFB

If you’ve ever flown next to someone shoeless, clueless, or flossing mid-flight… this one’s for you. 😘

📲 Connect with us:

Lauren → / laurenaquilino

Sydney → / sydneymulligan

🔗 Extra Links:

👗 Try Nuuly and get $30 off your first rental

Nuuly – Sydney’s Invite Link: https://share.nuuly.com/sydney9937

Nuuly – Lauren’s Invite Link: https://share.nuuly.com/lauren42247

🛠 Tools we swear by (affiliate links – we earn a small commission):

Fathom for meeting notes: https://fathom.video/?source=agencypa...

Airtable to manage workflows: https://airtable.com/invite/r/NHkCkkSD

Run your whole business like a pro with Google Workspace: https://workspace.google.com/landing/...

📧 Want to work with us? Find out more at https:https://www.emmieco.com/

In this episode of Pretty Funny Business, we’re taking you behind the scenes of our very first LIVE podcast performed onstage at Marketing Ops Spring Fling in front of hundreds of unsuspecting B2B professionals.

We break down:

• How our “brilliant idea” of doing a LIVE podcast at a B2B conference actually happened

• Why we rehearsed more for this than anything in our entire careers

• The saga of transporting a giant flip chart across the country

• What we learned from hiring a comedian to help us write a script

If you’ve ever prepped for a conference talk, tried to be funny onstage, or attempted to riff without a plan… this one’s for you.

📲 Connect with us:

Lauren → / laurenaquilino

Sydney → / sydneymulligan

🔗 Extra Links:

👗 Try Nuuly and get $30 off your first rental

Nuuly – Sydney’s Invite Link: https://share.nuuly.com/sydney9937

Nuuly – Lauren’s Invite Link: https://share.nuuly.com/lauren42247

🛠 Tools we swear by (affiliate links – we earn a small commission):

Fathom for meeting notes:

https://fathom.video/?source=agencypa...

Airtable to manage workflows: https://airtable.com/invite/r/NHkCkkSD

Run your whole business like a pro with Google Workspace: https://workspace.google.com/landing/...

📧 Want to work with us? Find out more at https: https://www.emmieco.com/

Are you guilty of saying “let’s circle back,” “per my last email,” or “let’s take this offline”? 👀 In this episode of Pretty Funny Business, we’re calling ourselves and everyone else out for the ridiculous corporate jargon we can’t stop using...even when we swear we hate it.

From “CTL (Close The Loop)” to “flagging this for visibility”, we unpack why these phrases exist, what they really mean, and how they somehow became a weird form of corporate bonding.

In this episode:

The psychology behind office slang (and why it’s secretly team-building)

The worst offenders: “per my last email,” “circle back,” “let’s table that,” and more

A new round of “Buzzword Blitz”: aka, the ultimate jargon showdown

💼 Whether you’re crafting (sorry, making) an email or aligning internally, this one’s for you.

👇 Comment below: What’s your most hated piece of corporate jargon?

📲 Connect with us:

Lauren → / laurenaquilino

Sydney → / sydneymulligan

🔗 Extra Links:

👗 Try Nuuly and get $30 off your first rental

Nuuly – Sydney’s Invite Link: https://share.nuuly.com/sydney9937

Nuuly – Lauren’s Invite Link: https://share.nuuly.com/lauren42247

🛠 Tools we swear by (affiliate links – we earn a small commission):

Fathom for meeting notes: https://fathom.video/?source=agencypa...

Airtable to manage workflows: https://airtable.com/invite/r/NHkCkkSD

Run your whole business like a pro with Google Workspace: https://workspace.google.com/landing/...

📧 Want to work with us? Find out more at https: https://www.emmieco.com/

• Spirit Squad enters the chat: former high school cheerleader energy meets haunted-house marketing ops

• “Quick Halloween riff?” = 90-minute meeting with a fog machine

• The sacred boundary: no 4 p.m. Friday meetings (fix those calendar settings or seek help)

• Open rates = jail. Haunted jail.

• Why SSO now stands for Seventy-Eight-Factor Authenticat…

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Ever wondered how small businesses grow without following the “traditional” hiring rules? In this episode of Pretty Funny Business, we dive deep into the terrifying—but ultimately rewarding—process of hiring for the first time. From manifesting the right team to navigating sales growth and onboarding virtual assistants, learn how we scaled our business while staying true to our unique culture.

We’re Talking:

• The fear of hiring for the first time

• How we used fractional support to fill gaps

• Backwards hiring: finding the right people first

• Managing freelancers and growing your team

• Lessons from red flags in hiring

• Creating a team that fits your company culture

🔗 Mentioned in this Episode:

Outsourced Doers (Virtual Assistant support)

https://go.doneverse.com/refer-a-frie...

📲 Connect with us:

Lauren → / laurenaquilino

Sydney → / sydneymulligan

🔗 Extra Links:

👗 Try Nuuly and get $30 off your first rental

Nuuly – Sydney’s Invite Link: https://share.nuuly.com/sydney9937

Nuuly – Lauren’s Invite Link: https://share.nuuly.com/lauren42247

🛠 Tools we swear by (affiliate links – we earn a small commission):

Fathom for meeting notes: https://fathom.video/?source=agencypa...

Airtable to manage workflows: https://airtable.com/invite/r/NHkCkkSD

Run your whole business like a pro with Google Workspace: https://workspace.google.com/landing/...

📧 Want to work with us? Find out more at https://www.emmieco.com/

What happens when your brain just… doesn’t do things the “normal” way? In this episode, Sydney and Lauren open up about their ADHD diagnoses, how that’s shaped their work lives, and all the strange, funny, and frustrating ways neurodivergence shows up day-to-day.

In this episode, they break down what it’s really like to navigate office systems, endless meetings, and brain chaos when your neurodivergent mind doesn’t quite fit the corporate mold.

We’re talking:

• The many (mis)diagnoses before landing on ADHD

• Why medication feels like discovering a cheat code

• Rejection sensitivity dysphoria (aka why one email can ruin your week)

• Demand avoidance, face blindness, and other quirks people don’t talk about enough

• Surviving corporate life while neurodivergent

This isn’t medical advice, just real experiences, some laughs, and maybe a little validation if you’ve ever thought “wow, my brain makes no sense.” Spoiler: you’re not alone.

Connect with us:

Lauren → / laurenaquilino

Sydney → / sydneymulligan

👗 Try Nuuly and get $30 off your first rental

Nuuly – Sydney’s Invite Link: https://share.nuuly.com/sydney9937

Nuuly – Lauren’s Invite Link: https://share.nuuly.com/lauren42247

🛠 Tools we swear by (affiliate links – we earn a small commission):

Fathom for meeting notes: https://fathom.video/?source=agencypa...

Airtable to manage workflows: https://airtable.com/invite/r/NHkCkkSD

Run your whole business like a pro with Google Workspace: https://workspace.google.com/landing/...

📧 Want to work with us? Find out more at https://www.emmieco.com/

You’ve sat through a meeting that could’ve been an email… and wondered why it felt so painfully unnecessary. Yeah. That’s this episode.

We’re talking corporate rituals, long daily standups, and the weird, quasi-religious energy of your typical office gathering. If you’ve ever wondered whether your calendar is a sacred text, this one’s for you.

In this episode, we:

✨ Debate whether corporate meetings are more like religion or a cult

✨ Share our worst “Groundhog Day” meeting stories (you know, the ones you live over and over)

✨ Explore the trauma of 90-minute standups that accomplish… nothing

✨ Recommend replacing meetings with Loom videos whenever possible

✨ Laugh at ourselves and our obsession with calendar boundaries

Basically, if your work life feels like an endless series of meetings that don’t accomplish anything, hit play.

Connect with us:

Lauren → / laurenaquilino

Sydney → / sydneymulligan

👗 Try Nuuly and get $30 off your first rental

Nuuly – Sydney’s Invite Link: https://share.nuuly.com/sydney9937

Nuuly – Lauren’s Invite Link: https://share.nuuly.com/lauren42247

🛠 Tools we swear by (affiliate links – we earn a small commission):

Fathom for meeting notes: https://fathom.video/?source=agencypa...

Airtable to manage workflows: https://airtable.com/invite/r/NHkCkkSD

Run your whole business like a pro with Google Workspace: https://workspace.google.com/landing/...

🔔 Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe!

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• Why “quick questions” are just 90-minute meetings in disguise

• How to survive new tools by saying “great idea, let’s revisit in 2028”

• Why crying counts as deep work (endorphins = productivity, science said so)

• The one golden rule of ops: never admit you can build a dashboard

• The art of making exactly one friend in IT (two is sus, don’t do it)

• …

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You know that moment when someone at a party (or, like, your mom) asks what you do for a living… and suddenly your job sounds fake? Yeah. That’s this episode.

We’re talking about how we explain our work in marketing ops to parents, kindergarten teachers, Sephora managers, and anyone else who didn’t accidentally fall into this career path with us. (Shoutout to our friends who listen even though they have zero idea what we’re saying. Love you, mean it.)

In this episode, we:

✨ Try to describe ops like we’re six years old (cartoons and kitchen tools included)

✨ Rapid-fire define acronyms that make normal humans’ brains melt (MQL, SLA, RevOps, all the hits)

✨ Bond over the trauma of being “the email person” forever

✨ Laugh at our own jokes (as always)

Basically, if your eyes glaze over every time someone says “system sync” but you still want to hang with us, this is your episode.

Drop your favorite made-up acronym in the comments, because clearly we don’t have enough already. 🙃

Connect with us:

Lauren → / laurenaquilino

Sydney → / sydneymulligan

👗 Try Nuuly and get $30 off your first rental

Nuuly – Sydney’s Invite Link: https://share.nuuly.com/sydney9937

Nuuly – Lauren’s Invite Link: https://share.nuuly.com/lauren42247

🛠 Tools we swear by (affiliate links – we earn a small commission):

Fathom for meeting notes: https://fathom.video/?source=agencypa...

Airtable to manage workflows: https://airtable.com/invite/r/NHkCkkSD

Run your whole business like a pro with Google Workspace: https://workspace.google.com/landing/...

🔔 Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe!

📧 Want to work with us? Find out more at https://www.emmieco.com/

Sales and marketing— they’re supposed to be on the same team, but too often it feels like they’re speaking entirely different languages. In this episode of Pretty Funny Business, Lauren and Sydney break down the real reasons alignment is so tricky, why SLAs actually matter, and how to make the relationship work (without the drama).

In This Episode:

• Why marketing ops may be better positioned to lead RevOps

• How “fair fighting rules” from couples therapy can improve team alignment

• The role of trust in achieving shared sales and marketing goals

• What SLAs really mean (and how to actually stick to them)

Connect with us:

Lauren → / laurenaquilino

Sydney → / sydneymulligan

👗 Try Nuuly and get $30 off your first rental

Nuuly – Sydney’s Invite Link: https://share.nuuly.com/sydney9937

Nuuly – Lauren’s Invite Link: https://share.nuuly.com/lauren42247

🛠 Tools we swear by (affiliate links – we earn a small commission):

Fathom for meeting notes: https://fathom.video/?source=agencypa...

Airtable to manage workflows: https://airtable.com/invite/r/NHkCkkSD

Run your whole business like a pro with Google Workspace: https://workspace.google.com/landing/...

🔔 Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe!

📧 Want to work with us? Find out more at https://www.emmieco.com/

Let’s talk about the fine art of boundaries and why you should start saying “No” more often.

Lauren and Sydney unpack:

• Why “team player” is a red flag

• The time an appendix didn’t survive cause sis was trying not to be “inconvenient”

• How to respond to unhealthy requests

• Overcoming your people-pleasing tendencies for a better work-life balance

So take a break (a real one), decline the 7:30am meeting, and listen as we teach you the power of “No”.

👀 Subscribe for new episodes featuring candid convos, wild work stories, and hot takes on corporate nonsense.

📍 Timestamps

00:00 Decline Counteroffers When Quitting

03:14 Refusing Former Boss's Request

08:56 Regretting a Work-Related Trip

11:47 EMMIE Collective: Real Marketing Solutions

14:34 GDPR Compliance: User Consent Challenge

19:01 Day Worker, Night Messages

21:45 Managing Work-Life Boundaries

24:24 Unrealistic Graduate Salary Expectations

27:30 Managing Up vs. Quitting

29:15 "Bandwidth-Triggered Avoidance Advice"

35:10 "No Capacity for Party Planning"

36:33 Unexpected Work Prioritization Dilemma

39:29 Boundary Setting: Overcoming People Pleasing

Connect with us:

Lauren → / laurenaquilino

Sydney → / sydneymulligan

👗 Try Nuuly and get $30 off your first rental

Nuuly – Sydney’s Invite Link: https://share.nuuly.com/sydney9937

Nuuly – Lauren’s Invite Link: https://share.nuuly.com/lauren42247

🛠 Tools we swear by (affiliate links – we earn a small commission):

Fathom for meeting notes: https://fathom.partnerlinks.io/dpta8s...

Airtable to manage workflows: https://airtable.com/invite/r/NHkCkkSD

Run your whole business like a pro with Google Workspace: https://referworkspace.app.goo.gl/qEow

🔔 Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe!

📧 Want to work with us? Find out more at https://www.emmieco.com/

We’re back and on a mission to cancel the rocket ship emoji. In this episode, Lauren Aquilino and Sydney Mulligan dive into their love/hate relationship with ChatGPT.

We’re talking:

The AI tool we named after a sales bro (hi Will)

Prompting for a helping hand not a full takeover

Why your AI content is a hard pass

The mistakes we’ve made with prompting (like way too much evaporated milk)

Start blasting Reputation and join us in our Villain Era.

👀 Subscribe for new episodes featuring candid convos, wild work stories, and hot takes on corporate nonsense.

📍 Timestamps

00:00 AI: A Revolutionary Business Tool

03:52 Custom GPT Named After Will Aitken

08:19 Team of Consultants and AI SDR

12:10 AI Mimics LinkedIn Voice Effectively

14:13 Recording Glitch Ruins Creative Ideas

18:21 Rocket Emoji LinkedIn Trend

21:06 "Streamlining Meetings with ChatGPT"

23:36 "Grading: Sentence and Word Length"

26:55 Emergence of New Email Tools

Connect with us:

Lauren → / laurenaquilino

Sydney → / sydneymulligan

👗 Try Nuuly and get $30 off your first rental

Nuuly – Sydney’s Invite Link: https://share.nuuly.com/sydney9937

Nuuly – Lauren’s Invite Link: https://share.nuuly.com/lauren42247

🛠 Tools we swear by (affiliate links – we earn a small commission):

Fathom for meeting notes: https://fathom.partnerlinks.io/dpta8s...

Airtable to manage workflows: https://airtable.com/invite/r/NHkCkkSD

Run your whole business like a pro with Google Workspace: https://referworkspace.app.goo.gl/qEow

🔔 Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe!

📧 Want to work with us? Find out more at https://www.emmieco.com/