Pretty. Funny. Business.
Pretty Funny Business
After too much time spent on the phone laughing at ourselves, we thought maybe other people would laugh at us too.
Introducing « Pretty Funny Business », the playground brand we were forced to create in order to corral our founders’ nonsensical ideas and general tomfoolery. From the founders of, by not generally endorsed by, Emmie Collective.
You can expect off-the-cuff banter on feminism, funny business, and well.. not-so-funny business. Join us out of curiosity, stay for the hot takes and dad jokes.
“I like how you’re all just chit chatting over each other half the time - chaotic but entertaining!”
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Co-Host Lauren is a longstanding fan of The Popcast and thinks she is basically just as funny as they are. Lauren has been in Marketing and Revenue Ops for the better part of a decade and a half, with experience spanning from enterprise orgs to consulting. She is also a mom of 3 kooky kids in Cleveland, OH and a big fan of sour gummy worms and naps.
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Co-Host Sydney is surprisingly…not really a podcast listener. But despite her firm Millennial status, she has been a long time fan of talk radio (especially the Bob and Sheri show), and has always dreamed of having a radio show. Sydney has been in Marketing Ops for nearly her entire career starting with small start ups and spanning to consulting. She is a mom of 2 kids in NYC and loves baking and all things Taylor Swift (Taylor do you wanna make cookies sometime call me)
Check out a sample of some of our greatest hits below, then subscribe on your fave podcasting platform to see all of our episodes!
WHERE SHOULD I START?
2.02. How the Turn Tables: Sydney and Lauren Interview Each Other
We flip the script on ourselves and answer all the questions we tortured our guests with in Season 1. It's definitely too unhinged for an AI summary, so you'll have to buckle up for the ride through our early careers, business travel (mis)adventures, vitamin D deficiencies and Travis Kelce hot takes.
Behind the Scenes: Pretty Funny Business Recaps Season 1
IT'S A CLIPS EPISODE PEOPLE! Thanks to the help of the incomparable Courtney McAra, a top fan and VIPV, we managed to assemble a highlight reel of what is, in our opinion, the prettiest, funniest, and businessiest moments of season 1. It's the hardest we've ever made our poor editor work (we love you Tim!!!) so hope you enjoy.
1.20. It’s Just the PLG in Me ft. Dave Rigotti of Inflection.io
Dave Rigotti, CEO and Founder of Inflection.io, a new-ish Product-Led Growth (PLG) platform, joins the gals for a little fun recounting some Bizible tea, what it’s like to be a dad of twins (plus a dog), and B2B2C2H2H marketing. Don’t miss it! See you soon.
1.19. Reporting from the MOthership ft. James Leedom of Adobe Marketo
Join a top contender for favorite member of the Marketo Mothership, James Leedom, Customer Technical Advisor at Adobe. We cover a wider range of topics than ever before, from tech support processes, acquisitions to insurrections, male friendships to booze cruises, and what a five panel hat is. And you don’t want to miss hearing how he facilitated the greatest client call of Sydney's life.
1.16. Work, Excavate, Eat Falafel, Repeat ft. Justin Norris | Working Dads Series Episode 4
Justin Norris of 360Learning joins Lauren Aquilino and Sydney Mulligan to discuss the pros and cons of marketing operations consulting vs client-side, what it's like to work remote in the Canadian countryside and what he was doing during THAT Marketo Summit party.
1.14. Things You Should Not Hire Us For
Sydney Mulligan and Lauren Aquilino share a non-exhaustive rundown of non-marketing operations related things they are terrible at. To combat imposter syndrome, they add in a few Marketo and Hubspot things they are actually pretty good at, too. Cheers to toxic positivity!
1.13. What is it that you do exactly? ft. Mike Rizzo of MarketingOps.com
The man, the myth, the legend.... Mike Rizzo of MarketingOps.com! Join Sydney Mulligan and Lauren Aquilino as they discover how Mike first got into Marketing Operations, HubSpot, and community building. Then, hold on tightly while they move REAL quickly into some Dick's Sporting Goods lore which sends Lauren into a fit of laughter from which she cannot recover. Sydney goes on to share her love of working retail as well.
You'll also here other nonsensical things like: an infinite loop workflow for babies, what's in the the 7 sealed boxes behind Mike's desk, the custom license plate his wife won't let him have, why he will likely have to take out additional insurance for MOps-Apalooza. (Spoiler alert: it's me, hi, I'm the problem it's me.)
1.07. PFB Urban Dictionary 1.0 | The Worst Words in Marketing
Join the gals of Pretty Funny Business as they explain words from their lexicon that may leave you scratching your head. Find out more about the NSFW term for being obsessed with something, the worst part of working for a typical agency, and how admin work makes us laugh and spend some extra QT together. Then, we shout out one of our favorite content creators on LinkedIn alongside some spicy comments made on her recent post. In a these unprecedented times, you know you can count on always regretting listening to this podcast!
1.06. Pretty Funny Business Trip | NYC fka Little Tiny Wieners
In this episode, Lauren lays down her predictions for 2023 while Sydney reacts in real-time. Then, the two hosts recap a business planning trip to NYC gone awry due to bubbles on bubbles.
1.03. Where’s the scarf, Jake!?
Join us for the very first ever MOPs Dream Team Snake Draft! Kimi Corrigan, VP of Marketing Operations and Strategy at Expel, joins the crew for a little TL;DR recap of her recent MOPsCON Keynote presentation. You'll learn the makings of the perfect MOPs organization and each position needed to create the perfect MOPs team. Listen on as the gals take broad liberties to staff their very own fictional MOPs Dream Teams. You'll find out who from IRL makes the cut, which version of Taylor Swift is the superior expert when it comes to omnichannel marketing, and WHY Sydney went from supporting all of our picks to calling one a little bxtch within the span of just a few minutes.
1.02. YouR nEtwOrk iS YouR nET WoRTh
It's episode TWO and that's an accomplishment in and of itself! Listen in as we declare a new name for people who fill out forms, recount the most awkward networking moment of all time, and discuss the people who helped us early in our Marketing Operations careers. We also touch on the difference in the feeding patterns of alligators and crocodiles, the vibey time Lauren called Sydney at 6 am from Palm Springs, and a couple of LinkedIn posts that made us reconsider our places in this universe. You don't want to miss it, and well, if you do, that's on you.
1.01. Accidental Influencer
Join us as we stumble through our v first podcast episode and discuss what Pretty Funny Business even means, why quiet quitting is dumb, and where Sheryl Sandberg got it wrong. Most importantly, you'll get EXCLUSIVE content on what it took to generate A Viral Post on LinkedIn by Sydney Mulligan, including how far in advance she plans her LinkedIn content and what she plans to do with her new-found fame.
00. Intro
Introducing « Pretty Funny Business », the playground brand we were forced to create in order to corral our founders’ nonsensical ideas and general tomfoolery. From the founders of, by not generally endorsed by, Emmie Collective. You can expect off-the-cuff banter on feminism, funny business, and well.. not-so-funny business. Join us out of curiosity, stay for the hot takes and dad jokes.
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