Unhinged Founder Life: Building a...

Unhinged Founder Life: Building a Global Agency From Scratch

Unhinged Founder di Melinda Jackson
S1 · E12
11 feb 2026
45:14

Note sull'episodio

Building a company isn’t glamorous; it’s chaotic, exhausting, and completely consuming. In this episode, Melinda sits down with agency founder Kristen O’Neall to talk about the real, unfiltered reality of entrepreneurship, scaling a business, and what it actually takes to grow something from nothing.

Kristen shares how she went from intern to CEO, built Mirage Media into a global agency, and why she believes founders need obsession, grit, and a strong “why” to survive. They get into burnout, sleepless nights, client horror stories, scaling teams, and the truth behind the “girl boss” internet narrative.

Unhinged Founder Ep. 12 Links:

Connect with Kristen & Mirage Media:

— hhttps://miragemediaco.com/

— https://www.instagram.com/_miragemedia/

—https://www.linkedin.com/company/mirage-media-co/

— https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristen-o-neall-36a139172/

— Melinda’s Website: https://melindajacksonpr.com

— Melinda’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/melindajacksonpr

— Melinda’s LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/melindajacksonpr

— Airwave Arcade (Podcast Production): www.airwavearcade.com