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She Got Paid for Her MBA Instead

Published 3 months ago • 2 min read

She Got Paid for Her MBA Instead

Matt Gira

July 1st, 2025

This deep dive was an adventure to create. I was prepped to record and then a bunch of Stuart Little's decided to take over my recording studio at home.

So, you all get to see what my childhood bedroom was like in this one.

No, my high school trophies are not still in my bedroom. Sorry for disappointing.

Enjoy this week's deep dive with Layla Pomper! Let me know what was most helpful.

"By saying it's my MBA business, I basically gave myself permission for the first three years to just focus on learning and getting paid anything to learn is great when you compare it to an MBA where you're paying to learn."

That's Layla Pomper, the founder of ProcessDriven, a company that helps small teams clean up their operations so they can turn their messy chaos into control.

Layla has bootstrapped ProcessDriven to over $250,000 in annual revenue and over 100,000 subscribers on YouTube. But here's the thing - ProcessDriven was never supposed to be like this.

It was supposed to be just a business that she would run for maybe two or three years. Well, seven years later, and Layla still hasn't applied for a new job.

In this deep dive, we'll explore the mindset that helped Layla grow ProcessDriven initially, the three different chapters or pivots of ProcessDriven, and how Layla has used YouTube to grow ProcessDriven to where it is today.

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