# Build With Them, Not For Them: The Power of Creating in Public with Kacia Ghetmiri

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Podcast: [She Wears the Pants](https://stenobird.com/podcast/she-wears-the-pants-7015405)
Published: 2026-04-14T10:30:00+00:00
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Success doesn’t come from trying to impress everyone. It comes from finding your people and building with them in real time. In this episode of She Wears the Pants , Ashley Deland sits down with entrepreneur, real estate investor, and EmpowerHER podcast host Kacia Ghetmiri for an honest conversation about building businesses through authenticity, transparency, and community. Kacia is known for creating one of the most relatable personal development podcasts for women, reaching more than 11 million downloads by speaking openly about entrepreneurship, identity, and growth in real time. Rather than positioning herself as someone who has everything figured out, she built her platform by inviting women to figure it out alongside her. Together, Ashley and Kacia explore what happens when you stop chasing external validation and start building a business that reflects who you actually are. From stepping away from a six-figure corporate career at Google to building multiple businesses, scaling a real estate investment portfolio with her husband, and navigating motherhood while evolving as an entrepreneur, Kacia shares the real lessons behind sustainable growth. This conversation is for the woman who is building something meaningful and wants to do it without performing, posturing, or pretending to have it all figured out. In this episode, we explore: • Why finding “your people” is the foundation of a powerful personal brand • The strategy and psychology behind building in public • How external validation and vanity metrics quietly limit growth • The difference between authentic leadership and performative authority • Pivoting your business when the version of you who built it begins to evolve • Creating wealth and freedom through real estate investing Kacia also shares her pers…

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