Sofia Franklyn on the Fight for Call Her Daddy, Starting Over & Building Again

Sofia Franklyn co-created Call Her Daddy in 2018 and watched it explode, 2 million listeners in two months. Two years later, a contract fight with Barstool ended her partnership, and the show went on without her. Six years on, she’s telling her side in her new memoir, Daddy Issues.

I walk Sofia back through the whole deal, from a $75,000 first contract to the fight over who actually owned the IP. We get into what she’d do differently, and how she learned to trust herself again after losing control of her own story. I also share how I went into business with my closest friend, and the protections I put in writing from day one.

In this episode:
- Why the one thing to get in writing before going into business with a friend is a partnership agreement
- How to weight a partnership by what each person actually brings, so it holds up when your lives change
- Why “in perpetuity” should stop you cold in any contract
- When to get a second opinion, even from advisors with big names
- How to stop measuring your success against someone else’s

Daddy Issues is out now, wherever books are sold.

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0:00 Introduction
2:01 Life before Call Her Daddy
4:51 Meeting Alex and blowing up
8:16 How Emma protected her own partnership
10:21 The first Barstool deal, and the $75K
11:35 Weighting a partnership by what each brings
15:51 Ad Break
18:28 What friends should agree on before business
20:44 "She was going to cut me out"
24:52 Inside the negotiation: $100K vs. millions
29:34 The counteroffer and the hiatus
31:51 Why "in perpetuity" should stop you cold
35:12 Ad Break
37:21 Why she didn't see the betrayal coming
42:58 What she'd have done differently
47:57 Who really added the value
54:33 Ad Break
57:19 Bad advice, and trusting your gut
1:02:11 Why staying silent was the win
1:04:51 Measuring your success against someone else's
1:05:36 Her life now, and what time taught her
1:12:44 Rapid fire
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Emma Grede, one of America's richest self-made women, wants you to make the most of your life. On 'Aspire with Emma Grede', learn through thought-provoking conversations with some of the most successful and smartest minds on the planet, including goop founder Gwyneth Paltrow, investor, philanthropist and former chair of Starbucks, Mellody Hobson, podcast host Jay Shetty, billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank star Mark Cuban, rapper and cultural icon Cardi B, fashion mogul Kimora Lee Simmons, actress and entrepreneur Issa Rae, bestselling author and motivational powerhouse Mel Robbins, and public luminaries like Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Charlamagne Tha God, Jessica Alba, former First Lady Michelle Obama, and Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos. Each episode will unpack their habits, philosophy, and strategies, covering career advice, well-being, psychology, and, of course, how to win in business. The show offers personal stories, data-driven advice, real-world strategies, and the experience you need to turn your dreams into reality.

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