Women run the spending but We've been locked out of the funding.
Women in this country couldn't take out a business loan in their own name -- without a man co-signing -- until 1988.
Today women control most of the spending in the country and get about 1% of the venture capital.
The Female Economy is a podcast about that mismatch -- the pay gaps, the funding gaps, the invisible labor -- and the women closing it anyway. We name the gaps, we ask why they're there, and every week we point you toward one woman-owned business worth your money.
For the women building, the women thinking about it, and the women who just want to back other women.
The money history nobody taught you
One woman-owned business worth backing -- every single episode
the hope of how far we've come... and the gaps still to close
the 'why' of things that have changed... so we can keep going!
What You’ll Hear:
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EPISODE 1: Welcome to The Female Economy
The whole idea in one sitting. It's 1974, and a woman with her own paycheck can only get a credit card in her husband's name.
We start there -- then connect it to the mismatch that runs the whole show: women control about 85% of the spending and get about 1% of the money.
EPISODE 2: Do You Even Want the Empire?
Almost no woman's business ever crosses $1M. But before we ask how to break through... let's ask if you even want to.
The honest conversation about setting your own bar -- and telling the difference between a ceiling you chose and one you didn't.
EPISODE 3: 1988
The year women could finally fund a business in their own name -- the same year I was born.
This one's the backbone: the loan story, the funding gap, and how to build something real without waiting on anyone's permission or their venture money.
Meet the Host
I run paid ads for hundreds of women-led brands, which means I have a front-row seat to the money -- what women charge, what they spend, what actually grows, and where the system quietly works against them.
The Female Economy is the show I wanted and couldn't find: not the highlight reel, not the girlboss version... the real one. Equal parts here's what's broken and here's who's fixing it. Strong opinions, openly held, always landing on what we can actually do about it.
Want me on your podcast?
If your audience is women building businesses -- or women who want to back them -- we'll have a good conversation.
I talk women and money without the fluff: the funding gap, the six-figure wall, the unpaid labor nobody counts, and what I see across hundreds of women-led ad accounts. Bring your hardest questions.
