Hello,

I'd like y'alls input on whether or not you truly care about your natural products being vegan. That means not having any animal (by)products, such as beeswax, lanolin, etc.

The natural products that I buy from other brands are vegan, which I don't mind, however, I do use beeswax in my moisturizers for stability & am considering using lanolin for my chapstick/lip balm products since i read that it does wonders for sealing, moisturizing & protecting (sensitive) skin.

do you care about having vegan natural products or are you more at the point where you don't care if it's vegan, so long as the product is quality & works for your needs/lifestyle?

Something I’ve noticed the more I grow in my career and I’m curious if others have experienced this.
A lot of successful men say they want an ambitious, driven woman. But in practice, when you actually are that woman, it gets complicated. The late nights, the big goals, the fact that your work genuinely excites you, it can start to feel threatening rather than attractive to men who are used to being the driven one in the relationship.

And the frustrating part is you can’t really vet for this upfront. Asking about salary or finances early on is still somehow taboo, so you end up investing time in someone before realizing you’re completely misaligned, whether that’s financially or just in how seriously they take your career versus their own.

I’m not looking to be taken care of. I’m looking for someone who’s built something real and is secure enough to be with a woman who has too. That combination feels harder to find than it should be.

For you ladies who’ve found that person, how did you actually figure out financial compatibility without it getting weird early on? And did you have to wade through a lot of men who claimed to want this but didn’t actually?

Edit:

Thanks for the words of encouragement ladies and thanks for the advice on how to handle it’s I feel better and more clear I was mostly just frustrated.

Also thanks for the tips like looking guys up on theteareport.com, having the money convo was always strange for me but important so this helps.

I am 24 years old and am applying for a provisional patent currently! I’ve never owned a business before, but I had a product ideafor a marketing class in college a couple years ago.. the idea never went away. It’s eventually evolved and I think it has great potential!

Currently, I am doing market research while I wait for my provisional patent and have a survey I’m trying to get responses for. If ANY of you lovely women would be willing to spare 2 minutes of your time, it would help me out so tremendously.

Also if any of you have advice as a business owner or entrepreneur, I am a happy sponge and would love all help! Good luck to all of you on your journeys, I send you all my best!

Hey, so I’m trying to slowly build a social media presence on Instagram and Facebook. I’m young woman who wants to build a business but most of that is networking. Does anyone have any tips about building social media presence as an introverted woman?

Also, I am concerned about getting negative attention from men on those platforms. If anyone has any advice or experience with this, advice would be appreciated.

Mentors, have you ever felt like you hit a point where it’s truly only up or down from there?

I’ve worked to hard to get where I am today. But now it feels like I’m being offered complacency or potential greatness - and it’s consuming me. Obviously complacency would be the easiest or ‘comfortable’ choice. I’m more seasoned than a new graduate but not seasoned enough to be a candidate for succession planning. I don’t want to stay at a job simply because I think I will be rewarded for how long I stuck around. Being educated, young, and confident, this is probably the only time that I can ‘afford’ to take a risk in my career to differentiate myself. However, I don’t want to stay at a job simply because I think I will be rewarded for how long I stuck around or pray for them to finally notice me. But I can’t help but wonder, what happens if you break the mold of what usually or should happen?

This isn’t about wanting a handout or a free ride - I simply want to hit the ground running in a way that will truly showcase my insane work ethic and intellectual stamina.
I’ve always been this way, I literally handed out resumes a week before my 14th birthday so I had a job the second I turned 14 (that’s the legal working age where I live) then had a couple part time jobs throughout high school. Then once high school was over I never took a break before going straight to university, where I also had a part time sales job and did freelance graphic design. I like to be busy if you can’t tell haha.

Something about being an outlier or hardworker just made me want to go harder and try more difficult things that people in my life told me I couldn’t do. And to even my own surprise, I did. So after graduating university, I took a business degree with a major in marketing and turned it into a contract position with an engineering firm to document and improve their workflows and processes. This turned into a permanent job offer that pushed me into business development and project management roles. Since then, I’ve found my niche and it’s not necessarily restricted by industry. Again, I am not a woman in stem by trade, but I do have a knack for synthesizing complex systems into frameworks that comes in handy as a lifelong learner. That’s honestly the fun part for me haha.

For instance, I’ve noticed that it takes me approximately 6 months (with enough access and collaboration), to have completely conceptualized the business, services and market. Sounds pretty great, right? Well, not necessarily. I am underestimated, under-utilized and very under stimulated by the work I do.

Yes, I know that I am young and obviously things come with time and gaining experience. But despite my age, when I have showcased my skills and surprised many, this is usually a small and very secret celebration. Many rely on me but never mention me. Give me more responsibility but very little recognition. Loop me in only when they need me but not because they want to see me thrive. I take extra time out of my work day to help them because it feels like a mentorship might be blooming. But soon as they get what they want from me they roll up the ladder and I am right where I was before. But this time, I feel used and unappreciated.

Now that I’ve noticed this pattern, I can’t help but feel a little diminished BUT the silver lining is that I also feel an increase in confidence. I’m doing things that some people at the peak of their career couldn’t figure out or handle in a hectic due date driven environment. And it truly excites me to get in on the action and I won’t lie, I want more. I truly love the pressure and the complexity.

You could say that I’ve gotten a taste of the other side of the experience gap. Even clients are impressed with how I conduct myself and process complex requests. But I still get looped in with other administrators and new grads because not everyone knows or let alone understands what I am capable of.

Has anyone else been in a position like this? Did finding that one person who decided to take a chance on you change the trajectory of your career? Did you find success in a similar situation without a mentor?

I would love to hear your thoughts and perspectives.

I’ve been researching webinar software for my business for so long I’m not even seeing the options anymore.

What I’ve used: Zoom, Google Meet, MS Teams,GetResponse - for various reasons I do not want these options

What I’m considering: ClickMeeting, Crowdcast

I don’t have a huge budget so I’m looking for the best value. I want to be able to hook it up to my CRM via Zapier or webhook. I want to embed the form on my website.

My webinars are simple. Presentation, CTA at the end.

I don’t think this is a lot of requirements but what I’m finding are weird pricing structures that prevent different aspects of these requirements.

What are you using? I’d love to hear what you like and don’t like. And why.

Everytime I think im almost done and will be able to launch my website soon I have new things to take care of. Just today I had to create an othet adress on zoho, configure cloudflare and resend…. And this is just for the website to be operational basic nothing fancy…. It seems that it really never ends

Business owner here and we just got hacked. Right now I don’t even have an IT person, so I’m a bit lost on who I’m supposed to contact first in a situation like this. For those who’ve experienced it who do you call immediately?

For me, the hardest part of building a business wasn’t operations, marketing, or even sales.

It was becoming someone who could pick up the phone and call potential customers.

I’ve always been naturally introverted, and in the beginning I would overthink every call, delay outreach, and avoid follow-ups because I was scared of sounding pushy or getting rejected.

But while building my brand of drinking chocolate, I have learnt to get out of my comfort zone.

Curious if other founders had one personal barrier they had to completely break through while building their business?

I work remotely at this awesome 9-5 corporate job I never thought I’d get without a college degree, especially in my early 20s. I recently got offered a promotion 7 months into working for the company. In preparation I’ve been shadowing my predecesor before he leaves, listening in on calls without being in the call itself.

This position works in tandem with another person: an internal/external dynamic.

My predecesor regularly has calls with the external partner I am to work with, a 45-50 year old man with a wife and kids. He’s been there several years and is one of the top ten in terms of performance. Sometimes he’s aware I’m listening in on these calls, others not. Sometimes he is told and forgets, other times he’s never told. He is always aware he is on a recorded line though. In theory, anyone could be listening.

During these calls, whenever he isn’t aware I’m listening, he makes rather inappropriate comments. Two in particular stand out.

- “There are hot fucking chicks in little skirts there” (when asked why he chose to go to a casino on a work trip)

- “Yeah, she’s a pretty girl, I bet that opened up a lot of doors for her…[predecesor mentions she was promoted quickly]… yeah, somebody’s gotta like her.” In reference to a female coworker. Having worked with her, she is very qualified.

I really don’t want to work with this man. I don’t want to go on for hours here, but just know he’s got a real scummy vibe. Based on his view of women, I fear I won’t be treated with respect in a role that is largely dependent on us working as a team.

He’s already made backhanded comments on my lack of college degree and on my nervousness going into the new role.

In my experience at past jobs, going to HR has always backfired on me, and this is my first corporate job. I really don’t understand the corporate game, and I’m scared that I’d be making a huge mistake by speaking up. I also really need this promotion, as I really need the money.

What should I do?

I started at my current company last year in august. The company is a scale-up and my team is the smallest team (only 5 people including my manager). One of my teammates started a year ago, 2 of us started in august, and we just added a new teammate 2 months ago.

I’ve been feeling a bit excluded from the team, but I understood it all along since I was just assigned to other projects than theirs. However, when my newest teammate started, I realized we were both being excluded from conversations and decisions.

Today was the last drop and the only proper example I have of being excluded. When I arrived at work today, it was only me and my newest teammate. We had no meetings today, nor client work the whole day. We received no message nor notifications on why our meetings were canceled with the rest of the team.

It turns out that the three of them went to an event together. No mention of it in our weekly team meeting. No invitation from anyone. No comments or heads up that it would only be the two of us at the office.

When I looked at their calendar invitation (that they all received from my manager), I read about the event, which was super relevant for the whole team and our company goals since it was on topics about AI our field.

Then, at noon, the rest of the team arrived together and still no one mentioned anything. They barely even said «hi». It was as if they all pretended nothing happend.

I brought it up to the HR because I was so frustrated, and she told me she will get back to me once she speaks to the CEO. I would also like to hear it from the rest of the team and clarify their reasons to exclude us, but I’m afraid to make anything worse from speaking up or being told that it’s «nothing».

Idk what to do or what to say to any of them. Has anyone experienced anything similar? How did you solve the issue?

Lately I’ve been trying to create multiple small income streams while also healing mentally and emotionally at the same time.

I spent a long time feeling stuck, exhausted, and unmotivated, so now I’m focusing more on building slowly and consistently instead of trying to “blow up” overnight.

Right now I’m experimenting with digital products, jewelry content, wellness/lifestyle content, and just trying to become more disciplined overall.

Has anyone else taken this softer, slower approach to rebuilding their life/business? What’s actually helped you stay consistent? 🤍

I'm 13 days away from launching something I've been building for months, and I have all the feelings about it.

Some days it feels incredibly empowering. Some days it's discouraging. Some days both.

It's an app called You Have Time. It connects to your Google Calendar, finds your actual free time, and shows you exactly how long you've been avoiding each task on your list. Then helps you do something about it... whether that's doing it yourself, levering AI, delegating it, or booking a service.

I built it for the chronic procrastinator. For people with ADHD who can't start. For moms with too much on their plates and too much guilt about what isn't getting done.

I really believe in what I'm building. And I'd love to connect with other women who know what this journey feels like.

Launching June 1. youhavetime.co if you want to take a look.

Hello, I was wondering how many people in this sub are still working and looking to start a business?

And what is the most difficult thing at the moment stopping you from starting one?

And if you could would you spend time to find what business you truly want?

I am search in bringing ona partner for my business but don't know how to find someone.

I am a registered dietitian but I am looking to expand my business into more of one stop shop for body image, female empowerment and true health.

My entire mission is helping women feel more accepting of their bodies so they can really prioritize health > appearance and live their most full, authentic lives.

I am 30 yrs old and have had my business running for ~3yrs. Does anyone have any recommendations for finding a partner? I want someone that has a passion for the mission and is willing to participate in sales, marketing, and business development.

Hi girls! I am currently in the process of curating a fashion brand, statement pieces that are curated to evoke emotions, ambition, inspiration and creativity and alter perceptions.

Pieces that can be worn in the office but then you can also go straight to dinner after.

What i would love to know is what sort of outfits do you wear to work?

Would this brand be something you’d be interested in purchasing from? If yes why and if no why. And what would influence you from purchasing.

And if anyone has any advices for starting a brand or a clothing brand I’d love to hear it.

Wishing success for us all 🌟

I soft launched my wellness (yoga & fitness) business last December. Now I’m pivoting and building an app. I just recently finished designing the foundation, decided which features I’m starting with, pricing, format, visual design, etc. And now I’m going through a divorce.
I also freelance in digital marketing and was getting ready to run a local campaign to get a few more clients to start making my own money.
What seems like overnight I’ve had to shift gears, figuring out what my living situation will be, how will I make money since my husband was financially supporting me. How can I show up to sell my services to clients when I look like hell from crying so much. I don’t have motivation. I feel angry that I have to put my startup on the back burner while I get on my feet.
This is all very fresh as it just happened a week ago. That first week I thought I’d be able to do it all. Now, I can barely get out of bed.
I’d love to hear positive stories from people who were still able to launch or continue their business during hard life transitions.