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A monthly-ish newsletter for entrepreneurs who want to use their businesses to disrupt toxic capitalism (and other random feminist rants).
Becky Mollenkamp This one is for entrepreneurs (or wannabe biz owners)... Be wary of business coaches. Investing in coaching is scary AF, amiright? After my $3k Macbook, the second big purchase I made on my new biz a decade ago was dropping $6k on a business coach. She was a former lawyer who had built up a huge Facebook group (remember those? 🤣). She was pretty, seemed really smart and nice, and had many fans. I got swept up. When she offered a 6-month group coaching program, I felt major...
Becky Mollenkamp As Katy Perry said... "You're hot, then you're cold; you're yes, then you're no." That pretty much sums up how I've been feeling since the inauguration. One day, I feel motivated and engaged. The next, I want to hide in a hole. For a while, I fully believe that truth, justice, and humanity will prevail. Then, I can't find an ounce of faith in anything. I'm not a fan of roller coasters, and this one is especially vom. 🤢 But this is a normal reaction to a very abnormal...
Becky Mollenkamp I'm fucking exhausted. Executive orders are coming at us faster than Fast & Furious sequels, and (like the car movies), each is worse than the next. Revoking a 1965 mandate that government contractors give equal opportunity to people of color and women in employment practices. Ordering the government to recognize only "sex at birth" for gender identity, and banning trans Americans from serving in the military. Ramping up arrests of immigrants (and recording it), allowing them...