5 Female Founders Weigh In: How to Diversify Revenue and Scale Your Business
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Welcome to the Founding Females® Business Hack Series: a monthly collection of crowd-sourced wisdom from women entrepreneurs around the world.
This month, we’ll talk about diversifying revenue streams and scaling your business.
A motivating factor for so many female founders is creating an income that fits around other life priorities.
And that’s totally valid!
But creating an asset, not a paycheck, is an empowering and life changing bi-product of creating a business that doesn’t rely on your time and it’s totally doable with a little strategy.
That’s where our topic: ‘Diversify revenue streams and scale your business’ comes in. In this post, you’ll hear from brilliant women who have developed multiple revenue streams and scaled their businesses.
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Let’s hear the smart, practical hacks that help these wise women run a scalable business with multiple aligned revenue streams
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Diversify Revenue Streams and Scale Your Business
“We build AI-driven sales bots and sales reporting to help us gain insight, plan and build our growth strategy.”
“AI IS HOLDING US ACCOUNTABLE! As a high functioning, boot-strapped company, our beverages are being bought and sold across the US - and we needed efficient and effective sales metrics. We build AI-driven sales bots and sales reporting to help us gain insight, plan and build our growth strategy.”
Japna Kaur, founder of LOKI | @siploki | New York City, NY, United States
“Your existing processes are a product waiting to happen.”
“Most business owners are sitting on a goldmine they can't see because they're too close to it.
Your existing processes are a product waiting to happen. Think about the system you built to onboard clients smoothly, the content calendar template that keeps your social media from feeling overwhelming, or the workflow that finally got your inbox under control.
Those took you time, trial, and error to figure out. Someone else would gladly pay to skip that process entirely.
Package what you already do into a simple digital product: a template, a workflow doc, a Notion dashboard, a mini-course, even a swipe file.
It doesn't have to be complicated or flashy. It just has to solve a real problem. That's how you start building revenue that doesn't require you to trade more hours for more dollars.”
Bre Henderson, founder of Tended Sprout | @tendedsprout.co | Peoria, IL USA
“I built two Digital Twins to stand in for me.”
“I built Digital Twins of myself! I physically cannot review every deck, answer every question, or give time to every single founder who requests it. (My time is limited, and I'm expensive.) So I built two Digital Twins to stand in for me.
People wanting to pick my brain can use "The Advisor," who answers anything startup and fundraising-related. "The Investor" reviews decks and gives pitch feedback. She challenges founders just like a real Angel Investor or Venture Capitalist would to help them dig in, reframe, and build confidence before a big meeting, pitch competition, or grant submission.
I use them myself for quick assessments, content creation, and to get my own advice.
Both can chat via text or voice and are available on a monthly subscription.”
Katie Dunn, founder of Masthead Strategies | @iamkatiedunn | New York, NY, USA
“Having a variety of offers (and price points) can help you be the right fit for more people, while also valuing yourself.”
“When working to diversify your revenue streams, consider how all of your offers work as a business ecosystem. Can you develop a new offer at a more accessible price point that allows potential clients who might not otherwise be able to work with you to do so? Or can you develop a more premium or advanced option for high-end clients or those who have worked with you for a while and are looking for more?
Consider how you can build your offerings to serve as tools and resources to grow your business in different ways and directions that support your overall vision and goals. Having a variety of offers (and price points) can help you be the right fit for more people, while also valuing yourself. They give options for both you and your clients, so you aren't simply undercutting your prices if someone doesn't have the budget but wants to work together.”
Chelsie Tamms, founder of Lettering Works | @letteringworks | Chicago, IL USA
“We decided to partner with a few key suppliers to offer recurring products like shipping boxes, marketing collateral, and other branded items. ”
“We noticed that our clients were sourcing similar materials from many different vendors in small batches. We decided to partner with a few key suppliers to offer recurring products like shipping boxes, marketing collateral, and other branded items.
Doing so allowed us to leverage bulk pricing for consolidating multiple projects into one order and offer our clients added convenience and savings.
We are now a trusted source for all kinds of marketing products from commercial printing to branded swag, and have added a profitable new revenue stream to our operations.”
Paola LaManna, founder of Compass Star Distribution | @compass_star_dist | East Peoria, IL USA
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