Founding Females® is safe space where you can learn, grow your business, and not feel alone.
Just getting started or scaling up, Founding Females® cheers you on through every step of your small business journey.
Membership Week is Coming!
Membership Week is Coming!
The Founding Females® Mastermind Membership Week is coming June 23 - 27, 2025!
Membership Week is one week only where we offer monthly membership into the women’s business mastermind for $34/month instead of $109/month!
Put yourself in room where women don’t gossip or compete because they’re too busy empowering.
Tap the button to be the first to be notified when Membership Week doors open!
Welcome to Founding Females®.
Founding Females® is where women with big ideas become bold business owners.
Whether you're dreaming up your first side hustle, scaling your service-based business, or leading a thriving, scalable company, we give you the support, strategy, and sisterhood to grow.
We offer:
local Meet Up chapters for real-time problem solving,
a step-by-step business start-up book written just for women,
a 50+ member women’s business mastermind in a private online space, and
a deep network of powerful female entrepreneurs.
Founding Females® is your go-to hub for clarity, confidence, and connections that actually move your business forward.
At Founding Females®, we help women build wildly successful businesses that fill them up inside, because if you’re making money but not making a difference, what’s the point?
At Founding Females®, we believe..
Lead with Alignment
We believe in “building a business around your life and not a life around your business.”
Impact First, Ego Last
We measure success by the lives we change, not the likes we get. Purpose guides our decisions, not pride.
Ambitious AF (“And Focused”)
We believe the only limits are the ones we set for ourselves. We keep our eyes on the prize and “rest, don’t quit.”
Own Your Growth
We take radical responsibility for our evolution, pivot when needed, and invest in lifelong learning.
Practice Radical Clarity
We prioritize direction over perfection and truth over fluff. At every stage of building, we first seek clarity.
Confident with a Side of Humility
We uplift one another with compassion and courage—standing strong without stepping on others.
Build Belonging
Every voice matters. We create spaces where women feel seen, safe, and supported—just as they are.
Lots of Celebrating
We know that celebrating wins shows others what’s possible. We do lots of celebrating in a safe, uplifting space.
Do What You Say, Own What You Do
We show up fully, own our part, and in every season root for one another to “choose the hard thing.”
Women’s Business Mastermind
And yet, so many of us try to figure it all out in isolation.
Is that why we aren’t reaching our full potential?!
The women I see thriving? They’ve got something in common: community.
Not the “hey girl!” surface-level stuff—but real, rooted, ride-or-die support.
A crew that sees you, holds space for you, and says,
“You’ve got this. Let’s build it together.”
At Founding Females®, we’re building that space.
A space where:
We celebrate wins that feel invisible elsewhere
We share wisdom across industries and life experiences
We hold each other accountable, without the pressure or shame
And we amplify one another’s work, ideas, and revenue
Because when women gather with purpose, everything changes.
Women build businesses differently. And it’s honestly the coolest.
We build around babies, breakups, breakthroughs, and big dreams.
We create businesses out of purpose, not pressure.
We start things not because we have to—but because we can’t not.
But let’s be real: doing it all on your own? That’s not the vibe.
There are very real, very frustrating challenges that women entrepreneurs face—
Like…Being underestimated
Like…Limited access to funding
Like…Lack of mentorship
Like…The invisible juggle of work and life
Business Resources for Female Entrepreneurs
Local Meet Ups
Meet Ups are free monthly in-person events where female small business owners help each other solve current business challenges.
How to Start Guide
Dream, Build, Grow: A Female’s Step-by-Step Guide for How to Start a Business is a Business 101 guide for female entrepreneurs.
Mini Courses
Sharpen your small business skills with mini courses. Learn how to draw local press to your next event or learn new profit strategies in your business.
Women’s Mastermind Success Stories
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the Founding Females® Blog
Female Entrepreneur Events
Pull up a seat - You’re welcome here! Scroll our calendar for upcoming Founding Females® events.
Whether you join us for a local monthly meetup or for our annual Founding Females | Central Illinois women’s empowerment conference, you’ll meet supportive women eager to help you elevate your business.
We’ve all heard the phrase, “If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room.” But for women in business, it’s not just about smarts—it’s about support. It’s about being in a room where women don’t gossip or compete, because they’re too busy empowering each other.