In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Zach Young, Melissa Manning — serial entrepreneur, real estate investor, and founder of Audacious Founder — shares the story behind a decade of business-building: from her first rental at 23 to 13 companies in 10 years (coffee shops, yoga studio, restaurants, co-living, retail and more). She explains why real estate holds a special place for her, which business models she found most rewarding (and which were the hardest), and how COVID prompted a strategic shift toward coaching, wealth strategy, and helping other founders build diversified, meaningful income streams.

Melissa breaks down the Audacious Founder approach: one-on-one coaching, tactical workshops and in-person events, and a new women-only community that pairs education with cooperative investing so people can pool resources and invest in assets they actually understand. She walks through common mindset blocks around investing, her framework for turning strengths and passions into wealth, and her big goal to empower tens of thousands of women toward generational abundance. Practical, tactical, and candid — this episode is for founders who want to build wealth that fits their life and values.

🌐 Connect with Melissa Manning

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/audaciousfounder
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/audaciousfounder
• Website: https://www.audaciousfounder.com