Give Her Dollars

Our host Thamina is taking some much needed time off and will be exploring Costa Rica this week. And because she will be completely offline, she felt like it would be unfair to the guest that was slotted for this week to not receive the same love across social media as previous guests, so she decided to resume regular scheduling next week.

In the meantime, we invite you to download Thamina's FREE "What Women Need to Know about Investing" E-Book and catch up on previous episodes.

See you again next week!

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In this eye-opening episode, we dive deep into the world of Venture Capital and explore the untapped potential of women investors.

Julie Castro Abrams is the Founder and Managing Partner of How Women Invest, an early stage venture firm focussed on high growth, tech enabled women-founded enterprises.

Despite women-led startups generating 10% more in cumulative revenue over a five-year period, only 1.9% of venture capital dollars went to female founders in 2022.

Thamina and Julie discuss the reasons behind this disparity and how high net worth women can be recruited as Angel investors and Limited Partners in Venture Capital funds to help bridge the gap.

With How Women Lead and How Women Invest, Julie has built a network of 17,000 top executive women, who are now investing as a community, 50% of them being women of color.

For the first time ever, we have a huge volume of women with 30 years of work experience, with power, influence, and some wealth and as Julie likes to put it: “We’re not going to wait for other people to break down barriers for us.”

Julie and Thamina also open up about their relationships with their Latino partners and talk about how initiatives like Latina In Sight are challenging cultural stereotypes and creating opportunities for women in the Latin community.

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Anastasiia Timon and Anya Kern are the Co-Founders of Blooming Eve, an early-stage FemTech & Digital Health startup whose mission it is to make egg freezing (and soon IVF) more accessible.

By providing a community, education, and a database of 450 fertility clinics & specialists in the US, Blooming Eve helps making fertility preservation more affordable, less intimidating, and understandable.

On this episode, Thamina - who is an advisor to and early investor in Blooming Eve - talks to Anya and Anastasiia about their founding story and why there is so little transparency around the costs associated with egg freezing. 

We also learn how challenging it has been for the two female founders to raise funding.

If you are interested in getting a fertility assessment so you are in a position where you can make more educated decisions about your own body, fill out this form.

Follow @blooming.eve on Instagram and follow our host Thamina on LinkedIn and Instagram.

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Women’s careers and fertility are inevitably intertwined. Mothers in the workplace are not only often met with bias but their earning potential oftentimes takes a hit as well. While gender pay gaps impact women overall - and especially women of color - the gap also widens for mothers, with data suggesting that working moms get as little as 58 cents for every dollar dads earn.

No wonder that an increasing number of young women is choosing to delay pregnancy and focus on their careers instead.

As a by-product of this generational shift, fertility preservation, most notably, elective egg freezing, is becoming increasingly popular with women in their 20s and early 30s.

When Thamina started documenting her egg freezing journey online in 2022 and one of her LinkedIn posts went viral, she wasn’t expecting the amount of messages she received from women all over the world. And because Thamina had hit a nerve, she decided to invite a fertility doctor to the show.

Jaime M. Knopman, M.D. is a board-certified and award-winning reproductive endocrinologist and Director of Fertility Preservation for CCRM New York.

On this episode, Dr. Knopman explains the egg freezing process in more detail and addresses common misconceptions around fertility and fertility preservation.

Thamina vulnerably shares her fertility struggles and the emotional rollercoaster associated with her egg freezing process.

This is Part 1 of our 2-Part Fertility Preservation Series.

Check out East Meets West Fertility here.

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This week, Thamina is joined by two fellow podcasters.

Rashveena Rajaram and Anvita Dekhane met during their first year at Harvard Business School. Sharing the same passion around increasing representation of women in the investor community, they started the Women in Venture Capital Podcast.

​The mission is simple - increasing participation of women especially at the decision making level through awareness and engagement.

On this episode, we get a glimpse into the early days of Anvita's and Rashveena's podcasting journey.

We also learn why Venture Capital is less accessible compared to other industries and tips on how to break into VC.

If you enjoyed this conversation, make sure to subscribe to the Women in Venture Capital podcast on Apple and Spotify.

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In this episode, we speak to Tori Dunlap, the Founder of Her First $100k, who has helped over three million badass women make more, spend less, and feel financially confident.

Her mantra: "Having a financial education is a woman’s best form of protest."

Throughout this conversation, Thamina and Tori discuss how society often tells women that money is not for them and that talking about it is taboo.

Tori believes that women cannot achieve equality until they achieve financial equality, and she explains why she is not a fan of the word "empowerment".

Tori also discusses how our money habits are often cemented very early in life and encourages you to reflect on your experiences with money growing up to gain insight into your current relationship with money.

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Sana Al-Badri lost her father at a young age and inherited a significant amount of money from him. For many years, she refused to confront the reality of her inheritance and felt ashamed of the money in her bank account.

It wasn’t until Sana discovered the concept of “Effective Altruism” in university that she realized that money can actually be a force for good, which motivated her to co-found SageWealth, a Berlin-based startup that helps people grow their money by making sustainable investing and financial planning effortless.

Did you know that sustainable investing 27 times more effective than sustainable behavior, such as recycling, limiting air travel, or a vegan lifestyle?

On this episode, Sana and Thamina talk about the significance of “voting with your wallet” and why it’s absolutely critical for people in Germany to start investing given the country’s demographic changes. We also learn why building a gender- and age-inclusive FinTech company in Europe is so important.

Listen to Esther Perel’s TED Talk Sana mentions on this episode and check out bandhan.org to learn more about the “Targeting the Hardcore Poor Programme”.

Update: I recently launched my newsletter, The Sheconomist, and would love for you to subscribe: sheconomist.com - I share so many tools and resources that help young, high-achieving women with radical money and career self-advocacy.

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This week, Thamina is joined by Breen Sullivan and Kat de Haën, Co-Founders of The Fourth Floor, a market network on a mission to close the gender power, gender wealth, and gender funding gap by diversifying boardrooms and cap tables.

Throughout this thoughtful conversation, Kat and Breen are shedding light on the systemic barriers that contribute to the inequities in the startup ecosystem and company boardrooms. They emphasize the importance of putting market forces and pressures into place to drive positive change. Because diversity is not a zero-sum game, it can unlock trillions in annual GDP.

Breen and Kat also share some tangible advice with our younger listeners that can help them be set up for success to prepare for potential board candidacy early.

Tune in to hear from two incredible leaders who are changing the game for women and BIPOC in business.

If you are a board candidate, investor, founder, or company executive, make sure to check out the different membership options that unlock access to The Fourth Floor's board seat exchange, private investment club, job board, events, and a plethora of other resources.

Update: I recently launched my newsletter, The Sheconomist, and would love for you to subscribe: sheconomist.com - I share so many tools and resources that help young, high-achieving women with radical money and career self-advocacy.

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Our very first guest is the Founder of Save My Cents, Shang Saavedra, a work optional, frugal millionaire in her mid-thirties who wants you to learn how mental health and financial wealth are tied together. You may have seen her incredible content on Instagram, inspiring tens of thousands of people to prioritize their wealth building journey.

On this episode, we dive into our own mental health journeys and Shang shares her three mantras that can help you shift from having a scarcity mindset to adopting an abundance mindset. She emphasizes that frugality and an abundance mindset can go hand in hand and explains how mental reframing can be a powerful tool during tough economic times.

As two immigrants, we also address how our immigrant backgrounds have impacted our financial and entrepreneurial mindsets.

Make sure to check out Shang’s online courses on Retirement, Negotiation, and Abundance Mindset and follow her on Instagram.

Hello and welcome! I’m so excited you’re tuning in. My name is Thamina Stoll and my purpose in life is to be a cheerleader for other women. 

I’d like to extend a heartfelt invitation to you as we join forces in reclaiming economic power for women in a world that is often structured against us. By first dissecting and eventually closing the knowledge and access gaps that prevent women from achieving financial security, we can take an active role in creating a path toward gender equity.

Put simply, the mission of Give Her Dollars is to make women rich by making women rich. Through engaging, thought-provoking conversations with accomplished female leaders, investors, and entrepreneurs, I want to arm women worldwide with the confidence and tools to become financially independent.

Systemic oppression won’t be solved overnight, but a wealthy woman can walk out of almost every room that she feels uncomfortable in and create opportunities for other women along the way. By supporting one another in this pursuit, we can work together to ultimately dismantle the systemic barriers that hold us back and create a brighter future for all women.

Season 1 will consist of 12 episodes with phenomenal women I’ve had the pleasure of having a conversation with. We’ll launch on March 15th, Women’s Equal Pay Day, so, buckle up, get ready to learn and be inspired to take action.