Imagine making $4 a month. You can’t vote - and, if you’re married, you can’t have a bank account, can’t own land independently, and can’t legally control your wages or sign contracts like a man. Now imagine deciding you’re going to build wealth anyway. 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟏 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 — 𝟐𝟖 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭. Today’s feature is Mary Ellen Pleasant — one of the first Black women millionaires (some argue the first Black millionaire, period). She listed her occupation as “capitalist” on the 1890 census. She moved from domestic labor (making $4-8 a month) into a Nantucket store as a clerk, learned pricing, credit, and customer psychology, then later ran boardinghouses, laundries, and kitchens for wealthy White men in San Francisco—using those rooms as intelligence centers to track her White clients investmnets into stocks, mines, railroads, banks, and land. Then she invested. Quietly. Often through her White business partner, Thomas Bell, whose name was used on legal documents and investments to bypass racist gatekeeping that barred Black women from owning property, accessing credit, or entering major financial deals in her own name. By the 1870s, she controlled roughly $30 million — about $860 million today. But she left us a lesson: have your paperwork in order. When her business partner Bell died, his wife contested Pleasant’s claims to property and business interests, and won. But before all that, Pleasant helped fund the abolitionist movement! So yes—we should learn from her brilliance. And we should learn from her losses too. Here are the lessons: 1) Treat every room like a lab. Pull the transcripts from your last 10 sales calls. Use their objections and worries as this week’s content topics. Keep names/details anonymous. Then rewrite your sales page using the exact words they used. Speak to the heart of your customers. 2) Use strategic partnerships, but keep your name on the paper. In corporate, we had sponsors, but who is your sponsor in entrepreneurship?Reach out to directors and C-suite leaders from your old jobs. Tell them what you do now and ask for 1–2 warm introductions. Say you loved working there and can support them (or similar companies) as a consultant—and you’ll reciprocate with your network.

@Ashley Kirkwood thank you. That’s all. Thanks. You are the blueprint of what it looks like to really help others thrive and speak their way to cash … evident in how you consistently give, including this book. Thank you.

#longpost but there’s #GOLD in here!! ⬇️⬇️ Let’s say everything’s gone. No brand. No list. No followers. No team. Just me, my laptop, and my track record of building a multi–seven-figure business from the ground up. If I had to start all over today, here’s exactly how I’d rebuild—to hit $500K in 6 months and $1 million within 12 months. This isn’t theory. This is strategy with receipts. And whether you’re just starting or restarting, this will work for any service-based expert—especially if you’re selling to companies. Step 1: Build a Tiered Offer That’s Easy to Sell and Scale Before anything else, I’d build one core offer with three strategic tiers. No piecemeal pricing. No “custom” everything. Just clear packaging that solves a real problem. Here’s what it looks like: 1. Sales Strategy Audit→ Analyze the company’s current process, people, and pipeline 2. Sales Team Training→ Virtual or on-site sessions customized to the audit results 3. Licensing & Ongoing Curriculum→ Retainer or white-labeled curriculum with quarterly optimization The base investment? $25,000 minimum - $10K down, $15K post-delivery - Top tier could easily hit $40K–$60K, especially with licensing Want to know how to make $1M with this offer? Just sell 40 packages at $25K each. That’s it. That’s 3–4 clients a month and you’re there in a year. Step 2: Wrap That Offer in a Framework That Sells You can’t just have a service. You need a signature system that makes it easy for people to understand the how behind your wow. If my topic is sales, I’d brand a 3–5 step framework for building high-performance sales teams. This becomes the basis of: - My live events - My content - My pitches - My presentations Framework = confidence for the buyer. Framework = authority for the seller. Step 3: Build a Target List of 100 Companies (With Strategy) I’d go after 100 companies with at least 100 people on their sales team—because I know they: - Have the budget - Have the problem - Need the solution I sell

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