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3 harsh truths about growing your income

Hi Sheconomist Insider 👋 It’s Thamina, Founder of The Sheconomist. This is your bi-weekly dose of celebrating the female economy where I help ambitious, purpose-driven women like yourself flip the script on money, career & wellbeing conventions so you can live life on your own terms.
TLDR:
🔥 4 women whose work I’m closely following online
🎙️ A new podcast recommendation (hotter, smarter, richer)
💰 3 harsh truths about growing your income
💜 Meet Gina Schinkel, Founder of Driftawave
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🧪 Freedom Formulas
4 women whose work I’m closely following online - and what I’ve learned from each of them:
(+ how I’ve turned some of them into my mentors and collaborators)
Danielle Canty - Co-Founder of Bossbabe & MemberUp - has generated more than $20 million in sales via social media and is a business operations QUEEN 👑 . She is my go-to for all things memberships & online entrepreneurship.
Courtney Johnson - Social Media Whiz - is one of my favorite content creators of all time. She’s the embodiment of what it means to “ungatekeep” career cheat codes. I look to Courtney when thinking about how to create more actionable value for my audience.
I turn to Avni Barman - Founder of Gen She - when I need more delulu in my life. I freakin’ love how unhinged Avni is and how she’s actively rejecting conforming to societal norms, especially as a young woman in tech.
Simran Kaur - Founder of Girls That Invest - has a gift for breaking down complex concepts and making personal finance and investing a lot more accessible. She’s built her life and 7-figure business (~85% profit margin) around personal freedom, which I deeply respect.

Last summer, Danielle became my coach & mentor after I sent her a cold DM on Instagram.
Last fall, I was a guest on the Girls That Invest podcast.
And next month, I’ll be recording an episode with Courtney for her “Slay the Gatekeeper” podcast.
How you can replicate this?
1️⃣ If you admire someone, become intimately familiar with their work - ideally as a customer first - which will allow you to add personalized value to them in some shape or form.
2️⃣ Be authentic and vulnerable when connecting with them online and/or in-person. People can tell when you’re being genuine.
3️⃣ Don’t expect anything in return when reaching out, but definitely shoot your shot, you’d be surprised how frequently an opportunity for a “win-win” will present itself.
Collaboration >>> competition
❣️ Thamina’s Top Picks
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💸 Cooking up Wealth
I have 8x’d my salary since my first full-time job in only 7 years.
Here are 3 harsh truths you probably don’t want to but need to hear about growing your income in the corporate world: