Money Matters

There's over $4.6 billion in federal grant funding alone going to small businesses every year and most first-time founders have no idea this exists. So we pulled out every grant that's verified, currently open, and actually worth your time in 2026.

She got blacklisted from every sorority at Ohio State. So she built her own. The thing everyone recognizes her for isn't the thing paying her. Here's how Izzi Friedman funds the mission.

He used to say yes to $200 in free clothes because he didn't know what to charge. Now a single TikTok campaign starts at $8,000. Here's how Topher Griffin learned to stop underselling himself and built a career nobody handed him.

Lip liner priced close to gold per ounce. Laser hair removal that pays for itself in a year. Rachel built a math framework for beauty spending, and it will change how you shop.

Every free funding source I've found for US Founders (and how we got $250K from New York State without giving up equity)

She was making nearly $290K as one of the youngest managers at BCG. Then she left. Her first creator income? $100 per post. Here’s how Kelly Sun turned that leap into a 5-figure content business.

THIS WEEK'S DROP: What does a day in the life of a drag queen look like? Watch to see Aleksandra sit down with Jazmine in the middle of NYC Fashion Week and ask her all the questions you've always been curious about.